Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Tuesday. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.

An-Nahar

Loud confrontations in Parliament torpedoes issue of kidnappings

Nasrallah supports government, postpones [STL] funding dilemma

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, in a lengthy evening television interview, was keen to inject a strong dose of support for the divided government, highlighting a number of "achievements" Cabinet had scored in less than four months since its formation.

Meanwhile, the visit of Lebanese political officials to Riyadh to offer condolences over the death of Saudi’s Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, seemed to have created an opportunity for government members to prepare themselves to face the decisive issues.

Prime Minister Najib Mikati heads to Riyadh Tuesday at the head of a ministerial delegation. President Michel Sleiman will also head a ministerial delegation to Riyadh Wednesday.

An-Nahar has learned that a number of political officials from the opposition March 14 coalition will also head to Riyadh on a private plane belonging to Saad Hariri to offer condolences.

Separately, a meeting of the Human Rights Parliamentary Committee Monday stirred up political concerns as the session, which turned into loud confrontations between Hezbollah and March 14 lawmakers, reflected the tense political climate over security-related key issues.

Nearly half of the 128-member Parliament attended the meeting, a record for a parliamentary committee session.

As-Safir

‘We are with Assad ... and with the majority in Syria which wants reform’

Nasrallah: Let those who established the tribunal fund it ... it’s up to government to decide

Political and security stability, which Nasrallah emphasized, will not be disturbed by media uproar over issues such as land disputes in Lassa or Metn or Beirut’s southern suburbs .

They will not even disturb Cabinet’s agenda which awaits the return of Mikati and a number of ministers accompanying him on his visit to Saudi Arabia to bid farewell to the late crown prince side by side with Saad Hariri, as well as Arab and Islamic figures, most notably an Iranian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and a Syrian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa.

Nasrallah added to this stability when he underlined that Lebanese, Arab and international interests aligned to spare Lebanon the repercussions of the Arab uprisings.

Nasrallah, however, said several Lebanese forces – March 14 in particular – received the U.S. “password” a few days ago from Lisa Carle, director of the office of Egypt & Levant affairs at the U.S. State Department. He said the same forces will hear the same thing again from the deputy assistant secretary of state for near Eastern affairs, Jacob Walles, who arrived in Beirut at night from Oman.

Hours before Nasrallah’s television interview, U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly deliberately sent an indirect message, through Rabieh, by issuing a statement following her meeting with Gen. Michel Aoun warning of serious consequences should Lebanon fail to fund the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Al-Mustaqbal

Nasrallah stresses rejection of STL funding ... defends Bashar Assad once again

After Tarshish and Lassa ... threats under the dome of Parliament

The tense security atmosphere, protected by illegal weapons and continuing in violations and abuse of both state and private property, has moved to constitutional institutions, with the government and the prime minister the last to know.

As the internal arena relatively rests Tuesday and Wednesday with Lebanese officials off to Saudi Arabia to offer condolences over the death of the Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, it seemed that repercussions of a government decision aimed at curbing land violations in Lassa and a Hezbollah telecoms network in Tarshish, were not Hezbollah’s last actions.

Hezbollah MP Ali Ammar made two threats during the Human Rights Parliamentary Committee Monday – one aggressive against Future Movement MP Ahmad Fatfat and the other diplomatic against fellow lawmaker Akram Shehayeb.

While Ammar threatened Fatfat telling him “let’s fight it out outside [Parliament],” he told Shehayeb: "This issue should not be addressed here," a reference to the kidnappings of Syrian dissidents in Lebanon and the abduction of Middle East Airlines employee Joseph Sader.

Ad-Diyar

[Nasrallah] ruled out military intervention in Syria as it would lead to a major regional war,

Nasrallah: STL funding to be resolved in Cabinet

In an interview with Al-Manar television, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah touched on various decisive local, regional and global issues. He tackled several issues starting from Lebanon and Syria to Iraq and Iran and the Arab Spring.

Nasrallah reiterated his support for the Syrian regime under President Bashar Assad who is seeking reform and ruled out any military option in Syria as it would lead to a major regional war.

Nasrallah also warned against the U.S. rushing to lay hands on the Arab revolutions, calling on confronting this via a good turnout in elections and main squares.

Regarding Lebanon, Nasrallah emphasized the need to keep up his alliances and support the government.

He also was resolute in his decision not to fund the STL, indicating that this issue is likely to be put to a vote in Cabinet and stressing that Arab and international events have surmounted the tribunal, adding that Lebanese should no longer be concerned over stability as long as this government exists.

Al-Liwaa

[Nasrallah] considered Lebanese stability to be globally required,

Nasrallah: No funding for the tribunal … Mikati won’t resign

U.S. diplomat arrives at night as Connelly warns [Lebanon] over meeting U.N. resolutions

In the midst of ongoing pressures in the region, the issue of funding for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon saw a confrontation between Hezbollah and the United States, although it seemed that both sides agreed on the question of Lebanon’s stability.

Nasrallah, in his television interview on Al-Manar (also broadcast by NBN, the World and Dunia television channels) presented a comprehensive political reading, discussing Lebanon at the end in order to appear as if is he is in real control over the domestic political activity and the master of influence in the overall game taking place in the whole region, on the eve of the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, and the killing of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, and after the historical prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel.

Nasrallah's interview coincided with a statement from U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly after meeting with Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun, in which she expressed the U.S.’ concerns of “serious consequences” if Lebanon failed to fund the STL.

She reiterated Washington’s commitment to Lebanon’s stability, sovereignty, and independence.

Connelly’s remarks coincided with the unexpected arrival in Beirut of U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jacob Walles for talks with Lebanese officials.