A delegation from the families of the servicemen abducted by extremists from the northeastern border town of Arsal announced on Tuesday that they will no longer carry out escalatory measures following a meeting with General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim.

They declared: “An exchange with the captors is ready.”

Hizbullah lashed out on Tuesday at critics who slammed the speech of it party leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, describing their remarks as “worthless.”

“For the past three days we read and heard the reactions to Nasrallah's speech, which were far from the reality he conveyed and failed to counter his argument” Hizbullah's media officer Mohammad Afif said in a statement.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam asked donors on Tuesday for humanitarian assistance to help the Lebanese authorities implement a plan to overcome the Syrian refugee crisis.

“The crisis should be managed through a more than $1 billion plan set up by the Lebanese government,” Salam said at an international conference for donors held in Kuwait.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam stressed on Tuesday that Lebanon's stance at the Arab summit comes in harmony with the ministerial policy statement, threatening to suspend cabinet sessions if any party raised the matter at the upcoming meeting.

“Our stance falls in Lebanon's favor,” Salam's visitors quoted him as saying in comments published in al-Joumhouria newspaper.

Inmates at Roumieh prison are reportedly mobilizing to stage a riot at the facility in less than two weeks to protest the firm measures imposed by security forces and to reveal to the public the alleged injustice they are being treated with.

According to al-Akhbar newspaper published on Tuesday, the prisoners have several tools to carry out a “dangerous riot” despite the incapability of their relatives to smuggle sharp instruments.

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.