Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri arrived Wednesday evening in the Qatari capital Doha, his press office said.

Snow blanketed parts of Lebanon on Wednesday, blocking roads and disrupting traffic.

Storm Joyce hit late Tuesday in Lebanon with gale force winds registering between 85 km/h (52 miles/h) and 100 km/h (62 miles/h). The storm is expected to get stronger Thursday.

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid al-Bukhari reiterated the Kingdom's support for the “Lebanese people and their institutions,” during a meeting he held with Grand Sunni Mufti of the Republic Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan in Dar el-Fatwa.

The Progressive Socialist Party deplored in a statement on Wednesday the rocket attack on Arbil airport in Iraq.

Political figures in Lebanon reportedly took an initiative to devise a compensation plan for the owners of shops affected by the Beirut Port explosion “to avoid a wave of exodus” from the area where merchants have not received any compensation from the state until this moment, the Saudi Asharq el-Awsat reported on Wednesday.

Prime Minister-designate Saad reportedly will visit Qatar on Wednesday to hold talks with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, media reports said.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday defended President Michel in connection with the row over the formation of the new government while criticizing PM-designate Saad Hariri’s “insistence” on the putting together of an 18-seat government.

The Free Patriotic Movement-led Strong Lebanon bloc on Tuesday called on PM-designate Saad Hariri to “return to the spirit of the National Pact,” warning that “the marginalization of the President” does not serve “Lebanon’s unity.”

A broad meeting was held Tuesday at MP Talal Arslan’s residence in Khalde to discuss the affairs of the Druze community and the controversy over the Druze share in the new government.

The finance, health, labor and social affairs parliamentary committees held a joint session Tuesday to study a draft law for signing a loan treaty with the World Bank aimed at financing an emergency plan for the support of the country’s poorest and most vulnerable families.