Former PSP leader Walid Jumblat said Sunday that he will soon visit Syria to meet its interim leader as tensions simmer between members of the minority Druze group, the war-torn country's interim government, and Israel.

"The free Syrians must be cautious of the plots of Israel," veteran Druze leader Walid Jumblat said at a news conference Sunday, accusing Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of creating sectarian division and chaos in the country. "In Syria there is a plot for sabotage. There is a plot for sabotage in the region and for the Arabs' national security."

President Joseph Aoun arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for his first trip abroad since taking office earlier this year, the presidency and Saudi media said.

Aoun, a former army chief thought to be backed by Riyadh and Washington, was elected on January 9, ending a more than two-year power vacuum amid a crippling political and economic crisis.

Finance Minister Yassine Jaber, Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar and Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rasamny have made a joint inspection visit to Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport, days after $2.5 million in cash were seized in the possession of a Lebanese man coming from Turkey.

Thousands of mourners in southern Lebanon attended a funeral for nearly 100 Lebanese killed last year during the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

It was the largest mass burial ceremony in Lebanon since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire three months ago. It followed last week's burial of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's former leader, and his top aide in Beirut attended by tens of thousands.

People mourned Friday, in the southern border town of Aitaroun, their loved ones killed in Israeli airstrikes during hostilities that lasted more than a year between Israel and Hezbollah.

The 95 civilians and Hezbollah members had been temporarily buried outside their hometown as the Israeli military remained in an area of dozens of border towns past its withdrawal deadline.

Israel has warned Lebanese authorities that it would strike deeper inside Lebanon if Hezbollah continues to transfer arms from Syria, Al-Arabiya's Al-Hadath channel said Friday.

Al Hadath said that Israel warned it might strike Beirut's southern suburbs "if Hezbollah keeps breaching the agreement."

A man was arrested Friday morning at Beirut Airport after $2.5 million were found in his possession.

Beirut airport authorities arrested Mohammad H. who arrived aboard a Turkish Pegasus plane. The young man is being investigated about the source of the money and its destination, amid reports that the cash was destined for Hezbollah.

More than one in two children under the age of two are suffering "severe food poverty" in east Lebanon after the war between Israel and Hezbollah, the United Nations children's agency said on Friday.

A ceasefire came into effect on November 27, putting an end to more than a year of fighting, including two months of full-blown war between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group.

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called Israel to respect a November ceasefire and withdraw from all Lebanese territories, including five "strategic hills" where Israeli troops remain past their withdrawal deadline.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that Israel has received a U.S. green light to "indefinitely" keep its forces on five strategic hills in south Lebanon.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Fadi Akiki has charged 26 suspects with involvement in the February 13 attack on UNIFIL forces on the Beirut airport road.