A Syrian opposition group and international and local human rights organizations on Wednesday called for a quick investigation into the death of four Syrians in Lebanese army custody.

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday threw its support behind the army in connection with the latest operation in the eastern border town of Arsal, as it failed to take any decision regarding the issue of returning Syrian refugees to their country due to heated debates and conflicting viewpoints.

President Michel Aoun warned on Wednesday that the encampments of displaced Syrians in Lebanon could turn into a safe haven for terrorism, hailing the military and security forces efforts in fighting terrorism.

Aoun's comments came during a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace in Baabda.

Lebanon's army on Wednesday arrested two suspects and seized narcotics in the Bekaa town of al-Knaiseh, the National News Agency said.

Change and Reform bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan stressed that the long-awaited wage scale was a right for the civil servants, and emphasized that the return of displaced Syrians home is a must for Lebanon's stability, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

A plan for Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return to their homeland has been prepared by the Lebanese Forces who stressed that coordination between the Lebanese and Syrian governments to that end must never happen, al-Joumhouria daily said on Wednesday.

Four of those detained by the army in the latest Arsal raids have died due to “chronic health problems aggravated by the weather conditions,” the military said on Tuesday.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday warned that the latest anti-Saudi remarks by Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah could “lead to a sedition in Lebanon and the region.”

The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc on Tuesday called for the return of Syrian refugees to their country and for communication with the Syrian government in this regard.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Tuesday defended the army's latest security raids in the eastern border town of Arsal while reassuring that Lebanon will not return any refugee to Syria without “international guarantees.”