Judge Saqr Saqr decided on Tuesday to release Shadi al-Mawlawi after over a week in custody.

He declared upon his release that he was “wrongfully arrested for aiding Syrian refugees in Lebanon.”

Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Tuesday that Lebanon would not yield to internal and external pressure to change its policy of dissociating itself form the Syrian crisis.

In remarks to Ad-Diyar newspaper, Berri expressed regret that four Gulf countries have advised their citizens not to travel to Lebanon, hoping that such a decision was not part of the pressure exerted on Lebanese officials to change their policies towards Syria.

The March 14 opposition coalition is planning to hold a large-scale meeting in an effort to end “the dictates of the Syrian regime” following deadly clashes that have left several people dead in Beirut and the northern port city of Tripoli.

Contacts have been made between the March 14 leaderships since the latest incidents erupted, An Nahar daily reported Tuesday.

A Pakistani national could be planning to place chemical agents in the ventilation system of Rafik Hariri International Airport, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The daily said that the airport’s security apparatuses are now questioning people that have Pakistani or Indian features after receiving the information from a Western intelligence agency that also provided them with the man’s sketch.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea reiterated on Tuesday that the government should resign and be replaced by a neutral cabinet over the recent deadly clashes that shook Beirut and the northern port city of Tripoli.

In remarks to al-Mustaqbal newspaper, Geagea said: “The solution would be for the government to leave immediately and be replaced by a neutral cabinet.”

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour held talks on Tuesday with diplomats of three Gulf countries that have called on their citizens to leave Lebanon in his ongoing effort to persuade them to review their decisions.

The current security tension in Lebanon is provisional and does not require such decisions, Mansour reportedly told the ambassadors of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait.

A federal judge has sentenced a Lebanese-American man to just over six years in prison after he and his wife pleaded guilty in a plot to ship money to Hizbullah.

Prosecutors say Hor Akl met with an FBI informant three years ago and began talking about ways to send money to Hizbullah.

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday appealed for calm in Lebanon following clashes involving pro- and anti-Syrian groups, which has sparked fear of a widening conflict.

The Secretary-General, through a statement released by his office, said he is "concerned by the tensions in Lebanon in recent days and calls on all parties to make every effort to restore calm."

Two rockets were fired on Monday in Tripoli, one landing in Jabal Mohsen and the other between Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh, a security official told Agence France Presse, as roads were blocked in several areas to protest the shooting death on Sunday of Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahed at an army checkpoint in Akkar.

The explosion of rockets did not cause any injuries, the official said.

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri on Monday noted that the kingdom “is closely following the developments” in Lebanon, adding that Riyadh would only issue a travel warning should it feel that its citizens are in possible danger.

“Should we feel that our citizens are in danger, we will take the right decision, but right now we are closely following the developments,” Asiri told reporters following talks with Prime Minister Najib Miqati at the Grand Serail.