A Hizbullah lawmaker on Sunday said his party was “pleased by the end of Christian frustration,” in reference to the rising alliance between the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces, as he warned of a possible “Lebanese, cross-confessional frustration.”

Arab Tawhid Party chief ex-minister Wiam Wahhab officially announced Sunday the creation of the so-called “Tawhid Brigades” during a paramilitary parade that was held in his Chouf district hometown, Jahliyeh.

The latest obstacle that is hindering the cabinet formation process is President Michel Aoun's insistence on naming a Shiite minister and Speaker Nabih Berri's condition that he be also given the right to nominate a Christian minister, a media report said on Sunday.

MP Alain Aoun of the Free Patriotic Movement announced Sunday that failure to form a new government before Independence Day, which Lebanon will mark Tuesday, will not be a “setback” for the new presidential tenure, while urging “flexibility” from all parties.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has started to feel that the cabinet formation obstacles arising from the tensions between President Michel Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri are also targeted against him as a new premier, a media report said on Sunday.

Security Forces arrested two suspects involved in circulating counterfeit money in south of Lebanon, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

The two locals were arrested in the border town of Shebaa.

AMAL MP Qassem Hashem called upon all political parties to benefit from the past negative experiences to be able to form a promising cabinet capable of managing current crisis with a national spirit, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

Hashem's comments came during a meeting with dignitaries of the Arqoub region, he said: “Though the quick formation of a cabinet is needed with the beginning of this new (presidential) term, rushing to form it should be avoided if we aim at having a national unified cabinet.”

Peruvian media outlets accused Hizbullah of being involved in violence and killing a Peruvian citizen during protests staged by locals a few weeks ago, al-Arabiya news website reported Saturday.

During demonstrations staged by locals from La Pampa district against government projects, one of the demonstrators was shot and killed.

The Israeli army started drawing up plans to face any scenarios in the event of war with Hizbullah, or attacks against the Galilee, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

According to the Israeli army, Hizbullah will not find it enough to defend itself this time. Along with firing rockets at Israel, it is possible that the party might wage a counter offensive attack along the border.

A senior Hizbullah official stressed on Saturday that the region will witness the outset of a new “Resistance” Middle East that will have no room for the policies of the United States and its followers.

Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, head of Hizbullah's Executive Council stressed that the region will not witness a new Middle East but one founded by the Resistance of Hizbullah, he said: “Our region will see a new Resistance Middle East which is built and founded by the martyrs.”