President Michel Aoun stressed during talks with a Canadian delegation on Monday the need to facilitate the promotion and marketing of Lebanese products worldwide, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

Eight people were killed including a suspected drug trafficking baron in an army raid on his home in eastern Lebanon on Monday, the armed forces said.

Israel on Sunday launched an air strike on a Syrian regime military target in the west of the country, Syrian state media reported, as Lebanese media reports said the Israeli jets fired the missiles from Lebanon's airspace.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri asked his adviser for Russian affairs, George Shaaban, to communicate with Russian officials to find out the details about a proposal announced by Moscow regarding the return of Syrian refugees from Lebanon and Jordan, Hariri’s media office said on Saturday.

An Israeli force attempted to kidnap a Lebanese shepherd on Thursday morning after crossing the line of withdrawal into Lebanon’s territories but failed in its endeavor, a statement released by the Lebanese Army-Orientation Directorate said.

Lebanese parties are divided over the controversial file of refugees and whether a coordination with the Syrian government is best for the country to facilitate their return, media reports said Saturday.

March 8 alliance camp believes “direct dialogue” between the Lebanese and Syrian governments is the only means to address the issue, al-Joumhouria daily reported.

Lebanon condemned the latest Israeli law defining Israel as a “nation state of Jewish people,” as the law provoked fears it could lead to blatant discrimination against Arab citizens.

President Michel Aoun condemned the Israeli move and warned against the threat of “resettlement. “

Six Hizbullah fighters have reportedly returned to Lebanon on Friday from the besieged Syrian towns of al-Fuaa and Kafraya as part of an evacuation deal between Damascus’s s ally Russia and Turkey, LBCI quoted a Hizbullah source on Friday.

The evacuation of nearly 7,000 people besieged for years in two pro-regime towns of Fuaa and Kafraya follows a series of similar deals to remove residents and fighters from contested zones.

Airport police busted a man at the Rafik Hariri International Airport with counterfeit cash in his possession, the Internal Security Forces reported on Friday.

The man, a Lebanese identified by his initials as F. Kh., was arrested on Wednesday said the ISF with 100,000 euros in counterfeit money notes.

All endeavors exerted so far to lineup a new Cabinet in Lebanon have failed to break the stalemate hampering the formation, media reporters said on Friday.