Several rockets landed on Sunday on al-Kabir river in the northern Akkar district from the Syrian side of the border, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The attack on the outskirts of al-Debabiyeh town did not cause casualties, NNA said.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi attended at the Vatican on Sunday a landmark two-week synod of bishops on the family.

Pope Francis opened the synod of bishops from around the world, which will review Church teaching on the family and marriage.

The deputy head of the Higher Shiite Islamic Council, Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan, on Sunday called on the Lebanese to distance themselves from strife and to back the army.

During his sermon on the occasion of Eid al-Adha Qabalan hoped for peace and security.

There was no progress over the weekend in the case of Lebanese soldiers and policemen taken captive by jihadists in August as Lebanon celebrated Eid al-Adha.

An Nahar daily on Sunday quoted a ministerial source as saying that Prime Minister Tammam Salam was following up the negotiation process with General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim.

The Lebanese army on Saturday opened fire at armed men in the outskirts of the Bekaa town of Arsal which borders Syria, according to media reports.

“The army opened fire from its posts in Wadi Hmeid and al-Masyadeh after detecting movements by gunmen in Arsal's outskirts,” LBCI TV reported.

Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi on Saturday stressed that the case of the captive troops is “the top priority in Lebanon,” describing their abduction as a “black point in the course of the Syrian revolution.”

“The case of the captives is the top priority in Lebanon, at the level of the government, military and security institutions, and all political sectors,” Rifi said as he visited the Qalamun highway to express solidarity with families of captive troops, who have been staging a sit-in there for days now.

Insults, attacks and curfews have become commonplace experiences for some Syrian war refugees in Lebanon, with rights watchdogs saying the community faces growing discrimination.

In many parts of the country, it is no longer unusual to see posters prohibiting "foreigners" -- understood to mean Syrians -- from being outside after 8:00 pm.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said ahead of traveling to the Vatican on Saturday that he trusted the government in its policies to resolve the case of Lebanese soldiers and policemen taken hostage by jihadists in August.

“We trust this government, which is working with wisdom and patience under Prime Minister Tammam Salam,” to secure the release of the captives, said al-Rahi at Rafik Hariri International Airport before catching his flight to the Vatican.

Jihadists, who have taken Lebanese soldiers and policemen as captives, are reportedly seeking to find a safe passage from the mountains on the Lebanese-Syrian border to the northeastern town of Arsal.

As Safir daily quoted informed sources as saying that the militants, who have been besieged in the area after the army blocked all dirt roads on the town's outskirts, are seeking the passage to guarantee their supply of food and oil.

Outgoing Israeli army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz was optimistic that Hizbullah would not launch an attack on the Jewish state soon but did not rule out a future war.

“We don’t expect war to be initiated against us in the coming year, but there could be a deterioration as a result of specific events” as occurred in the Gaza Strip, Gantz said in interviews published in eight newspapers in the past days and over the weekend.