Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat does not intend to host Syria's Druze in areas where the sect is concentrated in Lebanon, sources said, as a PSP delegation visited Turkey to contain the repercussions of the killing of at least 20 Druze in the neighboring country.

Sources close to Jumblat denied to the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily published on Monday reports that the PSP chief would host Druze from Syria in Lebanon's Shouf district to guarantee their safety.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed on Saturday that the Druze sect would confront “plots,” urging his community to overcome the current “ordeal.”

“We will confront the ordeal for the sake of national unity,” Jumblat said following talks with al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc leader MP Fouad Saniora and an accompanying delegation.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat condemned on Friday the attack against Druze in Syria's Qalb Lawzah, saying however that it was an “individual incident.”

He remarked: “Fiery statements regarding the incident will only jeopardize the Druze in Syria and I will tackle the tensions by holding a series of contacts.”

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat have rejected terrorist activities and announced their support for stability, Geagea's press office announced on Friday

Geagea and his wife MP Sethrida visited Jumblat in Clemenceau on Thursday night, said the statement.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has held an emergency meeting for his party's leadership to contain the repercussions of the killing of at least 20 members of Syria's Druze community, al-Mustaqbal daily reported on Friday.

During the meeting that took place on Thursday, Jumblat called for calm to limit attempts to instigate against strife after a press conference that was held by Tawhid movement leader ex-Minsiter Wiam Wahab.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed Thursday that the cabinet is the sole authority concerned with the appointment of civil servants.

Jumblat criticized some journalists without naming them, considering they have “a wide imagination.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat described Wednesday some Christian leaders of being “delusional” to think that they will become the new president, stressing he will not withdraw the candidacy of his nominee MP Henri Helou.

“The main dispute is over the illusion of some Christian leaders that they will become the next head of state,” Jumblat said in the second part of an interview with al-Akhbar newspaper published in segments.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam is aware that the cabinet can convene despite the absence of Free Patriotic Movement ministers but is procrastinating on calling for a session to avoid a clash, sources close to the PM said.

The sources told al-Liwaa newspaper published on Wednesday that Salam does not want to hit the political balance in the government.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has advised Christian parties not to waste historic opportunities and to agree on a consensual candidate other than Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.

Saudi Arabia and Iran are in a dispute over the situation in Yemen, so there won't be any mediator to help Lebanese MPs elect a new president, Jumblat said in remarks published on Tuesday.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat has called on Lebanon's rival parties to prevent their “absurd” differences from paralyzing the state, As Safir daily reported on Monday.

Jumblat, who visited Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh on Sunday, told As Safir that the dispute among the different parties, which is obstructing the work of constitutional institutions, is “minor and silly” and should not paralyze the entire country.