Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil said on Thursday that restoring normal ties with Saudi Arabia is "very useful," adding that he considers Hizbullah a "Lebanese components" stressing that issues linked to the party should be addressed "inside" Lebanon.

"The relations with Saudi Arabia are returning back to normal. Saudi reconsideration of relations with Lebanon is very useful," said Bassil on Twitter.

Kuwait Airways, the country's national carrier, announced that it will be halting its flights to Beirut starting Thursday "until further notice," after an air safety watchdog warned of potential military strikes on Syria in the coming days.

The decision was made in light of security alerts made by the Cypriot authorities, it said.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday urged respect for Lebanon's so-called dissociation policy amid the current standoff over the suspected Syria chemical attack.

“I call on the president to convene the Higher Defense Council to discuss the latest developments, because the situation does not bear arbitrary policies... We must abide by the dissociation policy and this is our duty,” Geagea said in an interview with MTV.

Speaker Nabih Berri announced Wednesday that Lebanon's so-called dissociation policy does not involve “accepting” a military strike on Syria.

“Lebanon rejects the aggression against Syria that is being planned by some Western countries with funding from some Arab countries,” Berri said in an interview published by the website of al-Akhbar newspaper.

A quantity of spoiled chicken was seized Wednesday in the Northern Metn area of Naccache, the Finance Ministry said.

“After close surveillance, a Lebanese Customs patrol seized in the Naccache area north of Beirut a truck coming from Syria via the northern border and carrying a quantity of 2.7 tons of spoiled chicken meat,” the ministry said in a statement.

Lebanon's Middle East Airlines will modify its flight routes over the Eastern Mediterranean region in light of the European air safety warning over potential military strikes on Syria in the coming days, a statement said.

“The conferees discussed the warning issued to airlines by the European Aviation Safety Agency on the need to observe caution in the Eastern Mediterranean region over the possibility of airstrikes on Syria over the coming 72 hours, seeing as there is a risk of intermittent disruption of radio navigation equipment" for commercial flights, the statement said.

Speaker Nabih Berri has warned of the consequences resulting from any possible military attack at Syria, saying the results will be “devastating for Arab leaders,” the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Wednesday said Lebanon's security forces are fully prepared for the upcoming parliamentary elections, assuring commitment to the government's decisions in maintaining an “impartial” role towards all political forces.

Ex-minister and Tripoli parliamentary candidate Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi called on Wednesday for “expelling” the Syrian ambassador from Lebanon, and “withdrawing” Lebanon's ambassador from the neighboring country.

A “complicated” general amnesty law has reportedly been “put on the back burner” until after the May 6 legislative elections, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.