One person was killed and several others were injured in clashes between the rival Tripoli neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen on Tuesday, raising the death toll to seven after five days of clashes.

The fighting renewed in the evening, with al-Jadeed TV reporting that "RPG explosions and machinegun fire are being heard in Tripoli."

Lebanese officials denounced on Tuesday a suicide attack that targeted Haret Hreik district, a Hizbullah stronghold, which was rocked by a similar blast in early January.

Officials called on the Lebanese to united, considering that the attack targets Lebanon as a nation and not only Dahiyeh.

Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour stressed on Tuesday that Iran shouldn't be banned from taking part in this week's Syria peace conference as each country could play a role in making the talks succeed.

“Iran shouldn't be barred neither Saudi Arabia. Their presence is of significant importance,” Mansour told reporters at the airport ahead of traveling to Switzerland to attend Geneva II peace talks on Syria.

A suicide bombing rocked on Tuesday Beirut's southern suburbs for the second time this month, leaving at least four people dead, the health ministry and the state-run National News Agency reported.

A group calling itself al-Nusra Front in Lebanon, believed to be a franchise of the Syrian al-Qaida-linked group, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Israeli troops crossed on Tuesday the barbed wire in al-Wazzani hills and deployed at the river's eastern bank, the state-run National News Agency reported.

According to NNA, the Israeli infantry unit was composed of 25 soldiers.

A Syrian man has strangled his 8-month-old boy in the northern district of Akkar for allegedly being annoyed from his cries, the state-run National News Agency reported Tuesday.

NNA said that Hassan al-Ayesh, who lives near the town of Menyara, later buried the infant named Ayesh near his house after midnight Monday.

Four people were wounded on Tuesday after a trucks loaded with live poultry overturned in Araya in Baabda district.

The Traffic Management Center warned of diesel leak on the road.

The Free Patriotic Movement rejects the concept of rotating portfolios on claims that Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam's government will only be formed for a short period of time to oversee the presidential elections.

A prominent source in the FPM said in comments published in As Saifr newspaper published on Tuesday that the cabinet will be formed “for a period of four months maximum, wondering the necessity of the rotation of portfolios in this cabinet.”

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon lauded President Michel Suleiman on Monday for holding onto the dissociation policy and encouraged the rival parties to ensure that the presidential elections are held on time.

“I commend President Suleiman’s leadership to uphold the country’s disassociation policy. This is vital to prevent the Syrian crisis from exacerbating tensions in Lebanon as we have seen with recent acts of terrorism and bombings,” said Ban in remarks to the Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East.

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam has said the 24-member government could embrace all political parties, confirming an agreement on the rotation of portfolios.

In remarks to al-Akhbar newspaper published on Tuesday, Salam said: “We are running out of time.”