Qatar has halted its inactive mediation in the case of abducted servicemen, noting that it was only activated when Prime Minister Tamam Salam contacts Qatari emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, according to a minister.

"The Syrian-Qatari mediator Ahmad al-Khatib seemed to be implementing a Qatari agenda," the same minister said, adding that "now direct negotiations is the only option left."

Al-Akhbar daily reported Monday that Khatib did not bring anything new during the period he was tasked to conduct negotiations with the servicemen's captors.

It was unveiled that he came to Lebanon to accomplish a pure Qatari mission which is to bring back the niece of Qatari emir's Secretary General, who lives in Syria with her mother after that her father accused the latter of kidnapping her. She was brought to Lebanon through General Security Chief Abbas Ibrahim who brokered talks with Syrian security agencies.

"The Qatari mediator attempted to head to Arsal outskirts to meet with the captors who refused to receive him; he did not exert efforts and he was only limited by his mission," a ministerial source said.

In the same context, another ministerial sources stressed that the Lebanese government does not have pressure cards because it is not able to take firm decisions such as tightening security measures, blocking all passages that the terrorists are using to provide themselves with fuel and supplies, benefiting from the arrest of terrorist women and threatening to execute Roumieh prison.

Ministerial crisis cell’s sources affirmed that the negotiations were halted 20 days ago and that Qatar did not take any action to nudge the case.