Top opponents and rebels pitted against the regime of President Bashar Assad vowed on Friday to continue the fight until there is freedom and democracy in Syria.

In a statement published as Syria's conflict entered its third year, the main opposition National Coalition said "our sole choice is to uphold the truth that ignited us, to have patience and continue the struggle of those who sacrificed their lives for our vision."

A candlelight vigil was held Friday evening outside the national museum in Beirut in solidarity with Syrian women refugees, on the second anniversary of the Syrian uprising that has now morphed into a full-blown civil war.

Women, children and around 100 civil society activists took part in the rally, which was organized by ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality, a Lebanese NGO working for “sustainable social and economic development in the MENA region through equality, protection and empowerment of marginalized groups, especially women.”

Several Lebanese citizens were wounded on Friday when Syrian “anti-aircraft” guns targeted several towns in the border region of Akkar.

LBCI television said “shells fired from Syria fell on Lebanese border towns.”

President Michel Suleiman stated on Friday that the Lebanese authorities “are in charge of preventing gunmen from sneaking into Syrian territories”, reiterating the cabinet's disassociation policy towards the neighboring country's conflict.

"The army is responsible for prohibiting any violations of the Baabda Declaration on the border with Syria,” Suleiman said in a joint press conference with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara.

The opposition Syrian National Coalition plans to meet in Istanbul next week to elect a prime minister for rebel-held areas of the country, a member said on Friday.

"The Coalition is to meet on March 18-19 in Istanbul. So far, the meeting is going ahead, and it is to choose the head of government. Consultations are continuing," Samir Nashar told Agence France Presse.

Stung by mounting allegations of human rights abuses, Syrian rebels are keen to show off their treatment of prisoners from the increasingly brutal conflict.

Rebel commanders acknowledge that in the past there were excesses and that some captured soldiers were summarily executed. But they insist that now all rebel fighters have strict orders about the treatment of prisoners.

Head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc ex-PM Fouad Saniora on Friday strongly condemned Damascus' “threat” to bomb what it called “terrorist gangs” operating in Lebanese territory, urging the government to inform the Arab League and the U.N. of the warning.

“We have already reiterated several times our firm rejection of turning Lebanon and the Lebanese border into a place and launchpad for interfering in the Syrian affairs, while expressing our solidarity with the goals of the Syrian revolution and offering political and media support,” Saniora said in a statement.

European Union leaders agreed Friday to seek a consensus as early as next week on the disputed question of whether to supply weapons to Syria's rebels by lifting an existing arms embargo, as Paris said “military pressure” on Damascus might yield results.

Pressed by Britain and France to help tip the balance on the ground by supplying weaponry to ill-equipped Syrian opposition fighters, EU leaders agreed on the final day of an EU summit to seek "a common position" at talks in Dublin next week.

A Syrian security official on Friday accused Jordan of opening its borders to jihadist fighters and allowing weapons bought by Saudi Arabia in Croatia to be smuggled into the country.

"We deplore the change of attitude of Jordan, which in the past 10 days has opened its borders and is allowing to cross over (into Syria) jihadists and Croatian weapons bought by Saudi Arabia," said the source.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati welcomed on Friday a U.N. Security Council statement which underscored its grave concern at the arms trafficking and repeated weapons fire across the Lebanon-Syria border.

It is a “constructive statement” and “we all agree on,” Miqati said following talks with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh.