Shelling from Syria Thursday wounded nine Syrian fighters on the Lebanese border who had fled fighting in their country, a security source said.

"Nine Syrians were wounded as a result of cross-border artillery shelling from Syria that struck the area of Khirbet Dawoud in the Arsal countryside," the source told Agence France Presse.

President Michel Suleiman stressed on Thursday that the same terrorists that carried out the blast in the Beirut neighborhood of Haret Hreik earlier in the day, are the ones planting terrorism, killing and destructing all Lebanese regions.

Suleiman's comments came shortly after a deadly explosion hit Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood, killing at least 4 people and wounding over 70 others.

The United States and the United Kingdom's embassies in Lebanon condemned on Thursday the “terrorist” bombing in Beirut's southern suburbs.

“We condemn today's terrorist bombing in (the Beirut neighborhood of) Dahieh,” the U.S. embassy said via its account on the social networking website Twitter.

The deadly explosion that hit Beirut's southern neighborhood of Haret Hreik on Thursday afternoon drew a wave of condemnation by local political leaders that considered that terrorism is targeting all Lebanese people.

The blast killed at least 4 people and wounded 75 others.

At least five people were killed and 77 others wounded in a car bomb attack that rocked the Beirut southern suburb of Haret Hreik on Thursday.

After state-run National News Agency said six people were killed and 75 others wounded in the blast, caretaker Health Minister Ali Hasan Khalil confirmed to several media outlets that the final casualty toll stood at 4 dead and 77 injured.

Caretaker Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn denied on Wednesday that he had made any statements to any media outlets, said his press office in a statement.

The statement was issued after Agence France Presse said that he had confirmed the arrest of Majed al-Mjaed, the "emir" of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, the Al-Qaida linked group that claimed a double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in November.

Websites affiliated with the Syrian opposition have published a video they said shows Hizbullah fighters “storming” the famous al-Dabaa neighborhood in Damascus, which was featured by Bab al-Hara, one of the most popular television series in the Arab world.

The footage shows a supposed Hizbullah member humorously breaking a door and entering one of the studio's rooms while shouting Abu Hatem – a key Bab al-Hara character that was played by renowned Syrian actor Wafiq Zaim.

Slain former finance minister Mohammed Shatah wrote an "open letter" to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani last week, prior to his assassination in a car bombing in Beirut on Friday, according to the U.S. daily The Wall Street Journal.

Shatah was killed before he could “gather signatures from members of the Lebanese parliament,” the WSJ said.

President Michel Suleiman on Sunday announced that Saudi Arabia has decided to donate three billion dollars with the aim of purchasing French weapons for the Lebanese army as soon as possible.

After canceling a much-anticipated press conference previously scheduled for Sunday evening, Suleiman appeared in a televised address to declare that he managed through his talks with Saudi King Abdullah to secure “extraordinary support” for the army.

Slain former Finance Minister Mohammed Shatah and his bodyguard Tareq Bader were laid to rest on Sunday after a political and popular funeral in downtown Beirut.

The victims were buried at the mausoleum of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut.