Lebanese Public Health Minister, Wael Abu Faour, on Monday said after meeting at his office with the General Security Director Abbas Ibrahim, "What I’d like to confirm is that issues are taking a positive forward move"

Lebanese Public Health Minister, Wael Abu Faour, on Monday said after meeting at his office with the General Security Director Abbas Ibrahim, "What I'd like to confirm is that issues are taking a positive forward move as concerning the military hostages file, in the hope that the file will be resolved by reaching a happy ending and turning back the soldiers to their families safe and sound."

Abu Faour said he met with PM Tammam Salam and the latter assured him that his communications in New York in favor of said file was positive.

In the same context, the families of the kidnapped soldiers continued blocking Dahr al-Baidar highway in protest of what they call it "governmental failure to end their crisis."