President Michel Suleiman tasked on Friday caretaker FM Adnan Mansour to file an urgent complaint to the U.N. Security Council against Israeli attack on Naameh.

“The border violations must be resolved by UNIFIL's (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) investigation committee and not by aggression or violating the sovereignty (of Lebanon),” Suleiman said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday a "red line was crossed" in Syria and called for international action following reports of a massacre involving chemical weapons.

"We call on the international community in this situation where the red line was crossed long ago to intervene as soon as possible," he said in Berlin after talks with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle.

France is seeking a reaction with "force" if a massacre in Syria involving chemical weapons is confirmed, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday, although he ruled out the use of ground troops.

"If it is proven, France's position is that there must be a reaction, a reaction that could take the form of a reaction with force," Fabius told BFM-TV.

U.N. Security Council members are seeking "clarity" on opposition claims that Syrian troops used chemical weapons in an attack near Damascus, Argentina's U.N. envoy, the council president, said Wednesday.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's office said earlier he was "shocked" by the reports and that U.N. weapons experts in Syria to probe previous allegations were in discussions with Damascus.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has recommended a reduction in the number of peacekeepers in Haiti, citing an improved security situation in the Caribbean nation

In a report to the U.N. Security Council, Ban said he envisaged a "further reduction" in the size of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) from 6,270 to 5,021 by June 2014.

Turkey's prime minister lashed out Saturday at the international response to the escalating crisis in Egypt, saying organizations including the U.N. and EU should be ashamed of their "inaction."

"Let me say very clearly, the United Nations Security Council no longer has the right to look at itself in the mirror, it's so ashamed, because it couldn't condemn what's happening in Egypt," said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The United Nations Security Council is in agreement that Lebanon's stability should be maintained given the volatile regional situation and its impact on the country, reported An Nahar daily on Saturday.

It said that the Security Council is almost “unanimously in agreement to take important practical measures” that will protect Lebanon in light of the increased threats of the Syrian crisis.

The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Egypt at 2130 GMT on Thursday, following a request from France, Britain and Australia, diplomats said.

The meeting comes a day after a crackdown by Egyptian security forces on protesters backing the deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, which left more than 500 people dead.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called for an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting over Egypt's bloody crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, which has left hundreds dead.

"The Security Council of the United Nations should convene quickly to discuss the situation in Egypt," Erdogan told reporters in Ankara.

The U.N. Security Council warned Wednesday that turmoil in the Central African Republic poses a "serious threat" to the country and the region, and urged new measures to restore stability.

A unanimous declaration of the 15 council members did not specify what these new options could be, but a recent report by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recommended sanctions against officials from the Seleka coalition suspected of committing atrocities.