Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid al-Boukhari visited Monday Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan at Dar al-Fatwa.

Daryan had announced the visit on Sunday, after having met with al-Boukhari at the Saudi Embassy in Baabda.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday expressed relief over three developments that took place over the past days – the announcement that Pope Francis will visit Lebanon in June, Lebanon’s tentative deal with the International Monetary Fund, and the return of the Saudi and Kuwaiti ambassadors to Beirut.

“These positive steps coincide with important regional and international developments and we hope the Lebanese state will capitalize on them and employ them exclusively within the national framework,” al-Rahi said in his Palm Sunday sermon.

Israeli warplanes on Saturday carried out an air raid on targets in central Syria from Lebanon’s airspace, Syrian state media said.

Syria’s air defenses managed to shoot down some of the fired missiles, Syrian news agency SANA reported.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah held a meeting overnight with Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil and Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh, Hizbullah said on Saturday.

A Hizbullah statement said Nasrallah hosted Bassil and Franjieh over a Ramadan Iftar banquet in the presence of a number of senior officials.

Kuwaiti Ambassador to Lebanon Abdul-Al al-Qinai and Saudi Ambassador Walid al-Boukhari returned Friday to Beirut, five months after a row erupted over the Riyadh-led military intervention in Yemen.

Last October, Riyadh had recalled its ambassador and ordered the Lebanese envoy to leave the kingdom within 48 hours. Three other Gulf states -- the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait -- sided with Saudi Arabia and expelled Lebanese envoys.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday referred a much-awaited capital control draft law to the joint parliamentary committees, which will now study it before referring it to parliament’s general assembly.

Berri’s move comes a day after Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement for comprehensive economic policies that could eventually pave the way for financial aid for the crisis-hit country, after Lebanon implements wide-ranging reforms.

Hizbullah lauded Friday the "heroic" attack by a Palestinian gunman who shot dead two people and wounded several more in Tel Aviv.

"The attack has shown the weakness and the fragility of the Zionist entity," Hizbullah said in a statement.

The United States has welcomed the staff-level agreement reached Thursday between the government of Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), commending the “hard work” of the IMF delegation and the Lebanese ministerial team.

“Lebanon has committed to an ambitious and comprehensive reform program, including key prior actions to reform its banking sector, improve transparency, and beginning the path toward debt sustainability. We urge the quick passage of the required legislation and implementation of all prior actions,” the U.S. Embassy in Beirut said in a statement.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi met Friday with President Michel Aoun who assured him that the government is ready to submit the IMF-required draft laws to Parliament.

Al-Rahi urged the Lebanese for a heavy turnout in the upcoming parliamentary elections, adding that "voting is a duty."

Yemen's Foreign Ministry announced Friday the return of its ambassador to Lebanon.

The ministry said it took the decision as Lebanon vowed to "stop all aggressive activities and practices that are detrimental to Arab countries."