Lebanese Christian opposition leader MP Michel Aoun on Friday expected that a solution to the current violence will be reached soon, local OTV reported.
Lebanese will go back to their normal life and roads will be opened, Aoun said in a televised address, adding that "I guarantee that no one will be subject to suppression except those who breached their jurisdictions."
"Events in Lebanon is on the right track now," said Aoun.
Sectarian fighting between Hezbollah and pro-government supporters in Beirut entered a third day on Friday, with crackle of gunfire and sporadic bursts of rocket-propelled grenade echoing in Beirut overnight.
The Christian areas in eastern Beirut, Matn and Keserwan, enjoyed complete calm during the past two days, while fierce clashes between the opposition and the ruling coalition swept the western side of Beirut and other Lebanese areas, leaving at least eight people dead, 40 others injured.
The Lebanese government on Tuesday declared the Shiite militant Hezbollah's telecommunications network was illegal and a threat to state security.
It also decided to remove security chief of the country's only international airport in Beirut, Wafik Shqaier, over his alleged links to Hezbollah.
Those cabinet decisions fueled the high tension between opposition Hezbollah and government supporters, which turned violent since Wednesday, with main roads in and around Beirut blocked by protestors.
Source: Xinhua
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