Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat stressed on Thursday that his visit to the French capital, Paris, is to carry out the necessary medical checkups.

He pointed out in comments to LBCI that he arrived in Paris on Sunday aboard Jumblat's National Struggle Front MP Nehme Tohmeh's private plane.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat will travel to the French capital, Paris, on Sunday to carry out necessary medical checkups.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Saturday, Jumblat is suffering from back pain that require immediate treatment.

President Michel Suleiman stated that Hizbullah does not accept the use of chemical weapons, reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Saturday.

He therefore told the daily: “Syria's chemical weapons have not been smuggled to Lebanon and there is no evidence of their presence in the country.”

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Friday endorsed a recent statement issued by President Michel Suleiman to clarify the Baabda Declaration, describing the agreement as a “serious roadmap” for dialogue and pacification.

“During these difficult days that we are all going through, it is not appropriate to engage in a contentious debate, such as the debate they have started over the Baabda Declaration,” Hariri said in a press release.

Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour might meet with al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri in southern France before attending a refugee conference in Geneva.

Al-Joumhouria newspaper said Tuesday that Abou Faour, who has been tasked by Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat to negotiate on the cabinet formation process, could meet Hariri in Nice to discuss the process with him.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri warned on Thursday against the “killing machine that is moving from one city to another in Lebanon” after deadly twin blasts in the northern city of Tripoli killed over 27 people and wounded 358 others.

"These hands want to sow strife in Lebanon and overturn any moment of stability in the country,” Hariri said in a released statement.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri “strongly condemned” Wednesday's Reef Damascus massacre, considering that the problem lies in “the international community that continues to allow Syrian President Bashar Assad to commit crimes.”

“No words can describe the massacre inflicted by Assad’s forces on hundreds of children, women and innocent Syrian civilians in the suburban Damascus town of Ghouta,” Hariri said in a released statement.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri lashed out on Saturday at Hizbullah chief's Friday speech, accusing him of dragging Lebanon further into the Syrian turmoil.

Hariri took to Twitter and slammed Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's message as “catastrophic.”

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stated that Hizbullah's involvement in the fighting in Syria was an “individual initiative” that the party undertook, reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Saturday.

He told the daily: “We oppose intervention outside Lebanese territories and no understanding was reached between us and the party over this issue.”

Thursday's deadly blast in the southern suburb of Beirut drew a wave of local condemnation by political leaders that considered it "an attempt to drag Lebanon into strife."

Former premier Saad Hariri condemned the “terrorist” explosion that targeted Beirut's suburb, urging self-control and restraint to avoid falling into the “plan of Lebanon's enemies.”