U.N. disarmament envoy Angela Kane arrived in Beirut from neighboring Syria on Friday and immediately left for Istanbul, a security source told Agence France Presse.

Kane was sent to Damascus on Saturday by U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to press for an inquiry into alleged chemical weapons attacks near the Syrian capital on August 21.

The Lebanese army unveiled on Friday a mobile phone application that will enable direct communication between it and the people given the recent instability in Lebanon.

LAF Shield, available of IOS and Android mobile phone operating systems, allows people to take photographs, record videos, or send messages linked to their security, announced the Army Command.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat noted on Friday that the current local and regional situations obligate Lebanese powers to rise above petty disputes and place Lebanon's interests above all else, especially in light of the bombings in Ruwais and the northern city of Tripoli.

He said in a statement: “At a time of the escalation of the situation and deep divide among the Lebanese, I call on the rival parties to avoid falling into the trap banking on the radical changes in Syria.”

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered on Friday the arrest of 6 suspects, including Syrians, over separate rocket attacks on Israel and the town of Yarze, near Beirut.

Saqr arrested two men for firing rockets on northern Israel from southern Lebanon last Thursday.

The Saudi Embassy in Lebanon objected on Friday to Hizbullah's searching of one of its vehicles in Beirut, reported LBCI television.

It said that it filed the complaint to the Foreign Ministry after members of the party stopped an embassy vehicle in the Gallery Semaan area near Beirut's southern suburbs.

National carrier Cyprus Airways said on Friday it was rescheduling the time of its daily Beirut flight from the evening to the morning due to security concerns linked to a possible U.S.-led strike on Syria.

The state-owned airline clarified it was not cancelling its six-times-a-week Larnaca-Beirut flights but only changing departure times.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Friday the three suspects in the twin bombings that targeted the northern city of Tripoli in addition to a Syrian army Captain and another Syrian man over the booby-trapped cars.

Head of the pro-Syria Islamic Tawhid Movement-Command Council Sheikh Hashem Minkara, Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib and informer Mustafa Houri were charged with the formation of an armed gang and undermining the authority of the state.

Britain advised its citizens on Friday against all but essential travel to Lebanon, citing a recent uptick in violence and wider tensions in the region.

The Foreign Office said in the advice that British nationals already in the country should consider leaving if it is not essential for them to be here.

The Lebanese army was able to restore calm in the northern city of Tripoli after exchange of gunfire broke out between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.

According to the state-run National news agency, three people were injured in the gunbattles.

Primary investigations with the suspects, who are accused of carrying out the twin blasts that rocked the northern city of Tripoli, showed that they are in direct contact with the chief of Syrian National Security Bureau, Ali Mamlouk, media reports said on Friday.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper, the General Syrian Intelligence Bureau informed Sheikh Hashem Minkara and Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib that explosive-laden cars will be moved to Tripoli from the Syrian port city of Tartus.