Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed Friday that the killing of the group's top military commander, Mustafa Badreddine, will not push Hizbullah to withdraw its fighters from war-torn Syria.

“Until today, the martyrdom of any of our leaders has not pushed us to leave any battlefield and Badreddine's blood will push us to a bigger presence in Syria... We will remain in Syria and more leaders will go into Syria,” said Nasrallah in a televised speech marking one week since Badreddine's death in a blast near Damascus airport.

Lebanon's Foreign Ministry sent a cable of condolences on Friday to Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi over the crashing of an EgyptAir flight carrying 66 people from Paris to Cairo.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants offers its deepest condolences to President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, to the families of the victims and to the people of Egypt,” said the statement.

Head of the parliamentary media committee MP Hassan Fadlallah emphasized that the committee will carry on efforts with regards to the illegal internet file until it reaches the final results that safeguard Lebanon's national security and the state's finances, As Safir daily reported on Friday.

“The committee will follow up closely on the internet file and all its branches. The file will not be closed until we reach final results that safeguard the national security and the state's finances,” Fadlallah told As Safir.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc leader MP Fouad Saniora stressed on Thursday that the bloc has not taken a specific stance with regard to Speaker Nabih Berri's suggestion on the parliamentary elections and that the issue requires further discussions, al-Mustaqbal daily reported.

“The bloc has not taken a positive or a negative position regarding Berri's initiative,” Saniora told the daily.

Speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday that the “ball is now in the court of the politicians” and they can either agree on a new electoral law or settle for the 2008 one, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

Visitors to Berri quoted him as saying that agreeing on a new electoral law has become inevitable and he said: “It is crucial that the political powers heed Lebanon's interest in agreeing on an electoral law that satisfies and represents all parties. They have no excuse to keep the country disabled.”

Speaker Nabih Berri proposed before the national dialogue participants on Wednesday a package deal aimed at ending the political deadlock in Lebanon, media reports said.

The deal calls for shortening the term of the current parliament and staging the parliamentary polls and later the presidential ones.

Families of the Aley district town of Ain Dara held a sit-in on Wednesday protesting an attack waged by armed gunmen against the municipality's building, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Lebanon's presidential elections is approaching a new phase amid reports claiming that the chances of MP Suleiman Franjieh to reach the top state post are dimming, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

The daily quoted unnamed sources as saying that Hizbullah did not take in the initiative of Mustaqbal Movement chief MP Saad Hariri to elect Franjieh, because Tehran has rejected the offer and considers it a Saudi Arabian maneuver against it in Lebanon.”

Hizbullah hailed the stance of Central Bank Governor Riad Salemeh, which urged Lebanese banks to consult with the Central Bank before suspending accounts suspected of violating anti-Hizbullah U.S. sanctions law, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

“The stance of the Central Bank Governor is considered positive,” Hizbullah sources told the daily.

Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr charged 13 people with belonging to an armed terror group for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

NNA said that the charged are Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian nationals and that they include three people who are already held in detention.