After the UAE expelled more than 70 Lebanese citizens in March, Saudi Arabia is contemplating the deportation of hundreds of Lebanese expats amid a heated row with Hizbullah over the Riyadh-led military operation in Yemen.

According to information obtained by Naharnet, Saudi authorities are assessing the situations of around 400 Lebanese nationals who might be deported soon from the kingdom.

The war of words flared up anew on Wednesday between al-Mustaqbal movement and Hizbullah, with the latter slamming its rival as a subservient to “the Saudi regime.”

“Al-Mustaqbal movement's attachment to the Saudi leadership and its efforts to satisfy it and defend it will not make us remain silent over an aggression of this magnitude against a brotherly Arab Muslim people” in Yemen, Hizbullah's media department said in a statement, a day after the two parties held their tenth dialogue session.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged two detainees with belonging to the Islamic State group, reported the National News Agency on Wednesday.

It said that Nabil al-Siddiq, also known as Abi Sayyaf, and Ali Ayyoub were charged with belonging to the group and forming cells for the aim of carrying out terrorist attacks.

Contract workers of Electricite du Liban scuffled with members of the Internal Security Forces after they tried to force the employees to reopen the doors of the facility in the village of Mazboud in Mount Lebanon's Iqlim al-Kharroub region.

A person was injured in the brawl, the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Health Minister Wael Abou Faour annulled on Wednesday the contracts of six health centers throughout Lebanon for failing to meet the requirements of the primary care program, reported the National News Agency.

The centers were ordered to improve their conditions and the contracts may be restored if they meet the needed requirements.

Speaker Nabih Berri voiced optimism that dialogue between the Mustaqbal Movement and Hizbullah will continue despite the tensions between the two sides and their respective allies Saudi Arabia and Iran, reported As Safir newspaper on Wednesday.

His visitors on Tuesday quoted him as expressing his confidence that “both sides of the dialogue are committed to the talks despite some calls to halt it.”

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri emphasized his right to defend his country in the wake of the criticism against it over its military operation against Huthi rebels, especially by Hizbullah, reported As Safir newspaper on Wednesday.

He told the daily: “I have the right to respond to issues that concern my country and leadership, especially when these remarks exceed reason.”

The Free Patriotic Movement warned on Wednesday of the ongoing clamping down on the activities of the party, threatening to boycott its political activity or resign from the cabinet.

“If they want to rule without the (Change and Reform) bloc then they have the green light,” sources close to the FPM said in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi will reportedly meet on Thursday the ambassadors to Lebanon of western powers, Gabriele Caccia, the papal ambassador to Lebanon and U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag to urge them to facilitate the election of a new head of state.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Wednesday, Bkirki's move comes in light of its continued efforts to resolve the presidential deadlock.

The army intelligence reportedly detained a police sergeant at the municipality of the northern city of Tripoli on charges of aiding Sheikh Khaled Hoblos and renting an apartment for him.

According to As Safir newspaper published on Wednesday, Sergeant Mohammed Seifeddine Qader, who is related to Hoblos, had rented two apartments for the sheikh, one in the area of Dahr al-Ain in Koura and another in Tripoli's al-Qobbeh.