Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Naim Hassan called for an Islamic-Christian summit on Tuesday, at the Council's headquarters in Beirut, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

NNA said Hassan has called for the summit “to dwell on various national and spiritual issues and to emphasize the national and constitutional constants, to resort to the state’s institutions, to control all political differences with respect for diversity and stability and civil peace, and the need to activate the government action to meet the challenges that beset our Lebanon at various levels.”

The Lebanese Democratic Party issued a statement on Saturday claiming that one supporter of the Progressive Socialist Party had tried to trigger a fight with guards of State Minister for Refugee Affairs Saleh al-Gharib in al-Bsatin area.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri has reportedly vowed to call for a Cabinet session next week to activate the government’s work suspended since July 2 over the Qabrshmoun incident, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat reported on Saturday.

Ministerial sources told the daily the expected government meeting will address several items on the agenda in order to resume the work of institutions and activate them.

Free Patriotic Movement chief and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Friday described parliament’s controversial approval of Article 80 of the state budget as a blow to “national accord” and “partnership.”

“What happened with us regarding Article 80 of the state budget is not something minor in terms of the violation of balances, understandings and agreements,” Bassil said in a speech in Zahle.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday reiterated support for Lebanese Democratic Party leader Talal Arslan in the standoff over the Qabrshmoun incident, as he denied that Syria and Hizbullah are waging a political war on Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat.

“We support MP Talal Arslan in anything he decides as to the Qabrshmoun incident and we're with convening the cabinet as soon as possible to discuss the issue,” Nasrallah said in a televised address.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Friday warned Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun of what he called the “rockets” of Pierre Fattoush, the owner of a controversial cement factory in the Ain Dara region.

“I congratulate Judge Ghada Aoun on her decision to shut down the Ain Dara stone crushing plants in order to preserve environment and Ain Dara’s properties,” Jumblat tweeted.

Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel has voiced concern over freedoms in Lebanon in connection with ongoing controversy over Lebanese indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila.

“Freedoms are in danger and for years now we’ve been witnessing police-state-like practices that ban movies and books and repress individuals expressing their opinions on social networking websites,” Gemayel said in an interview on al-Hurra TV.

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil and head of the Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc, voiced calls in a press conference on Friday for “solidarity between politicians and civilians alike in order to end the current crisis,” in Lebanon.

The Lebanese Presidency office issued a statement on Friday saying there has been some confusion over a budget article related to state hires delaying President Michel Aoun from signing off the 2019 state budget.

Speaker Nabih Berri said that adjoining the controversial cases of Qabrshmoun and Choueifat incidents is a “real chance” to overcome the political crisis, as he called for ending the government paralysis, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

“It is a good and viable opportunity that can be approved in the Cabinet followed by a comprehensive reconciliation meeting at the Baabda Palace to bring the matter back to the pre-Choueifat incident,” said Berri in remarks he made to the daily.