Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Sunday published two tweets commemorating slain ex-PM Rafik Hariri on the 16th anniversary of his assassination.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri visited Sunday the grave of his father, slain ex-PM Rafik Hariri, in downtown Beirut, where he prayed for his soul.

He was accompanied by the head of the al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc, MP Bahia Hariri, who is his aunt, as well as his uncle Chafik Hariri.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is scheduled to mark the 16th assassination anniversary of his slain father Rafik Hariri and his companions, Hariri’s press office said in a statement.

The United States on Saturday delivered three Huey II helicopters to the Lebanese army during a ceremony attended by Army chief General Joseph Aoun, Major General Milad Ishaq, and U.S. ambassador to Lebanon Dorothoy Shea, the National News agency reported.

Firass Abiad, the head of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, said the hospital staff who led the fight against coronavirus will be among the first to get Covid vaccine arriving Saturday in Lebanon.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement MP Moustafa Allouch said Saturday that “the responsibility for the destruction of the Lebanese Republic rests with the President,” amid failed efforts to form a new government in crisis-hit Lebanon.

Everyone is awaiting the developments regarding the government stalemate in Lebanon, amid reports that Egypt, which was part of the PM-designate’s destinations last week, shows “apprehension” regarding the security and economic situation in Lebanon, Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported Saturday.

An American father and son accused of sneaking former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a box asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to halt their extradition so they have time to pursue an appeal.

Michael and Peter Taylor have fought for months to keep the U.S. government from handing the men over to Japan, saying they can't legally be extradited and will be treated unfairly in the Japan. Their lawyers told the Supreme Court that the men would face harsh treatment in the Japanese criminal justice system.

The presidency Friday said that President Michel Aoun received PM-designate Saad Hariri at Baabda Palace and that Hariri “had nothing new regarding the government formation file,” the presidency wrote in an official tweet.

Recently returning from Paris, PM-designate Saad Hariri met President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace on Friday after which he said there was no progress on the formation of a government.