The Lebanese army on Sunday arrested a group of Syrian gunmen who had entered Lebanese territory via the border town of al-Qaa, seizing a car and a large cache of weapons, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.

“After the crackdown on the Syrian town of Qusayr intensified, the Lebanese army managed to arrest 33 gunmen who had entered the Lebanese area of al-Qaa Projects and were on their way to Ablah,” in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Radio Voice of Lebanon (93.3) said.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed on Sunday that Jerusalem belongs to Palestine, Arabs, and the Muslims.

He said: “The choice to hold negotiations to return Jerusalem to Palestine are unrealistic because Israel considers the city as its permanent capital.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stated on Sunday that the Lebanese constitution grants the people the right to demonstrate “peacefully and under the rule of law.”

He said via Twitter: “The security situation in Lebanon will not deteriorate because of a demonstration or the regional instability.”

The recent amendments to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s indictment in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has “confused” Hizbullah, reported the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah newspaper on Sunday.

A source monitoring the situation told the newspaper that Hizbullah understood the amendment to be a precursor for allowing the tribunal to accuse parties in the assassination of the former premier.

President Michel Suleiman is expected to travel to Qatar on Sunday to attend the International Conference on Telecommunications.

Official sources told the daily An Nahar in remarks published on Sunday that the president may hold talks with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani during his visit.

Minister of Transportation and Public Works, Ghazi al-Aridi, of the National Struggle Front stated that the bloc is counting on various political contacts in order to resolve the dispute over government spending ahead of Monday’s parliament session, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.

He told the daily however: “We will not attend the session if a settlement is not reached.”

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea held talks on Saturday with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani during his ongoing trip to the Gulf state, announced the LF in a statement.

The talks focused on the situation in Lebanon, as well as the Syrian crisis and regional developments.

A Baalbek teenager has been released on Sunday after being kidnapped for four days, reported the National News Agency.

Ziad Khaled Abou Esper, 16, was apparently released after the security forces’ frequent raids in the Baalbek area forced the kidnappers to let him go, reported NNA.

Amid strict security measures and a heavy deployment of troops, Beirut’s Martyrs Square on Sunday was once again the scene of two rival yet peaceful demos supportive and critical of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Speaking at the anti-Assad rally, Salafist cleric Ahmed al-Asir, Imam of Sidon's Bilal bin Rabah mosque, condemned the international community’s refusal to intervene in Syria to end its crisis.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Saturday in its weekly report that the number of Syrians who had fled to Lebanon since the crisis in their country had reached 7,085.

The number increased since last week by 142, according to the U.N. organization’s statement.