The Syrian Civil Defense group, known as the White Helmets, uncovered at least 21 corpses as well as incomplete human remains on Wednesday in the Sayyida Zeinab suburb of the capital Damascus.

The discovery was made at a site previously used by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iran-backed Iraqi militias, both allies of deposed President Bashar Assad during the country’s civil war. The site included a field kitchen, a drugstore and a morgue, according to Ammar al-Salmo, an official with the White Helmets, a volunteer organization that operated in areas that were controlled by the opposition.

Four Israeli civilians who “illegally entered Lebanon” were detained on Thursday afternoon, Israeli police said.

The head of the Lebanese Forces' Media and Communication Department, Charles Jabbour, has warned Hezbollah that is has reached a "dead end" and that it is facing "major existential threats" in light of its latest war with Israel and the rise of a new regime in Syria.

The file of the missing fighters is troubling Hezbollah after around three weeks have passed since the ceasefire agreement took effect between Lebanon and Israel, Saudi Arabia’s Asharq al-Awsat newspaper has reported.

The five-party commitee tasked with monitoring the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire held its second meeting on Wednesday.

The Democratic Gathering bloc was the first bloc to officially announce its presidential candidate ahead of a president election session scheduled for January 9. The session might end more than two years of presidential vacuum.

The Democratic Gathering bloc said Wednesday, following a meeting, that its MPs will vote for Army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun on January 9.

Syrian interim health minister Maher al-Sharaa said Thursday that there has been communication with the Lebanese state "from day one."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey and Lebanon would work together on Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad by Islamist-led rebels.

"A new era has now begun in Syria. We agree that we must act together as two important neighbors of Syria," Erdogan told a news conference Wednesday, alongside Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met Wednesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara and discussed with him the latest developments in Syria and south Lebanon.

Mikati was accompanied by a ministerial delegation, the Lebanese Army representative, and Lebanon's ambassador to Turkey.

Representatives of the United States, France, UNIFIL and the Lebanese and Israeli armies met Wednesday in Naqoura.

The U.S.-led committee that also includes France, UNIFIL, Lebanon, and Israel, was formed to monitor the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel that took effect in late November. This was the committee's second meeting.