Syria's opposition on Wednesday denounced what it called "threats" from Hizbullah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and warned the party against any intervention by it or by Iran in the Syrian conflict.

"The Syrians and the Lebanese hoped... that the Hizbullah leadership would stop their attacks on Homs and Damascus and take into account the gravity of the situation in the region," the Syrian National Coalition said in a statement.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi criticized the delay in the formation of a new government, reported the National News Agency Wednesday.

He stressed the need to form a new cabinet because the “delay cannot persist longer than this.”

Several men scuffled on Wednesday with the army as they tried to prevent Syrian tankers from entering Lebanon via al-Masnaa border crossing, media reports said.

According to Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3), the army fired rubber bullets after it was pelted with stones by protesters.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed the importance of the parliamentary elections for Lebanon as a “symbol of democracy in the region,” reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat Wednesday.

He told the daily: “Despite their importance, it would be impossible to hold them as scheduled on June 16 … but I do not think the delay will be too long.”

Russian ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin said on Wednesday that the Syrian regime has the right to decide whether Hizbullah should aid it or not, pointing out that his country is at an equal distance from the rival March 8 and 14 coalitions.

“Stability and security in Lebanon are our priorities,” Zaspykin said in an interview with al-Akhbar newspaper.

President Michel Suleiman rejected on Wednesday granting the blocking third to any party, expressing reservations over the rejection of adopting rotational portfolios in the formation of cabinet.

“If the government included a blocking third it might reject the formation of a special committee in charge of overseeing the parliamentary elections and thus postpone further the polls,” Suleiman said in an interview with An Nahar newspaper.

Speaker Nabih Berri continued on Tuesday his consultations with various political powers to reach an agreement over a new parliamentary electoral law, reported As Safir newspaper Wednesday.

It said that he held a meeting with Mustaqbal MP Ahmed Fatfat and Phalange MP Sami Gemayel to that end and during which he proposed a law based on 13 districts and the winner-takes-all and proportional representation systems.

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam held talks on Wednesday with President Michel Suleiman to brief him on the latest discussions concerning the formation of the cabinet.

Salam left the Baabda Palace without making any statement as media reports said that the meeting last half an hour.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah stated on Tuesday that he will not hesitate to help the Lebanese in Syria’s border town of al-Qusayr, assuring that the party prides itself in its martyrs.

In a televised interview tackling the latest Lebanese and regional developments, Nasrallah also denied claims that Hizbullah was behind the drone shot down by Israeli army on Thursday, doubting that the incidence even took place.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly on Tuesday met with Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East Youhanna X, reiterating her country's call for the “immediate release” of two Orthodox bishops who were kidnapped in the Syrian province of Aleppo.

“Connelly condemned in the strongest terms the kidnapping of the Patriarch’s brother, Archbishop Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo, and Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim of Aleppo, and repeated the United States’ call for their immediate release,” said a statement issued by the U.S. embassy.