Speaker Nabih Berri revealed that the joint parliamentary committees will tackle the Orthodox Gathering electoral draft law proposal should the electoral subcommittee fail to reach an agreement over the hybrid law, reported the daily An Nahar Saturday.

Berri told the daily that he is awaiting the final decision of the subcommittee, which is set to meet twice for the final time on Saturday, over the hybrid law.

Bahrain summoned on Friday the Lebanese charge d'affaires at the Lebanese Embassy in the Gulf state over remarks made by Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun earlier this week, reported the Bahrain News Agency.

Ibrahim Assaf was summoned over statements the MP made to Iran's al-Alam television on Wednesday, which Bahrain considered “irresponsible meddling in its internal affairs.”

Syria's Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Badreddine Hassoun on Friday called on the Lebanese politicians to visit his country similar to Syrians' move towards Lebanon during its war, explaining that this is what “prevented partition”.

"Lebanese politicians should learn from Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi's step,” Hassoun said in an interview with al-Mayadeen television, expressing that he had wished if Grand Mufti Mohammed Rashid Qabbani was among the first travelers to his country.

A Lebanese woman has reportedly been insulted and kicked out of a restaurant in Lebanon for protesting the violation of the smoking ban law, LBCI television said on Friday.

“Dalal Mouawad was verbally attacked when she asked the restaurant's manager to respect the ban,” LBCI detailed.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat and MP Nehme Tohme on Friday left for Saudi Arabia aboard a private plane, the National News Agency reported.

The Druze leader is scheduled to meet with various high-ranking officials, revealed al-Joumhouria newspaper on Friday.

Al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Nouhad al-Mashnouq stated on Friday that the issues of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and Hizbullah's arms are the basis of any national dialogue, saying that Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat has become “a specialist in attacking his allies”.

"We were not the ones to say that who abandons the STL is a traitor,” al-Mashnouq noted in an interview with Future television, during which he replied to Jumblat's Thursday talk in a televised appearance.

Lebanese Forces bloc MP George Adwan on Friday said he submitted a new draft electoral law to the parliamentary electoral subcommittee, noting that its members only voiced minor reservations over his proposal.

“I submitted a proposal on behalf of the Lebanese Forces that reflects all the remarks, demands and concerns voiced by the MPs throughout this period,” Adwan said after the subcommittee's meeting on Friday afternoon.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly underscored on Friday that the U.S. remains concerned that developments in Syria not contribute to instability in Lebanon.

She emphasized “U.S. concern for the current security situation in Lebanon and called on all parties to exercise restraint and respect for Lebanon’s security and stability.”

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri slammed on Friday a caricature published in the Saudi al-Watan newspaper criticizing Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi's visit to Syria.

“The caricature doesn't depict the kingdom's stance from al-Rahi,” Asiri told the state-run National News Agency.

Syrian women waiting for pre-natal care at a Lebanese clinic know their pregnancies may end prematurely due to stress and fear, and that they may be unable to provide for their babies.

Many of the women are unable to cover the high cost of hospital care in the northern portal city of Tripoli, home to thousands of Syrians uprooted by the conflict that has ravaged their country for nearly two years.