Syria's main opposition National Coalition called on Lebanon to control its frontiers, after rebels said they fired across the border in retaliation against Hizbullah.

"The Syrian Coalition calls on the Lebanese government to exert control over its borders and put an immediate stop to Hizbullah's military operations on Syrian territory," the group said late Monday.

The Hizbullah-led March 8 alliance is putting obstacles to Premier-designate Tammam Salam's work to slow down the cabinet formation process over its priority to first clinch a deal on a new electoral law, reports said Tuesday.

An Nahar daily quoted sources as saying that the coalition prioritizes an agreement among rival parties on the vote law and considers the formation of the government as a secondary item.

A parliamentary subcommittee agreed on Tuesday to hold more meetings to set the stage for further discussions between rival lawmakers on an electoral draft-law, its chairman MP Robert Ghanem said.

“We will meet at 11:00 am Thursday and decide after it or after a few more meetings to take further steps towards reaching a deal on a vote law or call it quits,” Ghanem said after the subcommittee held what he dubbed an unofficial session at parliament.

Caretaker Energy Minister Jebran Bassil held talks with Saudi Ambassador Ali Awadh Asiri on Tuesday, a move seen as a rapprochement between the March 8 alliance and Riyadh.

An Nahar newspaper said Bassil, who is a leading member of the Free Patriotic Movement that is allied with Hizbullah, had requested to meet with Asiri.

Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said Tuesday he was waiting for the complete file of deadly attacks on Lebanese territories from the Syrian side of the border to take the appropriate measures.

Mansour made the disclosure in a remark to al-Joumhouria newspaper when it asked him what step he was planning to take after he was tasked with filing a complaint with the Arab League to ask for its assistance in confronting the attacks.

The families of the Lebanese Shiite pilgrims abducted in Syria’s Aazaz staged a sit-in on Monday at the Karantina fish market and prevented Turkish refrigerated trucks from unloading their shipments, in the second such protest against Turkey’s interests in Lebanon.

Adham Zgheib recited a statement in the name of the protesters, confirming that the families will continue their escalatory steps until the release of the abductees and saying they have been “fed up with the false promises given to them over the past 11 months.”

The Military Court on Monday sentenced Shiite cleric Sheikh Hasan Msheimesh to five years hard labor on charges of collaboration with Israel, state-run National News Agency reported.

The Lebanese judiciary had indicted Msheimesh with spying for Israel on October 19, 2011.

The United States on Monday condemned the deadly barrage of rockets fired by Syrian rebels into the Lebanese region of Hermel, which left two people dead and five others wounded on Sunday.

The U.S. State Department said it condemns attacks against Lebanese territory, whichever side they may come from.

Syrian rebel commanders have confirmed insurgents had fired shells into Hermel towns on Saturday and Sunday, but denied there were any attacks on Monday.

"Yesterday (Sunday), Hizbullah bombarded Qusayr, Nahriyeh, Burhaniyeh and Saqarji (near the Lebanese border) from its positions in al-Qasr and Hawsh al-Sayyed Ali. They bombed civilians and killed many women and children," said Abu Oday, a commander of the rebel Independent Farouq Division.

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel warned on Monday that Lebanon can no longer support the Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

He said during a press conference after the party's weekly politburo meeting: “The refugees have become a threat to the country's national fabric.”