Buses carrying Saraya Ahl al-Sham rebels and displaced Syrians took off from east Arsal heading to Syria's eastern al-Qalamoun, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

According to reports, the vehicles are transporting around 360 rebels and many displaced Syrians.

Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah affirmed his country’s keenness to maintain the good relations that link Kuwait and Lebanon.

Armed Forces Veterans blocked several major roads in Beirut on Monday in a bid to pressure President Michel Aoun not to sign the wage scale file and related taxes that were referred to him through parliament last month.

A spokesman for the National Commission of the Armed Forces Veterans, Sami al-Rammah, voiced calls on Aoun “not to sign the wage scale file but to include his remarks and return it back to the parliament.”

Prime Minister Saad Hariri has stressed during his visit to Kuwait that Lebanon is ready to cooperate with the Emirate regarding the so-called Abdali terror cell after allegations that of Hizbullah's involvement in the cell.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi voiced calls on Lebanon's politicians and officials to ensure “economic, livelihood, security and moral stability” for the entire Lebanese, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

Kuwaiti authorities on Saturday said they arrested 12 convicted members of a "terrorist cell" with alleged “ties to Iran and Hizbullah” after a weeks-long manhunt.

An agreement deal reportedly set to see the evacuation of rebels and displaced Syrians from the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal to Syria's East al-Qalamoun has been delayed, the National News Agency reported Saturday.

An Internal Security Forces patrol foiled a terror attack by an Islamic State group affiliate that planned to target the Grand al-Mansouri mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, media reports said.

A communique by the ISF Directorate General said it foiled the attack on 7/8/2017 at 16.45 pm and that the suicide attacker had planned to execute his mission during the afternoon prayers.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri will travel to the Emirate of Kuwait for talks with Kuwait's Emir Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah,al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

President Michel Aoun, on Friday expressed hope that the upcoming economic dialogue meeting at Baabda palace on Monday would find solutions that take into consideration the interests of all the Lebanese regarding the salary scale and taxes, the National News Agency reported on Friday.