Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea lauded Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s resignation on Tuesday, saying it came “in response to the massive popular demand.”

“What’s important now is to go to the second step, which is essential and truly needed in order to overcome our current crisis,” Geagea said.

The resignation of Lebanon's government in response to nearly two weeks of countrywide protests has made the crisis there "even more serious," France's foreign minister said Tuesday.

"Prime Minister (Saad) Hariri has just resigned, which makes the crisis even more serious," Jean-Yves Le Drian told parliament in Paris, and urged the authorities in Lebanon "to do everything they can to guarantee the stability of the institutions and the unity of Lebanon."

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat announced Tuesday that his bloc would vote for resigned PM Saad Hariri should he be nominated anew for the premiership, as he called for appointing someone other than Jebran Bassil as foreign minister.

In remarks to LBCI television, Jumblat also called for an end to road-blocking protests as he voiced support for the right to stage demonstrations.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Tuesday submitted his government’s resignation to President Michel Aoun, on the 13th day of an unprecedented popular revolt against the entire political class.

“I will head to the Baabda Palace to submit the government’s resignation in response to the demands of a lot of Lebanese who took to the streets,” Hariri said in an address to the nation.

Hundreds of Hizbullah and AMAL Movement supporters, some wielding sticks, on Tuesday attacked a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in downtown Beirut, burning some of its tents and dismantling others.

The violence came shortly after dozens of other Hizbullah and AMAL supporters, also wielding sticks, attacked a roadblock set up by the protesters on neighboring Ring highway, a main thoroughfare in the capital.

More cars plied Beirut's roads Tuesday skirting barrages erected by protesters on the 13th day of anti-graft demonstrations that have left much of Lebanon in lockdown, AFP reporters said.

Scuffles erupted on Tuesday between protesters blocking the street in the Ring area and citizens demanding the road be reopened, which compelled the intervention of security forces.

France has reportedly told Prime Minister Saad Hariri that a meeting scheduled in Paris to discuss the details of CEDRE decisions in Lebanon has been postponed, Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Speaker Nabih Berri reportedly said that a government change would complicate the situation further and that the current government must begin immediate steps towards reform, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors say two brothers charged with conspiring to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to Hizbullah in Lebanon are "dangerous" and should remain in custody while they await trial, according to a court document filed Monday.

Usama and Issam Hamade are charged with conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws. Usama Hamade is also charged with smuggling. Prosecutors say that from 2009 to 2013, the Lebanese brothers repeatedly acquired sophisticated technology for drones then illegally exported them to Hizbullah, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization.