President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday presided over a meeting with all the chiefs of the Lebanese security agencies, after al-Meqdad clan abducted more than 20 Syrians and a Turkish national in retaliation for the kidnap of one of its members by Syrian rebels in Damascus.

Suleiman also held phone talks with Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Miqati “over the developments that took place today,” state-run National News Agency reported.

Speaker Nabih Berri lashed out at the March 14 alliance over its uncertain decision concerning its participation in the national dialogue session scheduled to convene on Thursday.

He slammed in comments published in As Safir newspaper on Monday the actions of the opposition describing them as “unacceptable,” noting that the dialogue can’t remain the “prisoner of the alliances’ mood.”

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is scheduled to arrive in Lebanon on a two-day official visit next Thursday to meet with senior Lebanese officials.

The FM will hold talks with President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Miqati and his counterpart Adnan Mansour.

Speaker Nabih Berri hoped on Wednesday that positive talks would be held on the parliamentary electoral law that was approved by cabinet on Tuesday.

He said: “Discussions should set national interests above all else.”

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili is scheduled to visit Lebanon on Monday where he is expected to meet with a number of senior officials, various media reports said on Sunday.

The pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat stated that the talks will focus on the developments in Syria, with some sources describing his meetings as “crisis talks” given the escalation of events in the neighboring country.

Top March 8 majority alliance leaders might hold a meeting after their relations were threatened over the crisis of Electricite du Liban contract workers, the coalition’s leadership sources said.

The sources told As Safir newspaper on Saturday that the possibility of holding such a meeting between Speaker Nabih Berri, Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun and Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh is under discussion.

The Lebanese authorities decided to stop deporting Syrians following local and international pressure on the government in the aftermath of the deportation of 14 people by the General Security Department, An Nahar daily reported on Saturday.

The newspaper said that an agreement was reached among President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri and the major political parties in the government to stop the deportations even if some judicial cases allow such a move.

Electricite du Liban contract workers officially announced on Friday the end of their three-month strike and the resumption of work at the company after striking a deal with the government.

“We will end our strike and the committee will continue to hold meetings to follow up the implementation of the deal,” Lebnan Makhoul,a member of the EDL contract workers committee, told reporters during a press conference at the General Labor Confederation headquarters.

The president of a European country has advised Lebanese political parties from across the political spectrum not to object the division of Lebanon into a Switzerland-like federation, Speaker Nabih Berri revealed on Thursday.

Berri told al-Akhbar daily in an interview that he has received unconfirmed information about the head of state’s advice that was made around 15 days ago.

President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday threw his weight behind the Lebanese army’s decision to bring to trial those who target the military and rejected arms spread randomly across the country.

In his Army Day speech at the Shukri Ghanem barracks in Fayyadiyeh, a suburb of Beirut, Suleiman said: “The judiciary should issue verdicts against those who targeted the army without any fear.”