Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday arrived in Damascus for talks with President Bashar Assad and other Syrian officials.

He was accompanied his political aide, MP Ali Hasan Khalil.

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Special Tribunal for Lebanon action has begun. Key developments in the past few hours suggested that field and technical preparations are underway for the launch of Court work which is expected after issuance of the indictment in the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hizbullah have restored contact in a bid to preserve peace.

Local media on Wednesday said Hariri met Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's political advisor Hussein Khalil at Center House.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday stressed that any potential conflict in Lebanon would not be of "sectarian" nature, "but it would rather be for change and reform, which are more important than the Special Tribunal for Lebanon."

Aoun noted that all parties should be concerned with change and reform.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea noted on Tuesday that the recent Saudi-Syrian summit did not yield any new results seeing as all parties have already taken a clear stand over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and all matters related to it.

He told the BBC that it is unfortunate that the summit took up such great media attention "because the issue at hand is an internal Lebanese one. It is time that internal Lebanese affairs only be determined by internal Lebanese sides."

Coordinator of the March 14 General-Secretariat former MP Fares Soaid noted that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent visit to Lebanon has restored Arab and international interest in the country.

He said in an interview with the daily Asharq al-Awsat Tuesday that his visit was followed by Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal's trip to Egypt, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's trip to Saudi Arabia, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Jeffery Feltman's trip to Lebanon.

A summit between President Michel Suleiman and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is expected to be held on Tuesday or Thursday, reported al-Khaleej Emirati newspaper Tuesday.

It also revealed that Prime Minister Saad Hariri is also expected to visit Damascus soon, while other information stated that he will not hold talks with Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah before he meets with Assad.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah discussed the latest local and regional developments with Druze leader Walid Jumblat Druze.

A statement issued by Hizbullah on Monday said Nasrallah and Jumblat also reviewed efforts to contain crises and challenges facing Lebanon.

Lebanon has been hit by a new climate of "uncertainty" that could cause new instability across the region, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned.

In a report released only days after a controversial visit to Lebanon by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the UN chief called on regional powers to stay out of the country's affairs and also said Israel must halt military overflights.

The United States, Britain, France and Russia warned against meddling in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

The remarks came during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday on the Israel-Palestinian crisis.