Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday denied the Islamic republic had any Revolutionary Guards in Syria, affirming that media reports quoting the head of the Guards saying that had been published out of context.

"The comments citing General (Mohammed Ali) Jaafari on the presence of Guards in Syria were selective and incorrect... and they are not in any way valid," ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told Iran's Arabic-language Al-Alam television.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Monday against the broadcast of the entire anti-Islam film.

He said: “The United States must realize that broadcasting the entire film will have very dangerous repercussions in the world.”

The United States on Monday updated its travel warning to Lebanon amid a convulsion of anti-U.S. outrage in the Middle East, and suspended grants to Americans wishing to study in the country.

Urging Americans to avoid all travel to Lebanon, the State Department also highlighted a spate of recent kidnappings of foreigners in the country by different groups and clans, and the tensions caused by the conflict in Syria.

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel questioned on Monday Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's call for protests against the anti-Islam film that sparked outrage in the Muslim world, noting that he made the announcement shortly after Pope Benedict XVI ended his trip to Lebanon.

He said during a press conference: “Nasrallah ended the accord, reached during the pontiff's visit, through this call for demonstrations.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat called on Monday for committing to the Taef accord as “an interpretation of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Lebanon.”

He said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa magazine: “The Lebanese people are obligated to double their efforts in order to implement the Apostolic Exhortation in order to remove fears of a large number of Lebanese, especially Christians, in order to eliminate the concept of minorities.”

President Michel Suleiman held talks on Monday with the Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Rokn-Abadi on recent statements that members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards are present in Lebanon.

He requested from the ambassador an official clarification from the Islamic republic over these remarks.

Lebanese security officials said on Monday that four missiles fired by two Syrian warplanes have landed on Lebanese territory.

The officials said the missiles hit a rugged and remote area on the edge of the Lebanese border town of Arsal. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The brother of the head of Bakeries Association was on Monday kidnapped by unknown assailants, who asked for ransom in return for his release.

The head of the association, Anisse Beshara, told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) that the kidnapers called the wife of his brother Youssef asking for a $400,000 ransom.

President Michel Suleiman is expected to tackle the national defense strategy at a national dialogue session on Thursday, media reports said.

Al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Monday that Suleiman will discuss with Lebanese foes the matter after conferees at the last national dialogue session, held at Beiteddine palace on August 16, decided to postpone discussing it due to the absence of several members, in particular, Speaker Nabih Berri.

The army is set to continue destroying cannabis fields in northern Bekaa despite the objection of the residents, who deem them as their only source to earn a decent living, An Nahar newspaper reported on Monday.

According to the daily, the destruction operations will proceed on Tuesday as the angered residents are reportedly seeking to hold a sit-in to criticize the silence of Hizbullah's chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah over the matter.