Judge Rami Abdullah on Wednesday adjourned the case at the Baabda Palace of Justice in Beirut until Monday, with all the defendants to remain in a pre-trial detention facility until then.

"There is no way the charges will be dropped," he told the media at the end of Wednesday's proceedings.

"There was a violation of the Lebanese authority by all these people, it's a crime."

Ms Faulkner appeared in court alongside 60 Minutes journalist Tara Brown and her crew, Benjamin Williamson, David Ballment and Stephen Rice, over a botched attempt to retrieve her two young children in Beirut last week.

Brown was quoted by News Corp as saying they were being treated well in detention: "Quite genuinely we are being treated well by the standards here, it's fine, it's not crowded."

They are facing charges of kidnapping and being members of a criminal gang, which can attract maximum sentences of up to three years and 10 years respectively.

The children, Noah, 4, and Lahela, 6, were returned to their father soon after they were snatched by a child recovery team as they were walking with their paternal grandmother on a street in the southern Beirut suburb of Hadath.

The 60 Minutes team were allegedly in Lebanon to report on the recovery of the children.

Earlier on Wednesday, Ms Faulkner's lawyer, Ghassan Moghabghab, said if the Brisbane mother and the children's father, Ali Elamine, could reach an agreement, it would "help all the accused people", including the Australian journalists.

In his comments, Judge Abdullah also suggested that could be so.

"If any agreement will happen between them ... it will help the case ... for all of them."

Mr Moghabghab said Mr Elamine was hesitant about coming to an agreement, and Ms Faulkner was not in a position to set conditions.

"She is depressed," Mr Moghabghab said, adding any progress between the parents would "certainly have a positive reflection on the case of the TV crew".

"The husband has to drop the charges," he said. "The judge is pushing [for him] to do that."

In a further positive development, Foreign Minister Gebbran Bassil said he had given instructions to form a joint Lebanese-Australian committee to resolve the custody case of the two children.

"Australians should respect Lebanese laws and the Lebanese should respect Australian laws," Mr Bassil said after meeting with Ambassador Glenn Miles.

He expressed hope that the incident "would not have an impact on Lebanese-Australian relations".

Brown and Ms Faulkner entered the judge's office handcuffed together.

Wearing black, Brown was accompanied by her lawyer Kamal Abo Daher.

She was the first of the 60 Minutes crew to be interrogated by Judge Abdullah.

Producer Rice, cameraman Williamson and sound recordist Ballment were next to be brought before the judge, all cuffed together, according to ABC Middle East correspondent Matt Brown.

Britons Adam Whittington and Craig Michael - members of the child recovery team hired to retrieve the children - were brought in for interrogation at 2.50pm, Beirut time. Mr Michael was shivering and told Fairfax Media he was "very sick".

A guard who did not wish to be named revealed that Mr Michael had been in Al Hayat hospital on Tuesday night and was suffering from "depression".

Judge Abdullah will decide whether to uphold or dismiss the charges.

The crew will rigorously fight the charges, according to Channel Nine management.

A spokeswoman for Channel Nine said the network was co-operating fully with the Lebanese authorities.

Journalists were forced to delete all photos and videos on their devices before being led into the court room.

The attempted child recovery operation in downtown Beirut has become a diplomatic incident and a public relations disaster for Channel Nine.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addressed the charges earlier on Wednesday.

"We respect the Lebanese legal system and their right to investigate and take proceedings if they feel offences have been committed," he said.

"But we support Australians who find themselves in these difficulties and these circumstances right around the world and of course we're doing that with respect to the 60 Minutes crew in Beirut at the moment," he said.

Ms Faulkner, 29, a former air hostess, had travelled to Lebanon to try to recover her two children from Mr Elamine, a Beirut surf business owner.

Mr Elamine was alleged to have failed to return their children to Australia as promised after a holiday in Lebanon.

Mr Elamine told the media on Tuesday that the children are "in good health and that is what matters", and that it was rough for the children but he had calmed them down.

He stressed that "children should not have been dragged into this situation".

On Wednesday last week, local time, a car containing employees of British-based firm Child Abduction Recovery International (CARI) and Ms Faulkner had allegedly driven near a bus stop in South Beirut where Mr Elamine's mother and a nanny were walking the two young children.

Two CARI agents allegedly got out of the the car and grabbed the children from the arms of the women, while a third passenger appeared to be video recording the incident, according to grainy security camera video captured by a CCTV camera at a nearby shop.

When one of the women appeared to fight back, she was pushed away from the vehicle, which then sped off.

Inside the car, Ms Faulkner was reunited with her children and dropped off at another location.

With AAP and Kate Aubusson

smh.com.au