Police said on Thursday that they have freed a Syrian woman who was abused by her father and brother and chained in their house in the eastern Bekaa Valley.

A communique issued by the Internal Security Forces said the 20-year-old woman was freed on Wednesday from her parents' house in Tamnin al-Tahta.

The General Security agency said on Thursday that it has arrested a Lebanese man who has fought alongside a terrorist organization in Syria.

A communique issued by General Security said Aa.H. admitted to investigators that he traveled to Turkey in 2013 and then entered Syria where he joined the ranks of the terrorist group.

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault have discussed the challenges that Lebanon is facing on the eve of a visit by French President Francois Hollande to Beirut, An Nahar daily reported on Thursday.

Kaag and Ayrault called on Lebanese officials following their meeting in Paris on Wednesday to overcome their differences and elect a new president.

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag has expressed concern over reports that Hizbullah is receiving more weapons.

“What is said about increased build-up of weapons by Hizbullah is a source of concern,” Kaag told pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat newspaper in an interview published on Thursday.

All eyes will be on Istanbul on Thursday to hear Prime Minister Tammam Salam's speech at the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and observe the result of the meetings that he will hold there following a deterioration of ties between Lebanon and Gulf nations.

Salam traveled to Istanbul on Wednesday to take part in the 13th conference of the OIC. He is accompanied by Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb and Environment Minister Mohammed Mashnouq.

Lebanon has expressed reservations to labeling Hizbullah a terrorist organization in the final statement that is expected to be issued by around 30 heads of state and government from Islamic countries gathering in Istanbul.

As Safir daily said Thursday that Algeria, Iran and Indonesia backed Lebanon while Iraq's representative at the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said he will review his leadership to take the appropriate stance.

Resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi stressed Wednesday that he will not reverse his decision on resigning from Prime Minister Tammam Salam's government.

“I insist on my resignation and I will not reverse my decision because I no longer belong to the current government,” said Rifi in an interview with MTV.

An Israeli army force crossed the line of withdrawal, or Blue Line, in the South on Wednesday and attempted to kidnap a Lebanese shepherd, the Lebanese army said.

Hizbullah condemned Wednesday the “vicious” assassination of Fatah Movement top official Fathi Zaidan in Sidon on Tuesday, warning that it is “part of a scheme” that is being plotted against the Palestinian refugee camps and the neighboring areas.

“This criminal operation is part of the scheme that is being plotted by hidden hands for the camps and their surroundings in Sidon and the South,” the party warned in a statement.

A joint Australian-Lebanese commission has been set up to examine a controversial child abduction case in which several Australian nationals have been charged, Lebanon's Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil announced Wednesday.