Investigations with Sheikh Khaled Hoblos and two other suspects revealed that they were trying to activate dormant terrorist cells affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in eastern Bekaa Valley and the northern city of Tripoli.

According to As Safir newspaper published on Saturday, the arrest of Hoblos, who is wanted for his involvement in clashes with the army in Bhannine in late 2014, and two other accomplices were seeking to awaken sleeper cells in the Bekaa to carry out terror acts.

A new security plan will be implemented in the southern refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh as further reinforcements will deploy in the area to preserve security, media reports said on Saturday.

According to Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5), the plan will include new neighborhoods in the camp and the 150-member force, which deployed in Ain el-Hilweh last year, will reach 350.

Nader Hariri, the adviser of the Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri, reportedly contacted Speaker Nabih Berri's aide Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil to confirm that dialogue with Hizbullah will not be suspended.

According to the pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat published on Saturday, Khalil briefed Berri on the telephone conversation with Hariri as the speaker was contacting Hizbullah's leadership to tackle the tension between the two parties.

Hizbullah denied on Saturday media reports that any of its members had been killed in Yemen where a Saudi-led coalition is stepping up air raids on allies of Iran-backed rebels.

“The Saudi Asharq al-Awsat daily and some Saudi and Lebanese news outlets have claimed that a Hizbullah member had been martyred in Yemen,” said the party's press office in a statement.

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.