Al-Mustaqbal bloc on Tuesday condemned Hizbullah's "attacks against citizens and diplomats under the excuse of security measures,” urging the president and the premier-designate to overcome “illegal obstacles” and form a new cabinet.

"We strongly condemn the attacks of Hizbullah's militia on citizens and diplomats,” the bloc said in a released statement after the MPs' weekly meeting at the Center House.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday hoped U.S. President Barack Obama will not act on Syria as his predecessor George W. Bush acted on Iraq, accusing caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati of appointing directors general as “his spies” in state institutions.

“I had suggested in 2005 to form a parliamentary committee on security, but they have been delaying it because there is a political will against its creation. It should be a regular committee like the rest of committees and MPs must demand a proper performance from the security agencies, or else it should not be formed and let them bear the responsibility,” Aoun said after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabiyeh.

The process of connecting the power-generating vessel Orhan Bey to the Lebanese grid has been completed and it is “fully ready” to start producing electricity after it docked opposite the Jiyeh power plant on August 12, the Turkish operator Karadeniz announced on Tuesday.

"This second vessel will generate more than 82 megawatts of electricity for the plant belonging to Électricité du Liban as part of the Power of Friendship project," Karadeniz said in a statement.

The results of the second round of secondary school official exams have been released.

The results are available on Naharnet and can be accessed through naharnet.com/exam.

The Military Court of Cassation adjourned on Tuesday looking into the appeal submitted by First Military Investigation Judge Riyad Abu Ghida to release the pro-Syria Islamic Tawhid Movement-Command Council over lack of quorum.

Abu Ghida had ordered on Monday the release of Sheikh Hashem Minkara after questioning him, and referred back his file to State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr.

President Michel Suleiman voiced on Tuesday his rejection of foreign military intervention in Syria.

He instead called for a reaching a political solution to the unrest in the neighboring country.

The visiting head of Iranian parliament's foreign policy committee discussed on Tuesday with top Lebanese officials and Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah the latest developments in the region.

Alaeddin Boroujerdi, who is the chairman of the committee for foreign policy and national security of the Iranian parliament, arrived in Beirut on Monday and went into separate talks with Speaker Nabih Berri and Premier-designate Tammam Salam.

Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour might meet with al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri in southern France before attending a refugee conference in Geneva.

Al-Joumhouria newspaper said Tuesday that Abou Faour, who has been tasked by Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat to negotiate on the cabinet formation process, could meet Hariri in Nice to discuss the process with him.

President Michel Suleiman, who is scheduled to travel to France and New York this month, is expected to hold talks with several world leaders on the Syrian crisis and the refugee influx in Lebanon.

As Safir newspaper said Tuesday that Suleiman will first travel to the southern French city of Nice to attend on Sept. 6 and 7 the Francophone games that are a combination of artistic and sporting events for the mostly French speaking countries.

The Phalange Party on Monday stressed on the importance of forming a new to safeguard Lebanon from the repercussions of the Syrian crisis.

"The dangerous turn internal and regional events are taking require hurrying up in the formation of a new cabinet,” a statement released by the party said after the political bureau's weekly meeting.