General Security chief Major General Abbas Ibrahim is seeking to reach a breakthrough with the al-Qaida-affilaite al-Nusra Front over the release of Lebanese servicemen in its captivity.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Saturday, the indirect negotiations between Ibrahim and al-Nusra Front are at the final stages.

Forty years after Lebanon's civil war began, the families of thousands of people who disappeared are still haunted by the conflict and fighting to learn of their loved ones' fate.

"We just want to know what happened to them... we want a grave where we can leave flowers," Wadad Halawani, president of the Committee of the Families of the Kidnapped and Disappeared, told Agence France Presse.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Friday pledged to pursue all fugitives across Lebanon, hailing the operation of the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch that resulted in the arrest of wanted cleric Sheikh Khaled Hoblos and the death of Islamist militant Osama Mansour.

“I want to tell you that you are defending the entire country and all its sects, because this terrorism has no sect or religion,” Mashnouq said at the Saint George Hospital in Ashrafieh, during a visit to the two ISF members who were wounded in the operation.

Traffic accidents are still causing a lot of casualties on Lebanese roads, leaving three people dead and nine others injured on Friday alone.

“Hussein Sobhi Zoaiter, 14, was killed in a traffic accident in the Bekaa town of al-Knaisseh,” state-run National News Agency reported.

Speaker Nabih stressed on Friday that dialogue between the rival two parties al-Mustaqbal movement and Hizbullah will continue, pointing out that the upcoming session will remain on time.

“Dialogue will continue and will continue to achieve Lebanon's best interest,” Berri said.

Health Minister Wael Abou Faour ordered on Friday the closure of a beauty institution, a clinic and several daycars across Lebanon for not meeting the required health standards.

Health inspectors forced the shutting down of Silkor Center in Beirut's Furn al-Shubbak area for not having a permit and for failing to meet the necessary health regulations.

Two Syrians were arrested in the eastern Bekaa region for belonging to a terrorist group, reported the National News Agency.

It said that the Army Intelligence arrested them in al-Labweh for being affiliated to the al-Nusra Front.

Security forces succeeded on Thursday in arresting and killing prominent fugitives wanted on terrorism charges, most notably Sheikh Khaled Hoblos, who is wanted for his involvement in clashes with the army in Bhannine in late 2014.

An Internal Security Forces statement late on Thursday announced that Hoblos was arrested while riding in a Kia Picanto vehicle that was driven by Amir al-Kurdi in the northern city of Tripoli.

The special envoy of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Morteza Sarmadi, met during a short visit to Lebanon Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, stressing that the presidential stalemate in Lebanon could only be resolved by the Lebanese.

“Such a local matter could only be resolved by the rival parties and the key issue is consensus among the Lebanese,” Sarmadi said in an interview published in As Safir newspaper published on Friday.

Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi criticized Hizbullah's Loyalty to the Resistance bloc chief MP Mohmmed Raad's response to Mustaqbal Movement leader MP Saad Hariri over the developments in Yemen and Iran's role in the region, reported the daily al-Mustaqbal on Friday.

He said: “Those speaking against the usurpation of the will of the Yemeni people have condemned themselves in supporting the actions of the Syrian regime, which has destroyed its cities and villages on its residents.”