The Lebanese Forces and the Change Movement on Wednesday filed a complaint before Lebanon’s State Prosecution against ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and officials from his regime over “the kidnap, forced disappearance and torture of Lebanese citizens.”

An Israeli bomb hangs suspended in air, caught in a split-second image of a suburb in Beirut before it slams into an apartment building, passersby already bracing for the explosion.

Across the Middle East this year, photographers froze moments in time, reflections of the wars and their horrors that have upended life across the region.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has ruled out a negative impact for Syria's events on Lebanon.

Berri told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, in remarks published Wednesday, that the developments in Syria are in Israel's interest, and that a U.S.-French brokered ceasefire reached last month has "immunized" Lebanon.

Many in Lebanon who suffered through decades of brutal rule in Syria that extended across the border say the fall of longtime leader Bashar al-Assad is "divine justice," but want him held accountable.

Hezbollah has expressed hope that neighboring Syria's new rulers would reject the "Israeli occupation" of their land, days after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad.

"We hope to see Syria stabilize... and take a firm stand against Israeli occupation, while preventing foreign interference in its affairs," the Iran-backed group said in a statement.

Suheil Hamwi spent 32 years in a Syrian prison, and now, after an offensive by insurgents that toppled the government of Bashar Assad, he's finally returned to his home in Lebanon.

In 1992, Hamwi worked as a merchant, selling various goods in the town of Chekka in northern Lebanon. On the night of Eid il-Burbara, or Saint Barbara's Day — a holiday similar to Halloween — a man came to his door to buy some whiskey. Hamwi said he handed his 10-month-old son, George, to his wife and went to his car to fetch the whiskey and make the sale.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil warned Tuesday that “fear of the departure of a secular regime and the takeover of religious and ideological groups will threaten the presence of minorities in Syria and scare them to the extent of immigrating and leaving their land.”

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s press office commented Tuesday on reports saying some former Syrian regime officials have entered Lebanon or used its territory to travel to other countries.

Hezbollah MP Hassan Ezzeddine on Tuesday accused Israel of “seeking to undermine the ceasefire agreement through its violations.”

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, who attended this weekend the reponing of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, briefly discussed on the sidelines of the ceremonies, the presidential impasse with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Al-Rahi told a group of journalists in Paris that Macron had expressed France's keenness to help Lebanon, including in filling its presidential void. He said that Macron had told him that "Lebanon is and will remain" in his heart.