Phalange Party MP Sami Gemayel condemned on Monday the clashes in the southern city of Sidon, voicing the party's support for the army's efforts to crackdown on the gunmen.

He said after the party's weekly politburo meeting: “A curfew should be imposed in all the regions that are witnessing tensions.”

The official website of Lebanon's parliament was hacked on Friday over its decision to extend its mandate.

The “Raise your Voice” group claimed responsibility for the hack.

Demonstrators briefly blocked with burning tires the Cite Sportive road in Beirut on Monday in protest at the arrest of a suspect.

“Security forces reopened the Cite Sportive road … after it was blocked by the relatives of a man from the al-Jezzini family in protest at his arrest,” state-run National News Agency reported.

An armed clash erupted on Tuesday between al-Mustaqbal Movement and al-Taqwa Islamic Social Association in the al-Tamlis Alleyway in Beirut's Tariq al-Jedideh, state-run National News Agency reported.

“A personal dispute erupted into an exchange of gunfire between supporters of al-Mustaqbal Movement and al-Taqwa Association in al-Tamlis Alleway, leaving two people wounded,” NNA said.

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri urged on Tuesday officials to safeguard Lebanon and avert any negative repercussions imposed by the turmoil in the neighboring country Syria.

“Lebanon and the region are passing through a delicate situation caused by the developments in Syria,” the ambassador said in an interview with As Safir newspaper.

A new highway touted as a way to ease Beirut's notorious traffic has angered residents and activists who say it will destroy rare old houses that survived Lebanon's 15-year civil war.

The Fouad Boutros highway overpass is a long-stalled project, dating back to before the 1975-1990 civil war, and intended to route unnecessary traffic away from some of the city's most congested areas.

A suspicious suitcase that was found Tuesday in the Cite Sportive area in Beirut turned out to contain paper used in counterfeiting currency notes, state-run National News Agency reported.

“Security forces closed the Cite Sportive-Kuwaiti Embassy road after they suspected that a suitcase placed on the side of the road leading to the Kuwaiti embassy might contain a bomb,” NNA said.

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.”

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.”