The Lebanese pound hit an all-time low against the dollar Saturday, prompting money exchange shops in the area of Chtoura to shut their doors.

The politburo of the free Patriotic Movement held its periodic meeting today and lashed out at PM-designate Saad Hariri blaming him for the delayed government formation.

Separate spots of deposits of black tar were seen on the northern Sidon beach on Saturday after an oil spill out at sea last month from the side of Israel.

Head of the Sidon municipality, Mohammed al-Saudi said separate spots of black tar have spread along Sidon’s beach, mainly in the north side of the city facing the public beach.

A delegation of Hizbullah will reportedly kick off a visit to Moscow on Sunday with the aim of "exchanging views on the regional and local files,” without being directly related to the cabinet formation issue despite an increasing Russian interest in the internal Lebanese file, the Saudi Asharq el-Awsat newspaper reported on Saturday.

Spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, expressed "President Joe Biden’s administration’s" concern about the “apparent inaction of Lebanese leaders in dealing with multiple crises facing their country,"reported Asharq el-Awsat newspaper on Saturday.

Chargé d’Affaires of the British embassy in Beirut, Martin Longden, met with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi Friday evening in Bkirki.

Caretaker Social Affairs and Tourism Minister Ramzi Msharrafiyeh and U.N. Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon Najat Rochdi launched Friday the 2021 update of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017-2021.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is “at the heart of the constant discussions” aimed at forming a new government, his aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil said Friday.

“He is very worried over the political forces’ laxity in forming the government,” Khalil added, following a parliamentary session.

Parliament on Friday approved a $246 million World Bank loan agreement aimed at supporting families impacted by Lebanon's near two-year-long crippling economic crisis that has been aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

As the session got underway at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut, parliament's temporary venue, large crowds of protesters spread in different areas of Beirut and outside the UNESCO Palace, raising different demands.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri received at the Center House on Friday the American Ambassador to Lebanon, Dorothy Shea, Hariri’s press office said in a statement.