Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said on Tuesday that al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc demands the adoption of a position of enmity towards Syria “while they sought Syrian support in the past”.

"We will not adopt a hostile stand towards,” Mansour confirmed in an interview with al-Manar television.

The joint command of the rebel Free Syrian Army on Tuesday accused Hizbullah of “preparing to send between 4,000-5,000 fighters to Syria via Homs over the next few days.”

“On Sunday evening, Hizbullah trained its members in the Western Bekaa area near the Lebanese town of Mashghara, in preparation for sending a new batch of fighters to Syria,” the joint command said in a statement.

A German journalist handed over by Syria to the Russian envoy in Damascus Tuesday has left the strife-torn country and is now at the German embassy in Lebanon, Germany's foreign ministry said.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is "relieved" that Billy Six, who works for the Junge Freiheit weekly and went missing in Syria late December, is now in the "safe care" of the embassy in Beirut, a ministry spokesman said.

Supporters of Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir on Tuesday staged a sit-in at Sidon's Elia roundabout as the Islamist cleric himself led a rally in the Beirut district of Tariq al-Jadideh.

Speaking at the Sidon sit-in, Asir's adviser Sheikh Ahmed Hariri reiterated the cleric's demands. He called on state authorities to remove “Hizbullah's weapons from the two apartments in Abra,” east of Sidon.

Al-Mustaqbal bloc demanded on Tuesday discharging Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour of his duties following comments made by Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali after meeting with him, accusing Syria's diplomat of continuing to “violate Lebanese territories”.

“Violating Lebanese sovereignty and attacking border villages and citizens are not acceptable,” al-Mustaqbal lawmakers stated in a released statement after their weekly meeting at the Center House, stressing that Mansour should be relieved of his duties after these “shameful comments”.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun announced on Tuesday his commitment to holding the parliamentary elections on time.

He added however that he opposes staging them according to the amended version of the 1960 law that was adopted during the last elections, held in 2009.

An inactive bomb was found on Tuesday in the Beirut neighborhood of Tariq al-Jadideh.

“An inactive bomb was discovered near Hansel stores in Afif al-Tibi Street in Tariq al-Jadideh,” al-Jadeed television reported.

Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin on Tuesday said his country hopes the parliamentary elections in Lebanon will be held after “consensus” among the various parties, not “under foreign diktats,” a day after the U.S. ambassador called for holding elections on time.

“We stress that Russia is committed to Lebanon's sovereignty and unity and we back the country's self-distancing policy and the measures taken by the Lebanese authorities, especially the army, to preserve security and stability in Lebanon,” Zasypkin said after talks with Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh in Bnachii.

The European Commission will provide additional €30 million to Lebanon to alleviate the impact of the high influx of refugees from Syria, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule announced during his visit to Beirut on Tuesday.

“Lebanon receives the highest number of people fleeing the horrible bloodshed in Syria and we know that it puts this country under enormous strain. The hospitality and generosity displayed by the Lebanese towards their neighbors is admirable and commendable,” said Fule.

March 8 coalition lawmakers considered on Tuesday the signing of the electoral decree a “black day” in the history of legislation, stressing that it will not be approved by the parliament.

“We reject the adoption of the 1960 law... It will not be approved” by the parliament, Change and Reform bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan, who is loyal to Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, told reporters gathered at the parliament.