Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s aide, Nader Hariri, met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s advisor, Bouthaina Shaaban, in Damascus, reported As-Safir newspaper on Thursday.

Reports on Tuesday said that Syria disapproved of the delegation members, however, according to Information Minister Tarek Mitri following yesterday’s cabinet meeting, it was postponed due to technical and organizational reasons.

A “well-informed source" told As-Safir that Shaaban discussed with Nader Hariri the PM’s way of dealing with Lebanese-Syrian issues.

Shaaban reportedly also said that the Lebanese delegation’s trip to Damascus was postponed “due to certain flaws.”

Meanwhile, according to Al-Liwaa newspaper, today's national dialogue session will address the issue of Palestinian arms outside the refugee camps.

However, an unnamed source told An-Nahar newspaper that some of the national dialogue participants will ask for clarifications with regard to recent statements on Hezbollah's arms made by President Michel Sleiman, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun.

Sleiman said he will not allow anyone to harm Hezbollah, and Jumblatt called for eliminating discussions over the party’s arms. As for Aoun, he threatened to withdraw from the national dialogue if the media maintains its discussions on the Resistance's arms.

However, the US and Israel have clearly voiced in the past two days their concerns over Hezbollah’s armament.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz said that US officials confirmed Tel Aviv’s reports of Syria supplying Hezbollah with missiles.

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday accused Damascus of secretly providing Hezbollah with Scud missiles while publicly pushing for peace. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak also said that that his country is monitoring Hezbollah’s weaponry.

The Wall Street Journal added that senior Republican politicians intend to push the US Congress to obstruct plans of reappointing an ambassador in Damascus.

US diplomat Robert Ford has already been appointed by President Barack Obama to return as Syria’s US ambassador following a four-year absence.

The daily added that the aforementioned reports on arming Hezbollah made Obama “reconsider his policy of reconciliation [with Damascus].”

The US warned on Wednesday that the possible sale of Scud missiles to Hezbollah militants would put Lebanon at "significant risk."

"We are obviously increasingly concerned about the sophisticated weaponry that is allegedly being transferred," White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs said.

"We have expressed our concerns to those governments and believe that steps should be taken to reduce any risk and any danger," Gibbs said.

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