Beirut's landmark Hamra Street is bustling again and hotel occupancy rates are on the rise as Lebanon's tourism industry rebounds, thanks in no small part to the misfortunes of its Middle East neighbors, engulfed by wars, chaos and political upheaval.

It was just four years ago when Lebanon seemed to be losing its grip on its internal security. The specter of war spilling over from neighboring Syria hung low over the capital and Lebanese proprietors looked longingly to the stability in Turkey and the Gulf region.

MP Ammar Houri stressed on Monday that Lebanon's government must find means to send displaced Syrians living in Lebanon back to safe zones in their war torn country.

“The Lebanese government must make contacts with international bodies to send the displaced Syrians back” to their homeland, said Houri in an interview with VDL (93.3).

Israeli authorities have reportedly issued a warning to Hizbullah over the alleged development of what they said were “rocket manufacturing installations in Lebanon mainly situated in Hizbullah strongholds,” Israeli media reports said on Monday.

The crisis of displacement is taking a “serious” nature, and fears arise that calls to coordinate efforts between Lebanon and Syria to help displaced Syrians return back to safe zones in their country might be exploited by some sides to restore relations between the Lebanese state and Syrian regime, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

“While the Lebanese look at the return of displaced Syrians from a Lebanese-Arab-International frame to their return to safe zones in Syria under well humanitarian and social conditions, some in Lebanon try to take this issue to another sphere that suggests 'floating' relations between the Lebanese State and Syrian regime,” political sources told the daily.

Free Patriotic Movement chief and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil warned Sunday that “terrorism is using displacement as a cover,” several days after the Lebanese army cracked down on Syrian refugee encampments near the town of Arsal in search of terror suspects, explosives and weapons.

A massive fire in an encampment for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa on Sunday killed one person and wounded six others, the Red Cross said, adding that hundreds were evacuated.

Lebanon is home to more than one million refugees fleeing the conflict in neighboring Syria, many of whom live in informal tented settlements in the arid Bekaa Valley.

Hizbullah central council official Sheikh Nabil Qaouq on Sunday called for “the eradication of terror hubs” in the outskirts of the Bekaa towns of Arsal and Ras Baalbek, in the wake of a major Lebanese army operation in the area.

Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh has announced that he does not rule out an alliance with the Lebanese Forces in the North district in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The Lebanese army has dismissed allegations of abuse against hundreds of Syrian detainees in a security sweep at a refugee settlement near the eastern border town of Arsal, saying the mass detentions were necessary to combat terrorism.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri has hailed "the heroes of the Lebanese army” over the major security operation near the town of Arsal that resulted in foiling terror plots and the arrest of dozens of terror suspects.