In a request to waive a lawsuit submitted on Sunday to the first investigating judge in Damascus, Habash said "when we requested Junblatt to apologize publicly from Mr. President Bashar al-Assad and from the Syrian people through visual media in order to drop the personal lawsuit and, because he fulfilled this requirement, we will drop the lawsuit filed against him (...)".

The Druze leader said on Saturday, "I said out of anger inappropriate and unreasonable words against President Bashar al-Assad, amid stressful atmosphere and at the peak of sectarian and ethnic split in Lebanon”.

The Druze leader added, "It was a moment of abandonment that had me out of my mind (...). But, in order to reinforce the Lebanese-Syrian relations and the ties between the two people, the two countries and the Arab Druze in Lebanon and Syria, can (Assad) surpass that moment and open a new page? I do not know".

In a speech delivered on February 14, 2007 in the second anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Junblatt attacked the Syrian President, describing him as a "liar", "criminal", "butcher" and "dictator."

The Syrian court issued on May 2006 summonses against Junblatt and MP Marwan Hamadeh, on charges of inciting against Syria. Nevertheless, the Lebanese Parliament refused it and requested to reject the Syrian demand because it "impairs the dignity of the Parliament and the people it represents".

Habash told AFP: "This drop aims to let MP Junblatt meet the requirement imposed by the Commission for the prosecution, which contains a call for Junblatt to apologize publicly and expressly from the Syrian president and the Syrian people through visual media," considering that the "action achieved its goals."