Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc leader Fouad Saniora and Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea coordinated their future stances following the assassination attempts against several March 14 alliance officials, An Nahar daily reported on Friday.

The newspaper said that Saniora and Geagea held a several hour meeting on the latest developments after the boycott of Christian blocs of a parliamentary session to protest the adoption of a draft-law on the employment of Electricite du Liban’s contract workers.

The White House has asked Iraq to review the case of a Hizbullah commander who was accused of masterminding a 2007 attack that killed five American soldiers or hand him over to the United States, a senior Obama administration official said Thursday, though two Iraqi courts have declared him not guilty.

The case is a tricky aftermath of the long U.S. military campaign in Iraq that ended last year and has elements of both Iraqi and U.S. internal politics.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Thursday hoped the parliament “will practice its constitutional right in discussing the draft state budget and approving it as soon as possible,” noting that campaigns against the government “will not impede us.”

“The draft state budget does not include any new taxes that could have exhausted the Lebanese citizen during the current circumstances in Lebanon and the region,” Miqati reiterated during a cabinet session held at the Grand Serail.

President Michel Suleiman stated on Thursday that his visit to France is aimed at bolstering Lebanese-French ties and helping it maintain its stability amid the regional changes.

He said: “The visit is aimed at supporting and preserving Lebanon’s neutral position on Arab developments.”

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed on Thursday the political significance of Sunday’s Koura by-election, urging voters to “listen to their conscience.”

He said before an LF delegation: “We are waging the battle to win it due to its political and humanitarian importance.”

Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh urged on Thursday his movement to intensify efforts in order to achieve the success of Syrian Social National Party candidate Walid al-Azar in Sunday’s Koura by-elections.

He said: “Funds from Arab Gulf countries are being paid to the other camp in order to ensure the success of their candidate.”

For the second time in three days another bank fell the victim of a robbery on Thursday as the thieves managed to escape with large sums of money.

The Fenicia Bank, formerly Bank of Kuwait and the Arab World, in the Beirut district of Ashrafiyeh was robbed by two masked gunmen.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri urged al-Mustaqbal supporters in the northern district of Koura on Thursday to vote for March 14 candidate Fadi Karam during the weekend by-elections as the rival candidates expressed confidence in their victory.

Karam stressed that the March 14 campaign officials are cooperating to prepare for Sunday’s elections.

A Lebanese man and three children were injured at dawn Thursday when Syrian shells hit several towns in the northern district of Akkar and the eastern Bekaa valley near the border with Syria.

Thirty seven year old Khodr Naji was injured in the eye from shrapnel after a shell landed near his house in Akkar’s al-Dousa.

The government suspended medical assistance to Syrian refugees in northern Lebanon pending negotiations with international agencies on supporting the Lebanese cabinet in guaranteeing the source of funding, Premier Najib Miqati’s circles said.

“Not a single international agency is helping the government in this burden,” they told As Safir newspaper published on Thursday.