The First Military Examining Magistrate called on Monday for the release of the head of the pro-Syria Islamic Tawhid Movement-Command Council but he issued arrest warrants against two other suspects in connection with twin bombings in the northern city of Tripoli.

Judge Riyad Abu Ghida ordered the release of Sheikh Hashem Minkara after questioning him, and referred back his file to State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr.

Two men from the northern city of Tripoli were kidnapped while heading to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport at dawn Sunday but they were released after a few hours.

Contact with Ramez and Rajab al-Saidi was lost at dawn Sunday after they reached the area near the airport, their brother told MTV.

An al-Mustaqbal movement official criticized Speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday for allegedly ignoring U.N. Security Council resolution 1701 and “confiscating” the authorities of President Michel Suleiman.

In remarks to An Nahar daily published on Sunday, the official, who was not identified, said a speech made by Berri a day earlier had loopholes mainly over the legitimacy of the weapons of the army and the resistance in the South.

As Lebanon reels from deadly bomb attacks that revived painful memories of the civil war, jittery authorities are banking on a smartphone application and other alert systems to prevent further bloodshed.

The attacks -- twin car bombs in the northern city of Tripoli last week and a blast in a densely populated Beirut's southern suburbs eight days before -- have shaken the Lebanese just as a military strike on neighboring Syria appears imminent.

Investigations with the suspects held over the bombings in the northern city of Tripoli revealed Syrian links to the attacks, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

It has so far been found that the attacks were planned seven months in advance.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat noted on Friday that the current local and regional situations obligate Lebanese powers to rise above petty disputes and place Lebanon's interests above all else, especially in light of the bombings in Ruwais and the northern city of Tripoli.

He said in a statement: “At a time of the escalation of the situation and deep divide among the Lebanese, I call on the rival parties to avoid falling into the trap banking on the radical changes in Syria.”

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Friday the three suspects in the twin bombings that targeted the northern city of Tripoli in addition to a Syrian army Captain and another Syrian man over the booby-trapped cars.

Head of the pro-Syria Islamic Tawhid Movement-Command Council Sheikh Hashem Minkara, Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib and informer Mustafa Houri were charged with the formation of an armed gang and undermining the authority of the state.

The Lebanese army was able to restore calm in the northern city of Tripoli after exchange of gunfire broke out between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.

According to the state-run National news agency, three people were injured in the gunbattles.

Primary investigations with the suspects, who are accused of carrying out the twin blasts that rocked the northern city of Tripoli, showed that they are in direct contact with the chief of Syrian National Security Bureau, Ali Mamlouk, media reports said on Friday.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper, the General Syrian Intelligence Bureau informed Sheikh Hashem Minkara and Sheikh Ahmed al-Gharib that explosive-laden cars will be moved to Tripoli from the Syrian port city of Tartus.

Russian ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin expressed concern on Friday over the latest bombings in Lebanon, calling on the political foes to form a unity cabinet amid the “extraordinary” circumstances in the region.

“We strongly condemn the recent blasts,” Zasypkin said in an interview with As Safir newspaper, saying that his country is seeking to maintain stability and security in Lebanon despite the turmoil in the region.