Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji informed military officials on Tuesday about security measures to be adopted following last week's deadly explosion in Beirut's southern suburbs.

"Qahwaji gave directions and instructions to the heads of military units and bodies and to high-ranking army officials,” a statement published on the military institution's official website revealed.

Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Claude Karam on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against 13 members of the families of the Aazaz abductees on charges of “forming an armed gang and abducting the two Turkish pilots,” state-run National News Agency reported.

Karam referred the case to Mt. Lebanon Investigative Judge Ziad Makna, who interrogated three detainees and issued arrest warrants for them. He also issued 10 arrest warrants in absentia for 10 other suspects, adjourning the session to August 28, NNA said.

The “Marwan Hadid Brigades” claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the firing of rockets in the Bekaa region on Sunday, reported LBCI television.

The previously unknown group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement and video aired on Youtube.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Tuesday that the Lebanese government is exerting efforts to uncover the fate of the two Turkish pilots, who were kidnapped two weeks ago on the airport road.

Miqati, according to a statement released by his press office, reiterated after talks with Turkish Ambassador to Lebanon Inan Ozyildiz that the Turkish authorities should press negotiations concerning the nine Lebanese pilgrims held in Syria's Aazaz.

A parliamentary session dedicated to tackling a number of draft-laws was postponed on Tuesday over a lack of quorum.

MTV reported that the session was automatically postponed after Speaker Nabih Berri did not even attend the meeting.

The Gulf Cooperation Council has criticized Hizbullah chief sayyed Hassan Nasrallah for threatening to send more fighters to neighboring Syria after a car bomb hit his stronghold.

"At the same time that he calls for self restraint, he threatens the Syrians that his party will be more involved in fighting them," GCC secretary general Abdullatif al-Zayani said in a statement released late Monday.

Security forces from the AMAL party opened fire on Tuesday at a vehicle that did not halt at a checkpoint in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh, reported MTV.

It said that they fired at Range Rover, with tinted windows, after it failed to stop at an AMAL checkpoint in the Farhat neighborhood in Dahieh.

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam denied accusations by the March 8 coalition that he is responsible for the cabinet formation impasse, pointing out that he didn't set any previous conditions.

“I am basing my decision on the nation's best interest. I only care about forming a productive cabinet,” Salam said in an interview with As Safir newspaper.

Hizbullah has undertaken strict security measures at its stronghold of Dahieh in Beriut's southern suburbs, setting up checkpoints at various locations in order to search vehicles and passersby in the area, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Tuesday.

Widely informed sources from Hizbullah told the daily: “The measures are taking place in coordination with the security agencies and they are therefore not infringing on their privileges.”

Speaker Nabih Berri said that his efforts regarding the government formation are at a standstill, denying reports saying that he agreed with Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat to halt consultations over the matter.

“I haven't contacted Jumblat regarding the matter. According to my information everything is still the same,” Berri said in comments published in An Nahar newspaper.