Qatar's Al-Jazeera network said Monday it was "temporarily" closing its Egypt-dedicated channel, accused of bias towards the banned Muslim Brotherhood, a day after the Gulf state pledged support for Cairo.

The decision appeared to be a direct result of a thaw between Doha and Cairo two days after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a Qatari envoy following Saudi mediation.

Qatar has pledged its "full support" to Egypt, an official statement said, ending more than a year of regional isolation over its support for Cairo's ousted Islamist president. 

Dozens of Muslim clerics on Monday urged Interpol to "rapidly" remove the name of influential Egypt-born preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi from its wanted list.

The Qatar-based Islamist scholar is seen as a spiritual guide of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood, the movement of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.

Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat called on the Lebanese authorities to walk in the footsteps of the United States, which in May released high-profile Afghan inmates in return for the sole remaining American military hostage.

“When a superpower such as the United States swaps a soldier with five high-profile Taliban (members), then small states such as us could make a similar sacrifice to bring back our soldiers,” Jumblat told As Safir daily in remarks published on Friday.

The relatives of abducted soldiers and policemen were informed by an international side that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group is ready to release a hostage before the holidays as a goodwill gesture.

According to Ad Diyar newspaper published on Thursday, the relatives said that ISIL's initiative is to press the Lebanese state to change its maneuvers and its techniques in dealing with the abduction ordeal.

Qatar has bowed to political realism by setting aside differences with Gulf neighbors and backing Egypt's anti-Islamist leadership at a summit that reflected a thaw in regional relations, analysts say.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's crackdown last year on the Doha-backed Muslim Brotherhood triggered a rift pitting Qatar against Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, who see the group's political Islam as a threat to their stability.

Qatar’s foreign ministry said in a statement issued on Sunday night that it had launched the mediation efforts upon Lebanon's request and for humanitarian reasons.

But it put an end to its efforts after its envoy failed to resolve the crisis.

General Security chief Major General Abbas Ibrahim is holding onto a decision to execute terrorists convicted by the Lebanese judiciary in retaliation to the death of Lebanese soldiers and policemen in the captivity of the Islamic State group and al-Qaida-affiliate al-Nusra Front.

A minister, who spoke on condition of anonymity to As Safir newspaper on Friday, said that Ibrahim insisted during an emergency security meeting at the Grand Serail on executing sentenced terrorists in retaliation to the execution of the Lebanese servicemen.

Qatar's improved "final offer" to buy London's landmark Canary Wharf office quarter has been rejected, its owner said Friday, seemingly putting an end to a deal.

Songbird, a property firm which controls 69 percent of Canary Wharf Group, said the offer worth £2.6 billion ($4.1 billion, 3.3 billion euros) undervalued Songbird and its growth prospects.

The alleged divorcee of the Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is reportedly pregnant in her third week and her main role was to fund al-Nusra Front group by sending donations to militants in the neighboring country Syria.

According to As Safir newspaper published on Friday, Iraqi national Saja Hamid al-Dulaimi, who was detained around 15 days ago at an army checkpoint at al-Madfoun Bridge in the North, received money transfers from foreign sides, in particular Qatar, to fund terrorists.