Saudi intelligence are involved in the deadly suicide bombing that targeted the Iranian embassy in southern Beirut and the resistance “will respond to the attack,” Iran's Fars news agency quoted an informed source as saying on Tuesday.

"Riyadh will pay the price doe its activities,” the source assured, explaining that Saudi Arabia is “carrying out such attacks because of its rage following its defeats in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.”

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun rejected on Tuesday President Michel Suleiman's suggestion to form a neutral government, saying that nonpartisan ministers “have no opinions.”

He said after the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting: “Threats to form a neutral cabinet make it unconstitutional.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat slammed on Tuesday attempts to target the image of the northern city of Tripoli, saying that it embraces coexistence among its people.

He said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa website: “The residents of Tripoli have long been proud of their city's diversity.”

First Military Examining Magistrate Judge Riyad Abu Ghida questioned on Tuesday Arab Democratic Party politburo chief Rifaat Eid for threatening the Internal Security Forces.

“I have proved that I respect the Lebanese judiciary and abide by the law,” Eid told several TV stations after news broke about the questioning.

Lebanese Forces MP Antoine Zahra defended on Tuesday President Michel Suleiman against a campaign launched by the March 8 alliance, accusing it of assaulting his authorities.

“The campaign against Suleiman is an assault on his powers,” Zahra said in a press conference.

Acting General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud received on Tuesday a request from the Saudi Embassy, saying the brother of a dead al-Qaida-linked group leader wants to repatriate his body.

Saudi national Majed al-Majed died in Lebanon on Saturday while undergoing treatment at the central military hospital after his health deteriorated, the army said.

A committee made up of March 14 officials has been holding discussions to unify the proposals on the coalition's new strategy, the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper reported Tuesday.

The daily quoted informed sources as saying that the committee's initial talks are focusing on merging the proposals of the alliance’s different parties on the strategy pending an agreement over their joint vision on the situation in the country, including Hizbullah's assistance to keep its fighters in Syria.

Western and Arab ambassadors to Lebanon have been avoiding since last week any movement across Lebanon, the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper reported on Tuesday.

According to the daily, ambassadors of world powers, including the Arab and European diplomats, have been avoiding any activity and apologized for not attending invitations they had agreed on.

A majority of Lebanese asylum-seekers detained in the Pacific will choose to return home, a Lebanese member of the council advising the Australian government on asylum-seekers said.

Australian media reports said on Tuesday that Dr. Jamal Rifi, a prominent member of Sydney's Lebanese community, visited the detention centers in the islands of Papua New Guinea and Nauru last week.

An unknown attacker on Monday hurled a hand grenade at an army vehicle near the Barrad al-Bisar area in Tripoli's al-Zahriyeh, which left two soldiers wounded.

“At once, an army unit raided the only building that faces Barrad al-Bisar to pursue and arrest the perpetrator,” state-run National News Agency reported.