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

Al-Mustaqbal
Jumblatt: Are we about to establish a new era of renowned security tutelage?

The headlines may be many. But the most significant issue remains behind the border amid insistence by the Syrian regime on using violence to deal with citizens in a breach to its commitments to the Arab League.
In this regard, Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt called for “neutralizing” the Lebanese Army regarding the unrest in Syria.

Jumblatt urged the army to stick to tasks within the Lebanon borders “in order to preserve security and stability.”
He said Syrian activists have the right to express their opinion freely without being subjected to harassment or pressure from any side.

Jumblatt also wondered whether reports were true that the number of Syrian activists kidnapped in Lebanon has reached 13.
“Are we about to establish a return of the renowned era of security tutelage?” he asked.
The March 14 coalition also held the Lebanese government and security services responsible for the repercussions of the Syrian unrest in Lebanon which has left Lebanon’s security “shaken” and has “heightened tension.”

As-Safir
[Lebanese] Army responds to campaigns: They aim to restrict us ... We won’t be affected by them
“Syrian refugees” ... a humanitarian issue or a “political bomb"?

As the government resumes activity following Eid al-Adha holiday, the political fever heated up over the crisis of “Syrian refugees” in Lebanon after March 14 decided to turn this issue from humanitarian to political in an effort to exercise more pressure on the Mikati government which is accused by the opposition of ignoring the rights of these refugees and refusing to set up a camp for them.

The opposition’s “political bullets” first hit the judiciary and the Lebanese Army – both coming under direct campaigns over the way they are dealing with the disappearance of Syrians and the military’s strategy vis-à-vis developments on the Lebanon-Syria border.
Senior military sources were surprised by the campaign against the Lebanese Army and called for distancing the military institution from political bickering.

The aim behind these accusations, the sources told As-Safir, was to restrict the army’s movement and push it into taking a hands-off approach on the border.
While calling on the various political leaders to “neutralize” the Lebanese Army from political conflicts, the sources said such campaigns would not affect the army.

Ad-Diyar
Aoun’s remarks about Syria crisis shake Lebanon and its leaders
Mikati organizes honor rally for Sleiman Sunday, mobilizes in Tripoli
Tripoli residents reject Rai’s visit, majority Sunnis against the visit

Serious remarks made by Gen. Michel Aoun that the unrest in Syria was “over” and telling reporters “ask me next Tuesday if there are [going to be] events [unrest in Syria]” have shaken Lebanese political circles as a result of the huge repercussions of the Syrian unrest on Lebanon.
Everybody in Lebanon is waiting to see how things are going to develop in Syria to decide what steps should be taken.
The political circles looked into Aoun’s remarks to determine whether he had received any information from the Syrian leadership through an envoy, but no one knows the secret behind his saying this, and everyone is waiting for next Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Najib Mikati decided to hold an honor rally for President Michel Sleiman on Sunday, choosing the Sunni northern city of Tripoli as a venue.
The move coincides with a negative response from Tripoli’s Sunni population who “vetoed” a visit by Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai to their city, prompting him to postpone.
The Sunni majority veto comes after remarks made by Rai in September in which he said that the uprisings in the Arab world were tied to Muslim fundamentalist movements.

Al-Akhbar
Jumblatt meets March 14 on ‘security tutelage’

At a time when the reasons were unclear for these “sudden and repeated” demands to set up refugee camps for Syrians fleeing the unrest to Lebanon, comments made by MP Walid Jumblatt on behalf of the PSP called one's attention. Jumblatt announced his "outright rejection of the use of Lebanese territory for any actions that would undermine Syria's security and stability, or perform any hostile activities against it from inside Lebanon."

Simultaneously, Jumblatt stressed the right to political asylum and wondered whether “we are about to establish a new era of the renowned security tutelage similar to the previous period when Samir Kassir was tracked down and assassinated, not to mention the assassination of Ramzi Irani and the kidnapping of Butros Khawand?"