Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri noted on Sunday that slain MP Gebran Tueni’s call for freedom still resonates among the Lebanese, stressing that they ignited the first spark in the Arab revolts against oppression.

He said in a statement marking the sixth anniversary of Tueni’s assassination: “The struggle for freedom that he died for is achieving unprecedented victories throughout the Arab world.”

Activists called a general strike on Sunday to step up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime as fears grew of an "invasion" of the besieged protest hub of Homs.

In a civil disobedience campaign, anti-regime protesters were organizing sit-ins, the closure of shops and universities, and the strike.

A Syrian woman who entered Lebanon overnight and sought treatment at a hospital died of gunshot wounds suffered in Syria, National News Agency reported on Saturday.

The 24-year-old woman was transferred to al-Salam Hospital in Qbayat on Saturday afternoon.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Saturday that the false witnesses issue will be tackled at the appropriate time.

“We’re merely waiting for the right time to tackle the issue as there are matters concerning the Judicial body that we need to resolve first,” Miqati said during an interview with al-Jazeera satellite channel.

An Arab League ministerial meeting slated for Saturday to mull a response to Syria which wants the bloc to lift sanctions in return for allowing in observers to monitor its deadly unrest was postponed.

Arab League chief Nabi al-Arabi suggested convening the meeting in mid-December at the bloc's Cairo headquarters, a diplomat said.

World powers piled pressure on Syria to let in observers as activists on Saturday reported at least 14 another civilians killed by security forces on the anniversary of International Human Rights Day.

"The world celebrates human rights as human rights are being violated in Syria," the opposition Syrian Revolution 2011 said in a message posted on its Facebook page.

Former Premier Saad Hariri said Friday’s attack on a UNIFIL patrol in the southern city of Tyre was “another Syrian message from (President) Bashar” Assad.

Five French peacekeepers were injured when a roadside bomb targeted their vehicle. The incident was seen as a message to Western countries, mainly France, over the pressure exerted on Assad.

Syria on Friday appealed to the international community as well as Arab countries to help it find an "honorable exit" to the crisis it is facing, notably by stopping the flow of weapons into the country.

"We are appealing to the outside world and our brothers in the Arab world to help Syria (prevent the) channeling (of) weapons" into the country, foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Maqdisi told a news conference in Damascus, speaking in English.

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday hit back at criticism from Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, insisting that information on the number of deaths in the government crackdown is "very credible."

Ban told reporters during a trip to the Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya that he could not believe that less than 4,000 people had been killed, as Assad's government has claimed.

Switzerland added 18 senior Syrian military and interior ministry officials to a travel ban list Friday, as activists said security forces killed at least 14 anti-regime protesters.

The Swiss list now has 74 names on it, a statement said, while adding Syria's Commercial Bank to a separate list, now 19 long, of sanctioned firms.