Syria's military said Israel struck a military installation southwest of Damascus International Airport before dawn Thursday, setting off a series of explosions and raising tensions further between the two neighbors.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil stressed Friday that respect for the 1943 National Pact must also involve parliament, not only the government, as he noted that the FPM is ready to “sacrifice” parliamentary seats in order to avoid another extension of parliament's term.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat touched on the presidential elections in France and cautioned against far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's win in the second round of the elections.

“Be careful of Le Pen she has not been defeated yet. (Far-left firebrand Jean-Luc) Melenchon and the so-called far-left are dangerous, opportunists and have no principles,” said Jumblat in a tweet.

British ambassador to Lebanon Hugo Shorter met with Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday where discussions focused on the impending deadline for the parliamentary elections, a press statement said.

“I welcomed the current political momentum that has re-activated Lebanon’s institutions and re-energized the strong bilateral cooperation between the UK and Lebanon,” said Shorter.

Lebanese Forces MP Shant Chinchinian confirmed on Friday the party's willingness to discuss any electoral law format provided that it ensures proper representation, "especially for the Christians."

"Some parties are deliberately wasting time so as to either impose the 1960 election law or extend the parliament's term,” Chinchinian told VDL (93.3) in an interview.

The General Security in Mount Lebanon arrested on Friday a group of three drug dealers in the Blat-Jbeil neighborhood north of Beirut, the National News Agency reported.

Based on an order by the competent judiciary, the General Security staged raids after midnight on a house in the neighborhood of Blat-Jbeil and arrested three individuals, two men and a female, active in the drug trade, NNA said.

Speaker Nabih Berri revealed that he has completed drafting two formats one for an electoral law based on proportional representation, and another “integrated” for establishing a senate, and that he handed them to the various political parties and kept their contents secret pending their positions, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

Israeli forces arrested a Lebanese man in the northern Israeli community of Kiryat Shmona after he crossed the Lebanese-Israeli border, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat announced Thursday that he would accept an electoral law fully based on proportional representation “if it is based on certain districts that take minorities into account in the current sectarian system.”

A Progressive Socialist Party delegation dispatched by MP Walid Jumblat held talks Thursday in Maarab with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.