Head of the Independence Movement Michel Mouawad slammed on Sunday Hizbullah's fighting Syria, saying that it is aimed at achieving Iranian interests in the region.

He said in a press conference: “The battle of al-Qusayr is aimed at linking Hizbullah-controlled Lebanese regions to Syrian Alawite-controlled regions in order to divide Syria in the future.”

Kuwait on Sunday urged its citizens to avoid Lebanon and those already there to leave "as soon as possible" after two rockets hit a stronghold of Hizbullah in Beirut.

"Due to the unstable situation in Lebanon and the expected consequences... a foreign ministry official urged citizens to exercise caution and to abandon travel to Lebanon at present," the KUNA news agency cited an official statement as saying.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri contacted on Sunday Speaker Nabih Berri in order to discuss the latest developments, including the Mar Mikhael blasts in Beirut's southern suburbs.

He said in a statement: “It is not enough to condemn strife during such attacks, but national responsibilities require all leaderships to warn those seeking unrest to halt their attempts to weaken and replace the state.”

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi lamented on Sunday the state of political affairs in Lebanon after the failure to reach an agreement over a new parliamentary electoral law, accusing political powers of obstructing the functioning of constitutional institutions.

He said during his Sunday sermon from Bkirki: “We cannot accept the extension of the term of parliament for whatever duration if a new electoral law is not devised.”

France condemned on Sunday the blasts that targeted Beirut's suburb of Mar Mikhael, warning against the spread of the Syrian unrest to Lebanon.

He said that France “strongly condemns” the violence that has taken place in Lebanon.

Calm was restored overnight in the northern city of Tripoli, reported the National News Agency Sunday.

It said that calm prevailed over the areas that witnessed clashes over the past week, adding that some intermittent gunfire could be heard.

Syria's main opposition group called Sunday on Hizbullah fighters to defect, as members of Lebanon's party led an assault on al-Qusayr in central Syria and a day after its leader vowed victory.

Hizbullah, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, "repeats Assad's grievous mistake of forcing his people to kill innocent Syrians, which will undoubtedly lead the honorable members of Hizbullah to defect and stand by the truth," said a statement from the Syrian National Coalition.

President Michel Suleiman and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati condemned on Sunday the Mar Mikhael blasts, saying that they are aimed at creating strife in Lebanon.

Suleiman urged in a statement “citizens to exercise the highest levels of diligence to avert strife and maintain national and civil peace.”

Gunmen abducted overnight a citizen in the Bekaa town of Zahle, reported the National News Agency Sunday.

It said that four gunmen kidnapped Butros Salim Attallah at around 2:30 a.m. in front of a nightclub in the area.

Four people were wounded on Sunday morning in a rocket attack on Beirut's southern suburbs.

The Lebanese army said in a statement that a rocket was fired at a car dealership near the Mar Mikhael church and another landed in the Maroun Misk neighborhood.