President Michel Suleiman stressed on Saturday on the necessity to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis.Suleiman’s statement came during a meeting with his French counterpart Francois Hollande in France’s southern city of Nice. The talks tackled the latest regional developments, especially the Syrian crisis, the state-run National News Agency said.

"Suleiman stressed again on the Lebanese principles that call for finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria,” the NNA revealed. U.S. President Barack Obama had warned in August he was ready to launch military strikes on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime over its alleged use of chemical weapons. [Link]