Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized on Wednesday the Syrian army’s infiltration of Lebanese territory on Tuesday, describing the action as being a military one.

He said after holding talks with French Ambassador to Lebanon Denis Pietton: “The Lebanese government should send a strongly-worded complaint to Syria over the matter.”

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel slammed on Wednesday the infiltration of the Syrian army into Lebanese territory in the Arsal region on Tuesday, describing as a “very dangerous” development.

He said after meeting the Czech and Egyptian ambassadors to Lebanon: “We fear that the Syrian army is being granted new opportunities in Lebanon.”

The March 14 General Secretariat condemned on Wednesday the Syrian army’s infiltration of Lebanese territory on Tuesday, “whether it was aimed at arresting Syrian citizens or attacking Lebanese citizens.”

It urged in a statement after its weekly meeting the “Lebanese government and all its institutions to put an end to these violations and any future ones.”

Syrian President Bashar Assad has warned that he would “set fire" to the Middle East if foreign forces launched a military strike on his country and would ask for Hizbullah’s help to attack Israel.

An Arab source told Iran’s Fars news Agency that Assad made the warning to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during his visit to Damascus.

The residents of the North Metn town of Ain Saadeh blocked several roads on Wednesday in protest of a decision to install high-voltage electricity lines in the region.

The residents began rallying at dawn threatening authorities to hamper their plans.

U.S. ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly stressed during her meeting with Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn on the role of the Lebanese Armed Forces in protecting the Syrian opposition residing in Lebanon.

Sources told An Nahar newspaper on Wednesday that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey will reiterate the U.S. position to Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji during his upcoming visit to the U.S.

Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, who is Speaker Nabih Berri’s top aide, has unveiled that an Israeli raid killed two soldiers who were taken captive by Hizbullah fighters in a deadly cross border attack in July 2006.

In his memoirs of the 2006 summer war between Israel and Hizbullah published by As-Safir daily, Khalil said that Hizbullah official Hussein Khalil informed him about the death of the two soldiers in “one of the biggest secrets” of the conflict.

Syrian troops infiltrated into Lebanese territory on Tuesday and raided the homes of two brothers in the eastern town of Arsal, the third such infiltration in two weeks.

An Nahar daily on Wednesday quoted an eyewitness identified by his initials as H.S. as saying that two BTR-type armored personnel carriers along with a pickup carrying Syrian soldiers crossed the border at around 4:00 pm in the area of Kherbet Daoud.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat said on Wednesday that if he held talks with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri the meeting will be announced and would not be “secret.”

“We didn’t hold a meeting, why are you making a big fuss out of it?” he wondered in remarks published in al-Liwaa newspaper.

The March 14 forces have criticized the government for remaining silent on the infiltration of Syrian troops into territories in eastern Lebanon, saying they will question the cabinet over its behavior.

High-ranking March 14 sources told An Nahar daily published on Wednesday that the official stance from Syrian infringement on Lebanese sovereignty is similar to “hiding the head in the sand rather than taking the initiative to give information and adopting the right approach” to solve the problem.