Hezbollah has foiled a US-planned coup to seize control of Lebanon during tensions sparked by controversial gov't decisions, a report says.

"The Americans launched a pre-emptive strike against opposition nationalist forces, starting with the (Hezbollah) resistance, and attempted a Washington-planned coup but were taken aback by the opposition, which restored order in Lebanon," Syrian daily Al-Baath reported on Sunday.

The Lebanese opposition aimed to "remove foreign interference and stop the plots to transform Lebanon... into an Israeli protectorate and new focal point of US links in the region," the paper added.

Tensions mounted among the feuding Lebanese parties and their supporters after the pro-US ruling coalition decided to ban Hezbollah telecommunications network and sack Beirut Airport Security Chief on Tuesday.

At least 39 people were killed in the clashes which eased after the Lebanese army rescinded the government's controversial measures on Saturday.

"The recent events in Lebanon showed that the coup (attempt) carried out by the Americans and their men in Lebanon backfired," the daily concluded.

Lebanon saw four days of fierce clashes between supporters of feuding political camps as Western and some of the regional media outlets including al-Arabia tried to portray them as sectarian violence.

They tried to describe the clashes as a fight between Sunni and Shia communities.

The reports came as a number of Sunni clerics in interviews with NBN and al-Manar TV stations denied the claims, saying many Sunni Muslims in Lebanon support Hezbollah especially for its heroic efforts to defend Lebanon against Israel.

Political analysts said that Tel Aviv and its staunch ally Washington have long been trying to destabilize Lebanon in a bid to avenge Israel's humiliating defeat against Lebanon's resistance movement (Hezbollah) in 2006.