The Association of Muslim Scholars said on Tuesday that a delegation representing the committee may resume negotiations in the case of the Lebanese troops who were kidnapped in Arsal.
"The committee could resume mediation efforts under favorable circumstances and only if it considers that its efforts would push the negotiations ahead," the association said in a statement.
"In the meantime, the association will not hesitate to support any effort that contributes to the settlement of the issue," the statement added.
On Sunday, Lebanon's military said an al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel group released five members of the Lebanese security forces captured earlier this month in a cross-border raid.
At least 30 Internal Security Forces members and Lebanese Armed Forces soldiers remain missing, presumably kidnapped by the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front militants, in the wake of deadly clashes that erupted in the northeastern border town of Arsal on August 01.
Clashes flared up when Syrian gunmen deployed across the region after the Lebanese Armed Forces arrested Imad Jomaa at a checkpoint.
The clashes left at least 20 soldiers dead and 86 injured.
On Thursday (August 07), a military source stated that a truce in Arsal appeared to be holding and the situation in the border town was quiet.
The Muslim Scholars Association had launched an initiative to ensure the return of the kidnapped soldiers and served as a mediator between the gunmen and the Lebanese authorities.
Later on, the Association declared that it will suspend all activities to make way for other sides to deploy efforts in this regard.
The gunmen had issued a list of demands, which include the release of several Islamist inmates from the infamous Roumieh prison. A demand the interior minister had rejected.
Lebanese security officials say the fighters include members of al Qaeda's Syria branch, the Nusra Front, and an al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State, which has seized swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.
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