The Syrian opposition slammed on Tuesday the latest positions of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on the Syrian conflict, saying that they are a reflection of the party's waning influence on the ground.

Syrian National Coalition member Mohammed Yehya Maktabi said: “Nasrallah's remarks are a sign of the great confusion Hizbullah is experiencing as a result of the great number of losses among its ranks.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Tuesday questioned the path the discussion over funding the new wage scale is taking, denouncing holding state employees responsible for “any possible financial or economic collapse” that could happen after approving the debated draft law.

"It is weird and absurd how discussion is going in circles regarding the best means to fund the new wage scale, which is a rightful demand for public employees, without touching upon the main problem in depth,” Jumblat said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa website.

German authorities banned a group Tuesday accused of raising millions for Hizbullah and staged raids across the country against its members.

The interior ministry said it had outlawed the "Waisenkinderprojekt Libanon" (Orphan Children Project Lebanon) with immediate effect.

A meeting held on Monday at the Interior Ministry led to consensus over the full-employment of Civil Defense volunteers after several protests were held in different areas across the country.

Al-Mustaqbal MP Hadi Hobeish said in remarks to Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) that Wednesday's parliamentary session will include on its agenda a draft-law regarding the full-employment of the volunteers.

Expired food, alcohol and cleaning products were on Tuesday burned at a dump in the northern district of Koura, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA said the food included meat and poultry.

The implementation of a security plan by the Lebanese army in the northern city of Tripoli faced on Tuesday attacks and protests by angry men.

The state-run National News Agency said several grenades were tossed in the area of al-Baraniyeh as residents shortly blocked the road of al-Dabagha and wheat market with burning tires.

Palestinian Armed Struggle chief Mahmoud Issa, who goes by the nom de guerre of al-Lino, denied that sacked Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan was involved in the clashes that erupted at the Palestinian refugee camp of Mieh Mieh in the southern city of Sidon.

Al-Lino said in comments published in al-Joumhouria newspaper on Tuesday that Dahlan's role at the camp is merely humanitarian.

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil has reportedly told the adviser of al-Mustaqbal movement leader Saad Hariri that Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun would not announce his candidacy for the presidency if there was no political consensus on him.

During a meeting with Nader Hariri on Sunday night, Bassil, who is Aoun's son-in-law, said the FPM leader rejected his possible candidacy to be considered against the presidential bid of Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea.

The army arrested on Monday three fugitives in the eastern Bekaa town of Hermel, and seized hashish and weapons in their possession.

"We have detained Zakaria Hussein Nassereddine, Mohammed Jihad Shamas and Abbas Abdullah Dandash who are wanted on several arrest warrants,” the military institution said in a communique.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has noted that Lebanese parties can elect a president without being affected by foreign influence, pointing out that President Michel Suleiman's recent remarks have ended his role as a national dialogue moderator.

In the second part of an interview with As Safir newspaper that will be published Tuesday, Nasrallah clarified the reasons that prompted his party to boycott the recent dialogue session, saying Suleiman's “latest stances have made him lose his role as national dialogue moderator.”