Prime Minister Tammam Salam held talks on Saturday with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh to discuss the mechanism of the cabinet and the opening of an extraordinary session for parliament.

The meeting focused on the controversial crises that the state has been passing through after the term of President Michel Suleiman ended in May.

Lebanon marks on Saturday the tenth anniversary of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated on February 14, 2005.

“They killed you, but they will never be able to kill your legacy,” Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea tweeted via his account on Twitter.

The family of abducted soldier Abdul Rahim Diab revealed on Saturday that they visited him on the outskirts of the eastern town of Arsal, describing his condition as “tragic.”

The family of Diab said in a statement that the visit occurred on Wednesday, refusing to disclose further details.

The joint security force raided on Saturday the town of Maqne in north Baalbek as the army cracked down on a narcotics factory in the region, on the third day of an unprecedented security plan.

“Following a series of raids in the al-Hammoudiyeh area and other towns, army forces discovered a factory for manufacturing drugs and seized machines and a quantity of narcotics,” the Army Command said in a statement.

Speaker Nabih Berri expressed dissatisfaction with the cabinet's status quo, considering the government as eroding from the inside due to the “reckless use” of the jurisdictions by ministers.

“The cabinet is meeting but the ministers aim at infuriating each others by rejecting decrees related to certain ministries,” Berri said in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper on Saturday.

The coordinator of the Kataeb Party's Central Committee, MP Sami Gemayel, has reportedly resigned from his post at the party, which was approved.

According to al-Akhbar newspaper published on Saturday, Sami's resignation comes in light of a decision by party leader Amin Gemayel to cancel the position, which was established after the assassination of then Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel in November 21, 2006.

Al-Mustaqbal chief and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived overnight in Lebanon to attend the tenth anniversary of his father's assassination at the BIEL exhibition center in downtown Beirut on Saturday.

According to al-Mustaqbal newspaper, Hariri a leader of the March 14 alliance arrived in Lebanon coming from Riyadh to give a speech at a rally commemorating his slain father.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday stressed that there is no “justification” for the retention of arms by Hizbullah, as he urged Lebanon's leaders to elect a new president through local efforts.

“Make no mistake: there is no justification for the retention of arms by a militia or terrorist group that answers -- not to the Lebanese people -- but to foreign governments in Damascus and Tehran,” Kerry said in a message commemorating the tenth anniversary of former premier Rafik Hariri's assassination, in an apparent reference to Hizbullah.

The joint security force continued on Friday to implement a security plan established for the Bekaa Valley, detaining dozens of fugitives, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Several areas were raided in search for outlaws, who are wanted on security and judicial warrants.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam praised on Friday former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on his tenth assassination anniversary for rejecting extremism and exerting all efforts to achieve peace and stability in Lebanon.

Ten years after Hariri's murder, “we bow in respect of the memory of the person whose first and last passion was Lebanon,” Salam said.