The March 14 forces are coordinating their stances ahead of a possible announcement by Premier Najib Miqati that his government would refuse to fund the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, opposition leadership sources said.

The sources told pan-Arab daily al-Hayat that former Premier Saad Hariri, who is currently aboard, is holding large-scale consultations in case Miqati announces that his negotiations with the March 8 forces on the STL funding have reached a dead-end.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Paris from Riyadh on Saturday, al-Liwaa newspaper reported.

The daily said on Monday that Hariri is holding telephone conversations with officials concerning the situation in Lebanon and the region.

Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem stated on Sunday that all government factions agreed to discuss matters with complete freedom, with each side respecting the other’s views.

He said: “However, we have not yet reached an agreement over the complicated issues and if we don’t reach one, then will resort to a vote.”

As the revolt in Syria drags on, experts say weapons smuggling into the country has flourished, especially from Lebanon, with automatic weapons, grenades and hunting rifles in high demand.

They say that those behind the trafficking are smugglers in search of quick profits rather than political parties backing protesters against the Alawite-dominated regime in Syria.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is holding on to the March 14 coalition and to equality in distributing of powers between Muslims and Christians, An Nahar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Former MP Bassem al-Sabaa told al-Mustaqbal leadership during a meeting led by head of the party’s parliamentary bloc Fouad Saniora that Hariri voices his support to the Taef accord.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat said on Wednesday that if he held talks with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri the meeting will be announced and would not be “secret.”

“We didn’t hold a meeting, why are you making a big fuss out of it?” he wondered in remarks published in al-Liwaa newspaper.

Deputy Speaker Farid Makari blamed the March 14 forces for not taking fundamental stances from the government after the indictment of four Hizbullah members in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination.

In an interview with the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah newspaper on Sunday, Makari called for a strong confrontation of the Hizbullah-led government.

Sources close to former Prime Minister Saad Hariri denied that he would hold meetings with Lebanese officials in France.

In remarks to An Nahar daily Sunday, the sources said that Hariri is currently in Riyadh.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat, who is expected to arrive in Paris on Saturday, might hold talks with former Premier Saad Hariri, media reports said.

A March 14 leader told al-Joumhouria newspaper that a series of meetings could be held among opposition members on the sidelines of the wedding of former Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh’s daughter to discuss the local developments and the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Former Premier Saad Hariri could meet with Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat as part of meetings between Lebanese officials, informed political sources said.

The sources told An Nahar daily on Thursday that meetings between Lebanese leaders and politicians could take place on the sidelines of a social occasion in Paris.