وليد جنبلاط
and was a close adviser and right hand for Prince Talal Arslan, head of the LDP. He helped bridge differences within the Lebanese Druze community during the 2008 conflict in Lebanon, specially between Emir Talal and Walid Jumblatt also Aridi had been trying to reconcile rival factions within Lebanese parties, Aridi was a key middleman between the two sides and helped mediate an end to the fighting between Hezbollah under Hassan Nasrallah and the Progressive Socialist Party under Walid Jumblatt in the country.