The binding parliamentary consultations to name a new premier will be held on Thursday and the new government will not be a “confrontation government,” Baabda sources said on Tuesday.

“We will seek to agree with caretaker PM Saad Hariri on an alternative candidate and we prefer this option, or else we will go to parliamentary consultations and we are holding talks over several candidates,” the sources told LBCI television.

Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri openly declared Tuesday that he is withdrawing his candidacy for the premiership.

In response to the "irresponsible practices" of political leaders, Hariri said he felt compelled to make his intentions known.

Protesters in the southern city of Tyre remained defiant on Tuesday and returned to their encampments smashed the day before by supporters of Hizbullah and AMAL Movement.

Following Monday’s violence between Lebanese protesters and supporters of Hizbullah, the security and military forces are “determined” to ban road blockages in order to spare Lebanon from a “worst-case scenario,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

Lebanon’s protesters are reportedly inclined to form a “revolutionary government” to manage the affairs of the popular movement if President Michel Aoun fails to initiate the binding parliamentary consultations by the end of this week, the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily reported on Tuesday.

Clashes between Lebanese protesters and supporters of Hizbullah group are putting Lebanon's military and security forces in a delicate position, threatening to crack open the country's dangerous fault lines amid a political deadlock.

Army troops and security forces quickly intervened Monday evening after supporters of the AMAL Movement and Hizbullah arrived at Beirut’s Martyrs Square on scooters and hurled insults and a few rocks at protesters who have an encampment in the area.

The situation was quickly brought under control although tensions remain high.

The U.N. Security Council on Monday called for "the peaceful character of the protests" in Lebanon to be upheld after overnight attacks by supporters of Hizbullah and AMAL.

Members "called on all actors to conduct intensive national dialogue and to maintain the peaceful character of the protests by avoiding violence and respecting the right to peaceful assembly in protest," it said in a statement approved unanimously at the end of a regular council meeting on Lebanon.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Monday condemned the overnight attack on protesters in central Beirut as an “attack on Lebanon.”

“The attack did not only target peaceful youths, but also the army and security forces,” he said during a visit to Cairo.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Monday warned against the blocking of roads in the wake of the overnight incidents in Jiye and central Beirut.

“Road blocking by any side will only lead to troubles, tensions and victims,” Jumblat tweeted.