Kuwait's Oil Minister Hani Hussein said on Monday that oil producing countries are concerned over the drop in oil prices and the "strange" behavior of the oil market.

"Some of the (OPEC) members are concerned about the prices and what's happening," in the oil market after crude prices dropped more than 20 percent during the past two months, Hussein told reporters.

Syrian rebel army chief, Colonel Riyadh Asaad, denied in comments published Monday that Kuwaitis were fighting alongside his men against forces of President Bashar Assad's regime.

"Reports indicating the presence of Arab fighters (in Syria) are totally baseless," Asaad was quoted as saying by Kuwait's al-Watan newspaper.

Kuwait's ex-premier, Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, has refused for the second time to appear before a parliamentary panel probing graft allegations against him, an official said on Sunday.

"The former prime minister's rejection of the summons by the parliamentary probe committee is a disregard for the Kuwaiti people and its constitutional institutions," head of the panel and lawmaker Faisal al-Muslim said on his Twitter account.

Dozens of Kuwaitis are fighting with the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) after crossing from Turkey, the Gulf emirate's al-Qabas newspaper reported on Sunday, citing the fighters' relatives.

The daily said that "dozens of Kuwaitis have crossed the Turkish-Syrian border with the aim of fighting alongside the FSA against Syrian regime forces."

President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday held talks with the leaders of Qatar and the UAE as part of his attempts to persuade several Gulf countries to reconsider their travel warnings to Lebanon.

In Doha, Suleiman briefed Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani on his recent call for resuming all-party talks, in line with the 2008 Doha Agreement, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.

A lower court in Kuwait sentenced a Shiite tweeter to 10 years in jail on Monday on charges of insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammed, his wife Aisha and companions, his lawyer Khaled al-Shatti said.

"We plan to challenge the ruling against my client Hamad al-Naqi in the appeals court and we are very optimistic that the higher court will cancel the sentence," Shatti told AFP.

President Michel Suleiman on Sunday held talks in Kuwait with Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah on “strengthening the brotherly and special bilateral ties” between the countries and “the latest developments in the region and the world,” Kuwait’s state-run news agency KUNA reported.

Suleiman, who arrived in Kuwait at noon Sunday, was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Samir Moqbel.

A day before his scheduled visit to Kuwait, President Michel Suleiman said Saturday that the Lebanese are anxiously waiting for Kuwaiti tourists this summer.

In an interview with the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, Suleiman said: “The Lebanese will not forget the support of the Kuwaiti emir, the government and the people.”

A senior Kuwaiti official has slammed Iran for criticizing a Kuwaiti court ruling that sentenced four men to life in jail for spying for Tehran, newspapers reported on Thursday.

"Unfortunately, this is an act of disrespect for Kuwaiti court rulings that we highly appreciate and respect," foreign ministry undersecretary, Khaled al-Jarallah, was quoted as saying by Al-Rai newspaper.

Cabinet criticized on Wednesday the Electricite du Liban contract employees’ recent protests, saying that they have violated the principles of peaceful demonstrations.

Information Minister Walid al-Daouq said: “Anyone who will deign to violate the law will be arrested.”