The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Hizbullah has begun to pull back many of its units from Syrian territory and that the operation has been taking place away from the media spotlight, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported.

Israeli warplanes fired missiles from "Lebanese airspace" targeting military positions in the central province of Homs and suburbs of Damascus, said Syrian state news agency SANA on Monday.

Two bodyguards were killed and a third was injured in an armed clash involving the convoy of State Minister for Refugee Affairs Saleh al-Gharib in the Aley town of Qabrshmoun on Sunday.

A Progressive Socialist Party supporter was also wounded in the incident.

Arab Tawhid Party leader ex-minister Wiam Wahhab on Sunday warned Progressive Socialist Party leader ex-MP Walid Jumblat and his son MP Taymour Jumblat after PSP supporters intercepted the convoy of Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil.

“What is happening in concurrence with Bassil’s tour is not befitting of you, Walid Beik, nor of Taymour, who is a promising, polite and respectable young man,” Wahhab tweeted.

Supporters of the Progressive Socialist Party on Sunday blocked several roads in the Aley district to prevent the passage of the convoy of Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil.

TV networks said several areas witnessed popular gatherings where PSP supporters intercepted Bassil’s motorcade, prompting the army to intervene several times.

Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil on Sunday emphasized that the FPM is not sectarian while noting that some parties are “annoyed” by its political alliances.

“We stand on a firm ground of understandings that annoys a lot of parties, so they try to undermine them,” Bassil said during a visit to the Mt. Lebanon town of Kahale.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri has asked High Relief Commission chief Maj. Gen. Mohammed Kheir to intervene after a number of Lebanese workers in Kazakhstan were brutally beaten over an “Instagram picture.”

After Moody’s credit analysis of Lebanon that drew controversy, Economy Minister Mansour Bteish said Moody’s warning is part of its job and that Lebanon abides by its commitments.

Industry Minister Wael Abu Faour of the Progressive Socialist Party affirmed on Saturday that ties between his party and al-Mustaqbal Movement will restore “stability and steadfastness” after what he said was temporary tension.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri met at the Center House with the World Bank Vice President for Middle East and North Africa Ferid Belhaj, accompanied by the Bank’s Regional Director for the Mashreq, Saroj Kumar Jha.