A group of Israeli settlers on Friday entered the al-Abbad tomb inside Lebanese territory, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.

President Joseph Aoun on Friday discussed the security situations in the country with Defense Minister Michel Menassa.

On a lush green hilltop on Israel's northern border with Lebanon, Carmela Keren Yakuti proudly shows off her home in Dovev, which she fled more than 16 months ago over fears of a Hezbollah attack.

"Now that everyone is back, it's an amazing feeling," said Yakuti, 40, standing on her freshly washed patio and breathing in the crisp country air.

International Monetary Fund staff will visit Lebanon next week to meet with the country's new government and begin addressing its economic woes, the Washington-based lender said.

Speaking to reporters in Washington, IMF communications director Julie Kozack said the March 10-14 "fact-finding" mission to Lebanon would address the country's economic development, and its reconstruction needs amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

Syrian security forces arrested a top former intelligence officer suspected of numerous killings, including the 1977 murder of Lebanese opposition leader Kamal Jumblat, the state news agency reported on Thursday.

Forces seized Ibrahim Huweija, a former head of air force intelligence, one of the most trusted security agencies of the former ruling Assad family, a security source was quoted as saying by the SANA agency.

President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri held a meeting Friday at the Baabda Palace, amid reports that they would discuss the file of security appointments.

President Joseph Aoun told a Cabinet session on Thursday that “Cabinet possesses the authority of taking decisions, not parties or sects.”

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Thursday after a cabinet session that the government has “launched a comprehensive reform plan based on the ministerial statement.”

The Lebanese Army “has received an order not to put in its depots any arms found in areas south of the Litani River,” informed sources told al-Akhbar newspaper in remarks published Thursday.

Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji has denied a media report published by U.S. news portal Axios about the presence of an alleged “quiet understanding” between Israel, Lebanon and the U.S. over Israel’s continued military presence in five posts in south Lebanon.