Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif began a two-day visit to Lebanon on Tuesday by meeting Prime Minister Tammam Salam.

“We discussed cooperation between the two countries and bilateral ties,” said Zarif after the Grand Serail talks.

General Security has arrested three Syrians on suspicion of recruiting fighters and monitoring the activities of the Hizbullah-linked Resistance Brigades.

As Safir daily said Tuesday that Abu Khattab, one of the group's members, is a resident of the town of Shehim in Iqlim al-Kharroub. He left Lebanon through the Arida border crossing in December 2012, heading to the Syrian city of Aleppo where he joined al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front.

Conflicting media reports emerged Monday evening after at least one projectile hit the northern Bekaa town of Btedei.

State-run National News Agency said two rockets landed Monday evening in Btedei, without elaborating on the source of the projectiles.

Six suspected Syrian militants were arrested Monday at an army checkpoint in the northeastern border town of Arsal, state-run National News Agency reported.

“Lebanese army intelligence agents arrested at the Ain al-Shaab checkpoint in Arsal six Syrians suspected of belonging to militant groups,” NNA said.

Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel blasted the government on Monday as “unproductive,” while stressing that presidential hopefuls “belonging to regional axes” cannot make it to the presidential palace in Baabda in the current circumstances.

“This government was supposed to be a national unity government aimed at securing the election of a new president, and it was supposed to serve for no longer than two or three months,” said Gemayel after the weekly meeting of Kataeb's political bureau.

The Lebanese army intelligence announced on Monday the arrest of a member of Osama Masnour's terrorist group.

An army statement said that Abdul Rahman Tareq al-Kilani was detained upon his return to Lebanon from abroad.

First Military Examining Magistrate Judge Riyad Abou Ghida issued on Monday an arrest warrant against Elie Daou in the murder of Army Major Rabih Kahil.

The state-run National News Agency said Abou Ghida issued the warrant after questioning Daou in the killing of Kahil last month.

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim has revealed that an initiative to raise the retirement age of senior army officers for three years aimed at ending a growing political crisis has not stopped.

Ibrahim told As Safir daily published on Monday that his contacts with all the Lebanese factions are ongoing.

The head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc, MP Fouad Saniora, has rejected an initiative launched by General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim to raise the retirement age of the army and security officers for three years.

“I knew that there is madness but I didn't think for a second that we would reach a stage of beyond madness,” Saniora told As Safir newspaper published on Monday.

Sources close to Prime Minister Tammam Salam have expressed confidence that there is consensus to confront Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun's call for street demonstrations against the military extensions.

“Each day has its own events,” the sources said. “Salam is not alone responsible for confrontation.”