A security plan set to be implemented in the capital Beirut and its southern suburbs has entered the final stages as security forces are mobilizing to deploy heavily in the area to clamp down on outlaws.

Sources told al-Mustaqbal newspaper published on Tuesday that the security plan will kick off in April and will include all the neighborhoods of Dahiyeh, including Hizbullah's strongholds.

The Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has given the Lebanese government a deadline to meet the demands of the defense team, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

If the Lebanese authorities do not cooperate with the defense during the coming 21 days, then the Trial Chamber could refer the issue to the STL President, Judge Ivana Hrdličková, said the daily.

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri on Monday hit out anew at Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah over the latter's criticism of Riyadh's military intervention in Yemen, noting that his fiery speech reflected a “psychological crisis.”

Asked about his interpretation of Nasrallah's speech, Asiri told MTV: “The only explanation I have is that, unfortunately, there is a psychological crisis.”

Hizbullah noted Monday that Prime Minister Tammam Salam's stances at the Arab Summit were not discussed or sanctioned by the cabinet, pointing out that the PM's remarks do not reflect the viewpoint of all Lebanese.

“We listened to PM Tammam Salam's speech at the Arab Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, in which he justified the aggression by some Arab countries against Yemen and its people and voiced support for the creation of a joint Arab force,” Hizbullah Industry Minister Hussein al-Hajj Hassan said in a communique.

The Kataeb Party on Monday voiced support for the Lebanese government's stance regarding the latest Arab developments, urging domestic "immunity" in the face of the possible "dangerous" repercussions that might result from the Yemeni conflict.

“The dangerous developments in Yemen reflect a heated regional escalation that threatens to trigger an unprecedented war in the region,” the party said in a statement issued after the weekly meeting of its political bureau.

Lebanon's religious leaders on Monday voiced concern over the continued presidential vacuum in the country and urged political forces to head to parliament and elect a new head of state.

“We express our concern over the continued presidential vacuum, given the threat this constitutional vacuum poses to Lebanon's sovereignty, security and cultural formula,” the spiritual summit's closing statement said.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat reiterated on Monday his support for political dialogue in Lebanon, while voicing his rejection to “once again linking Lebanon's fate to Syria's.”

He said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa website: “We stress the need to demarcate the border in the Shebaa Farms and Kfarshouba Hills to end the ongoing misconceptions over this issue.”

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr approved the separation of the case of former Minister Michel Samaha from that of Syrian security official Ali al-Mamlouk, reported the National News Agency on Monday.

He approved the request filed by the permanent Military Court.

The relatives of the captive servicemen blocked on Monday the Saifi road in downtown Beirut to protest the government's failure to secure the release of the hostages, vowing to resort to unprecedented measures unless the authorities take action.

“We will not stay long today but tomorrow we will move our tents from Riad al-Solh square to the Saifi road,” said one of the protesters. "We will not leave this place until our sons are released."

World famous Lebanese fashion designer Basil Soda passed away on Monday after an illness, reported the National News Agency.

He had launched his fashion line in 2001 after garnering 20 years of experience in the industry.