Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Paris from Riyadh on Saturday, al-Liwaa newspaper reported.

The daily said on Monday that Hariri is holding telephone conversations with officials concerning the situation in Lebanon and the region.

Hizbullah and its allies have left Prime Minister Najib Miqati with very little room to maneuver regarding the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, reported the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah newspaper on Sunday.

The parliamentary majority believes that the decision to fund the tribunal lies in its hands and not the premier.

Cabinet discussions on the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon kick off next week amid fears that the issue would lead to a protracted crisis that would threaten Premier Najib Miqati’s government.

Cabinet ministers are scheduled to discuss the 2012draft state budget at a session at Baabda palace on Tuesday. The funding of the tribunal is the most controversial topic in the budget.

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat held talks on Thursday night in what sources said was a coordinated meeting ahead of the Druze leader’s expected interview with al-Manar.

Hizbullah’s TV station said the two officials discussed the latest developments but a source close to the two parties told al-Liwaa newspaper that the meeting and Jumblat’s TV appearance on Friday night are part of coordinated joint stances.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat held a dinner banquet for his former allies, al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Thursday.

“Everyone attended the dinner banquet,” ex-PSP member Fouad al-Saad confirmed to the daily.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat condemned on Monday the riots that have taken place in Egypt over the weekend, voicing his confidence in the Egyptian security forces’ ability in restoring stability.

He warned in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa magazine: “It’s necessary to prevent the unrest from developing into sectarian strife.”

Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun stressed on Monday that his parliamentary bloc fully rejects the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in a stance that he described as independent from the position of other parties.

“No to the funding of the court no matter what the stance of our political allies are,” Aoun told An Nahar daily in an interview published Monday.

Progressive Socialist Party Leader MP Walid Jumblat said on Sunday that "a general assembly shall be held towards the end of the current month, where clear political words will be uttered regarding the past, the present and the future positions of the Party; in addition to organizational issues."

During a swearing in ceremony of new PSP members in Shwaifat, Jumblat said that "the party achieved transition from the former organizational structure to a new one."

Ministers loyal to National Struggle Front leader Walid Jumblat have held consultations with the Druze chief over Hizbullah’s official announcement that it rejects to fund the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

A source did not unveil to al-Liwaa daily the details of the discussions but said that the situation inside and outside the cabinet was “dangerous” after reportedly Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told his visitors that that the tribunal will not be funded.

The cabinet appointed former Minister Adnan Sayyed Hussein as the head of the Lebanese University on Wednesday despite reservations expressed by ministers loyal to Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat.

Ministerial sources told An Nahar daily on Thursday that the reservation came over the political reasons that led to the appointment of Hizbullah’s candidate. Jumblat’s ministers said there were better academicians for the post.