Israel expressed concern on Thursday that Hizbullah might attempt to transfer advanced weapons systems or chemical weapons from Syrian to Lebanon if the regime of President Bashar Assad collapsed.

"We are vigilantly watching the developments and the possibility that Hizbullah might attempt to transfer advanced weapons systems or chemical weapons from Syria to Lebanon,” Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a statement issued by his office.

Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday stressed that Syria is a “real military supporter of the Resistance,” extending condolences over the death of three top Syrian officials in a blast that rocked the headquarters of National Security in Damascus.

The bombing killed Defense Minister General Daoud Rajha, Assad's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat and General Hassan Turkmani, head of the regime's crisis cell on the uprising, state media said.

The Appeals Chamber of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon issued Wednesday a decision rejecting the request of the Defense to reconsider its ruling of February 16, 2011, “which defined terrorism for the first time in international law,” the STL said in a statement.

The Defense argued that the content of the decision should be revisited. They also challenged the procedure followed to issue that decision.

One person was killed in Tripoli on Wednesday by gunshots fired in celebration of the Syria bombing.

Khaled Fares was killed at the Malloula roundabout by a stray bullet shot during the Tripoli celebrations over the news of the Damascus explosion that targeted a number of Syrian security officials, reported MTV.

The Saint George Hospital University Medical Center in Beriut’s Ashrafiyeh neighborhood is expected to inaugurate on Thursday a helipad on the roof of the building during a ceremony sponsored by Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut Elias Audeh.

The inauguration will take place at 11:00 a.m. and will include medical maneuvers by the Lebanese airforce and members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, in cooperation with medical and technical teams from the hospital.

Head of the private school teachers association Nehme Mahfoud revealed on Wednesday that the Syndicate Coordination Committee reached an agreement with Prime Minister Najib Miqati over the new salaries scale for public workers.

“The deal included the teachers and the employees of the public sector altogether,” Mahfoud told reporters after heading a delegation to the Grand Serail.

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Wednesday he will make several proposals during a cabinet session to resolve the security situation that is spiralling out of control.

In remarks to Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5), Charbel said: “I will propose to the government several plans to resolve the security chaos and let each minister assume his responsibilities.”

Speaker Nabih Berri expressed surprise on Wednesday on accusations and criticism that Electricite du Liban’s contract workers are members of his AMAL movement, local newspaper reported.

Berri said that he is “not ashamed” to voice his sympathy with the workers.

The March 14 opposition is set to take an “important” stance from the national dialogue that is set to be held at Baabda Palace next Wednesday, its third session since it resumed last month following a 19-month standstill, An Nahar daily reported.

The sources told the newspaper on Wednesday that the alliance can’t ignore the assassination attempts against Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and MP Butros Harb, and reports about plots on other March 14 personalities.

The U.N. Security Council expressed concern Tuesday about fallout from the Syria conflict in Lebanon, diplomats said.

Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled across the border and the Lebanese army has moved troops from the border zone with Israel to the Syrian frontier region, where there have been deadly incidents in recent weeks, U.N. officials said.