Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Tuesday. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.

Al-Liwaa

Government resignation ruled out ... Bassil promises darkness in summer

While Prime Minister Najib Mikati visited Parliament, Speaker Nabih Berri -- true to form -- stepped in to try to resolve the crisis, and MP Walid Jumblatt, an ally of the two men, called on Lebanese security authorities to “prevent some Shabiha from Mount Lebanon from going to Jabal al-Arab in Syria to fight against the revolutionaries and freedom fighters who refuse to keep silent on the status quo and are fighting for change."

Jumblatt’s comments upset head of the Tawhid Party Wiam Wahab, prompting him to urge Jumblatt to reconsider his position on Jabal al-Arab.

“What is the purpose behind whipping the Druze?” Wahhab asked.

Wahhab accused Mikati of confining himself to his home, and using ministers of the Change and Reform bloc as an excuse to evade the chance to make a decision on allowing security forces to prevent the infiltration of militants from Lebanon to Syria.

Al-Joumhouria

Feltman meets March 14 and Washington considers embassy closure a first step

In parallel to the government crisis, the non-official visit by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman to offer condolences over the death of former MP Nassib Lahoud has been considered politically important, particularly as it comes after a U.S. announcement that it will ignore the Russia-China veto on Syria.

Feltman met March 14 officials over dinner.

Meanwhile, last week’s decision to suspend Cabinet meetings [following a dispute between Mikati and ministers from Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement] has revealed the depth of the crisis, amid talk about the difficulty of reaching a settlement in the near future in the wake of conditions and counter-conditions set forth by both Mikati and Aoun.

Al-Joumhouria has learned that an agreement has been reached to separate the Cabinet crisis from the government's work. This was evident as [pro-Aoun] FPM ministers took part in ministerial committees being held at the Grand Serail.

Al-Akhbar

The two Khalils await ‘end of pampering’

Nothing suggests that the Cabinet crisis, which is still “under control,” is going to be resolved anytime soon. Serious efforts await serious decisions by the various parties regarding the crisis.

According to one politician, the parties involved in the crisis were indulging in “political pampering.”

Meanwhile, the political aides to Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrrallah and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Hussein Khalil and Ali Hasan Khalil [respectively], embarked Monday on efforts to find a solution to the Cabinet crisis.

The two Khalils, according to sources involved in the Cabinet crisis, met Berri Monday to discuss the reasons behind the government stalemate and ways of solving it.

An-Nahar

Cabinet crisis solution delayed till after Paris visit

Amid all the complications of the Cabinet crisis, talk about the return of assassinations, and house raids carried out by the Lebanese Army in north Lebanon, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah will appear on television Tuesday to address local and regional developments, including the Syria situation.

At the government level, however, the current crisis seems to be lingering day after day, with no signs of optimism regarding the matter of resuming Cabinet meetings before Prime Minister Najib Mikati returns from an official visit to Paris Friday.

An-Nahar has learned that the delegation accompanying Mikati will not include Cabinet ministers. Central Bank governor Riad Salameh will join the delegation for talks on the economy.

Mikati also plans to visit former Prime Minister Saad Hariri to check on his health after his skiing incident.

Future Movement Secretary General Ahmad Hariri said Hariri will deliver a speech via video link Feb. 14 to mark the anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.