The corpse of a Lebanese man who hails from Arsal arrived Friday evening in the Bekaa border town, days after he was executed at the hands of the ruthless Islamic State jihadist group.

“The body of Kayed Ghadada has arrived in Arsal with a gunshot wound to the head," LBCI television reported.

A ministerial panel following up on the case of the abducted troops convened on Friday amid a boycott by the hostages' families, as the Islamic State group accused Qatari mediators of maneuvering and “obstructing the negotiations” before eventually meeting with them.

“Prime Minister (Tammam) Salam expressed his relief over the political consensus that was demonstrated during the (Thursday) cabinet session regarding the principles that must govern the issue,” Defense Minister Samir Moqbel told reporters after the meeting.

Reports of an alleged deployment by Islamic State gunmen in Sannine's mountains stirred an uproar in the country on Friday, although several officials refuted the claims and the army said its measures in the area were part of “preventive security.”

Ad-Diyar newspaper had on Friday morning quoted Arsal's municipal chief as saying that “members of the IS are deployed in the mountains of Zahle and Sannine.”

Hizbullah military expert Hussein Haidar was killed Friday as an Israeli drone remotely detonated a spy device he was dismantling in the southern coastal town of Adloun.

The Lebanese army for its part neutralized another Israeli espionage device in the area.

Arrest warrants were issued on Friday against seven detainees over their links to August's clashes in the northeastern border town of Arsal between the army and Islamist militants, reported the National News Agency.

It said that Military Examining Magistrate Imad al-Zein issued the warrants against a Lebanese and six Syrians for their connection to the clashes and Imad Jomaa, a member of the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front whose arrest sparked the Arsal unrest.

Al-Nusra Front posted a video on Friday purporting the alleged crimes of Hizbullah in the neighboring country Syria and the northeastern border town of Arsal and includes statements by the Lebanese army soldiers and policemen against the party.

A previously unknown channel on Youtube aired a video under the title: Who Will Pay the Price? The Price of Hizbu Allat Support to Al-Nusairi Regime and The Slaughtering of Sunnis in Syria.

Members of the March 14 alliance will submit their nominations for the parliamentary elections despite the differences among them over holding the polls in light of the vacuum in the presidency, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Friday.

Leading sources from the camp told the daily: “The two camps within the alliance will respect constitutional deadlines and they will not hesitate to stage the polls if there was agreement among all political blocs to hold them.”

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq will tackle the case of the abducted Lebanese soldiers and policemen, who were taken hostage by Islamist gunmen in the northeastern border town of Arsal, with Gulf senior officials.

According to As Safir newspaper on Friday, General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim will accompany Mashnouq to the Qatari capital Doha during the weekend.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam is expected to meet on Friday with a delegation of relatives of the soldiers and policemen kidnapped by Islamists in August, reported As Safir newspaper on Friday.

It said that the meeting will be attended by Interior Minister Nouhad Mashnouq and will be part of the recently formed ministerial crisis committee tasked with following up on the case.

A top Iranian official is expected to arrive in Beirut next week for talks with senior Lebanese leaders, As Safir newspaper reported on Friday.

Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for the Arab and African Affairs Hussein Amir-Abdollahian will hold talks with senior Lebanese officials and brief them on the latest talks between his country and Saudi Arabia.