Interior Minister Nouhad Mashnouq warned on Friday the law enforcement agents against abusing Syrian refugees after pictures showing some being mistreated by municipal police were posted online.

Mashnouq said in a letter to heads of municipalities that officers would face "disciplinary measures" if they abuse their power when dealing with citizens and Syrian refugees.

Nizar Zakka, a US permanent resident from Lebanon who has done work for the US government, was on Monday indicted on unknown charges in Iran along with three dual nationals.

The four were held by Iran's authorities amid a series of detentions that followed last year's nuclear deal with world powers.

Hizbullah announced overnight that it has managed to kill the Islamic State military commander for the al-Qaa border region, where eight suicide bombings killed five people and wounded 28 others earlier this week.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat hailed on Saturday the reactivation of efforts with regard to Lebanon's oil and gas wealth, after a dispute over excavation between the Free Patriotic Movement and the AMAL Movement was reportedly settled a day earlier.

“It seems that the oil file which has been pending for years will finally be tackled,” said Jumblat via his Twitter account.

Hizbullah has reportedly destroyed Islamic State group positions entrenched on the outskirts of the border town of Ras Baalbek and al-Zwaytineh, al-Manar TV said on Saturday.

The TV station said that Hizbullah fighters bombarded two positions during the attack and that several were killed and wounded.

Lebanon's security apparatuses are keeping an eye of the encampments of Syrian refugees which they believe provides a shelter for Islamic State members and other terrorist groups.

Security forces have obtained information a couple of months ago which state that the Islamic State group in Syria's al-Reqqa has decided to take advantage of the fragile political situation in Lebanon, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

Speaker Nabih Berri urged Lebanon's political forces on Friday to accept an initiative he made to end the political impasse and warned that the due date for the parliamentary elections are growing closer, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

“This is our last chance and time is passing,” Berri told the daily.

The Lebanese army is still in a search operation for an IS member who managed to escape after it had arrested five terrorists a day earlier who planned to carry out attacks in Lebanon, An Nahar daily reported on Friday.

The army is closely monitoring the suspect's movements and it is expected that he he will be arrested soon, added the daily.

An ordinary cabinet session chaired by Prime Minister Tammam Salam convened at the Grand Serail on Thursday and focused on the security issues mainly after the Qaa bombings, without touching on any of the controversial files.

“Salam has assured that the Security Forces maintain readiness levels and capability to confront terrorism,” Information Minister Ramzi Jreij said after the meeting.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement chief MP Saad Hariri met with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea late on Wednesday where talks denounced the attacks that targeted the eastern town of al-Qaa and rejected the principle of “autonomous security”, Hariri's media office said on Thursday.

Hariri received Geagea, accompanied by LF media officer Melhem Riachi, over a Suhoor banquet in the Central House in the presence of Hariri's adviser Ghattas Khoury.