Hizbullah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem stressed on Sunday that the Israeli airstrike in Syria's Quneitra is a direct assault against the party.

“There are huge similarities between the Israelis and the takfiri groups,” Qassem said during a popular rally to mourn the party fighters who were killed the raid last week.

The U.S. Department of State issued a new travel warning advisory to Lebanon over ongoing safety and security concerns, citing reports saying that future suicide bombing targets allegedly include Casino du Liban in Jounieh and Le Royal hotel in Dbayeh.

According to a statement issued by the embassy: “The development serves as an important reminder of the ongoing security concerns in Lebanon - even in areas which are normally considered less dangerous.”

The Lebanese Forces and Free Patriotic Movement stressed on Sunday that the away from media spotlight negotiations are serious in an attempt to reach a break through between the two Christian rivals.

Change and Reform bloc lawmaker Ibrahim Kanaan, who is loyal to FPM chief MP Michel Aoun, pointed out in comments published in the Kuwaiti Annahar newspaper that the two parties are “keen to preserve pluralism among Christians, however, we are trying to end a long page of disputes and start a new one based on mutual respect.”

Islamist fugitive Shadi al-Mawlawi reportedly fled the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh on Friday, media reports said.

A high-ranking Palestinian source said in comments published in al-Mustaqbal newspaper on Sunday, Mawlawi fled the camp as negotiations over his exit from Ain el-Hilweh were ongoing between factions.

Christians in the Bekaa Valley are reportedly taking up arms to combat any attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as cautious calm prevailed in Ras Baalbek region in eastern Lebanon after deadly clashes between the Lebanese army and militiamen.

Ad Diya newspaper reported on Sunday that Christians in the Bekaa Valley began purchasing personal arms, grenades and rocket-propelled grenades to combat any threats imposed by jihadists.

The Army Command announced on Saturday the deaths of three more soldiers from the clashes with armed groups in the Tallat al-Hamra clashes in the outskirts of Ras Baalbek on Friday.

A military statement on Friday said that five troops were killed in the unrest that erupted when terrorists attacked an army surveillance post in Ras Baalbek.

Head of the Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri praised on Saturday the army after its battles against terrorists in the Ras Baalbek region in the eastern Bekaa.

He declared in a statement: “It has proven its ability to confront assaults by extremists and to face terrorist bombings.”

The photos on display at a Beirut theater show Syrian refugees chopping wood, getting married, and playing in a Lebanese field. They are the work not of professionals, but Syrian refugee children.

The United States is seeking to speed up the delivery of fighter jets to the Lebanese army as part of attempts to bolster its aerial power in confronting terrorist threats in border regions, reported the daily al-Mustaqbal on Saturday.

Official sources said that American diplomatic circles in Washington had relayed this information to Lebanese authorities in the past few hours.

The disciplinary committee in the Internal Security Forces issued its final decisions related to the ongoing investigations of some officers linked to the smuggling of drugs and other banned material into prisons, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

Informed security sources revealed to the daily that the decisions include the sacking of two prison officers for facilitating the smuggling of illegal goods into jails.