Speaker Nabih Berri slammed on Thursday claims that the March 14 alliance was being charitable to Hizbullah by approving to remove its veto on the party's participation in the new cabinet.

In remarks to several local newspapers, Berri said: “No one gives charity to Hizbullah. On the contrary Hizbullah is being charitable to others.”

Sniper activities were recorded on Tuesday night in the northern city of Akkar as gunshots fired from the Syrian side of the border targeted the Abboudieh-Menjez highway in the region.

Al-Jadeed television said that the Syrian gunshots hit a car on the Abboudieh highway.

Al-Mustaqbal bloc on Tuesday warned against the Syrian regime's propaganda, considering that President Bashar Assad can “never be the protector of Christians” in Lebanon and in the neighboring country.

"We condemn any attack against sacred historical sites in the (Syrian town of) Maalula and we condemn any operations targeting Muslim and Christian holy places,” a released statement said after the bloc's weekly meeting at the Center House.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday revealed that the extremist al-Nusra Front is preparing to storm the mainly Christian Syrian town of Bloudan near Damascus, lashing out at those who are allegedly backing the jihadist group instead of supporting the historic neighboring town of Maalula.

“We were surprised by a cable received by OTV and FPM's website saying '… amid the assault on the town of Maalula, al-Nusra Front is trying to invade the Christian town of Bloudan, and we are raising our voice because we need greater protection.'”

The Gulf Cooperation Council stated on Tuesday that the process of blacklisting Hizbullah as a terrorist organization would take time.

“The process requires time and a procedures linked to a united Gulf stance on the party,” explained Bahraini Foreign Minister Khaled bin Mohammed al-Khalifa at the beginning of a GCC council meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Judge Robert Roth, presiding judge of the Trial Chamber, has resigned from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, announced the STL in a statement.

Roth joined the tribunal in September 2011 following a distinguished career in the judiciary as well as academia.

Caretaker Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn extended on Tuesday the mandate of Army Intelligence chief Brigadier General Edmond Fadel until March 20, 2014, reported the National News Agency.

It said that the extension took place at Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji's behest.

The European Union announced on Tuesday the immediate release of 58 million euros (77 million dollars) destined to help refugees from the Syrian conflict in Lebanon.

The EU executive, the European Commission, said it was sending 40 million euros to Lebanon through U.N. agencies and 18 million to help Lebanon provide services such as water and sanitation.

Germany's relocation program for Syrian refugees is getting under way with 107 people gaining temporary new homes.

U.N. refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said Tuesday the refugees — including survivors of torture and others with special needs mainly those with untreated medical conditions — are due to leave Lebanon on Wednesday headed for Hannover under the temporary program announced by Germany in March for up to 5,000 Syrian refugees.

President Michel Suleiman voiced on Tuesday his confidence that a new government that includes all powers will be formed in Lebanon.

He expressed before his visitors his confidence that a government “capable of withstanding local and international developments would be formed.”