The cabinet formation process, which had been slow in the past weeks, began witnessing some developments after Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam held talks with centrist Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat and officials from the March 8 alliance.

Reports said that Salam met on Thursday night with Jumblat, who returned to Beirut following a visit to the UK.

The chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee has expressed concern over the alleged infiltration of Hizbullah operatives along the U.S. border from San Diego to Texas.

Rep. Michael McCaul told Team 10 website that the Hizbullah members are getting help from Mexican drug cartels.

A media official in the Northern Storm Brigade said on Saturday that the Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria's Aazaz are in good health, amid reports that they have are now in custody of Sheikh Munir al-Moften, known as Abou Hasan, after Ammar al-Dadikhi, aka their infamous abductor Abou Ibrahim has reportedly been killed.

LBCI television said that the official, however, did not confirm or deny rumors about Abou Ibrahim's death.

Syrian gunmen kidnapped two shepherds of the same nationality in the northern Akkar region and took them back to Syria, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

“The shepherds were captured in the kherbet al-Rumman-Shekhlar area of Akkar and were taken to Syria,” the NNA elaborated.

Three Syrian nationals were wounded when a bus carrying them to Lebanon overturned near the Masnah border crossing, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

“The bus that was coming from Syria overturned before reaching the General Security checkpoint in al-Masnah,” the NNA said, noting that the bus has a Syrian number plate.

A meeting was held recently between Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Central News Agency reported on Saturday.

According to the news agency, Nasrallah held talks with senior Iranian officials during his visit to Tehran, where he met with Khamenei.

Five shells from Syrian territories landed on Saturday in Lebanese villages along the northeastern border with Syria.

Two shells targeted Sahlat al-Mayy region on the outskirts of the town of al-Qasr in northeast of the Hermel district.

A Hizbullah member was killed in the ongoing battles in the neighboring country Syria, media reports said on Saturday.

According to MTV, Mohammed Asaad died recently in the clashes in Syria as European Union foreign ministers are set to discuss on Monday fears over Hizbullah's involvement in the battles.

Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel reiterated on Saturday calls for the donor Arab and other states to meet their promises and pay the aid set to assist with the influx of Syrian refugees.

“The friendly countries that pledged to aid us during Kuwait conference should swiftly meet their promises to enhance the conditions of the refugees,” Charbel said during a meeting at his ministry in the presence of UNHCR Representative in Lebanon Ninette Kelley.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Saturday the need for a new government to be formed “as soon as possible.”

He said: “Premier-designate Tammam Salam should be realistic, not idealistic, in his efforts to form a new cabinet.”