The first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in Beirut on Wednesday.

The government had said it would delay administering them until the vaccine was cleared for use by international health regulators following concerns about possible blood clotting.

Lead investigative judge into the Beirut port blast, Tarek al-Bitar, on Wednesday interrogated four detained port officials.

Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Wednesday that parliament needs to find a “constitutional interpretation” that defines the limit of Cabinet's caretaker jurisdiction and role, days after Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called for reactivating the resigned government.

France reportedly is still “optimistic” that a formation of a government in Lebanon is still possible despite the latest row between the President and PM-designate, LBCI television station reported on Wednesday.

Unknown assailants opened gunfire overnight at the encampments of Syrian refugees in Baalbek’s town of al-Safri and injured a woman, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

A meeting on the file of Syrian refugees in Lebanon was held between Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Ramzi Msharrafieh, Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Rudakov and Syrian ambassador in Lebanon Ali Abdul Karim Ali, MTV reported on Wednesday.

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh is reportedly facing a "difficult" task to control the currency depreciation after a decision that banks are to conduct currency transactions to control dollar exchange rates, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

Lebanese authorities announced late Tuesday a bread price hike, the third in nine months, a move the government blames on a plunge in the value of the local currency.

The Free Patriotic Movement-led Strong Lebanon bloc on Tuesday accused PM-designate Saad Hariri of seeking a “one-half-plus-one” share in the new government.

Prime minister-designate Saad Hariri held a meeting Tuesday evening with ex-PMs Fouad Saniora, Najib Miqati and Tammam Salam.