Al-Mustaqbal Movement MP Mohammed Hajjar said Tuesday that PM-designate Saad Hariri “is determined to have a government formed” in Lebanon, despite a volley of words between him and the team of the Presidency that disappointed many about a close lineup.

After a volley of words between the teams of the President and PM-designate over the formation of a cabinet, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is expected to make a speech Tuesday to “dial down” the political rhetoric, the electronic al-Anbaa daily reported.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement Monday that a telephone conversation took place between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Presidential Special Envoy for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov.

The Amal Movement on Monday said that Speaker Nabih Berri’s initiative for resolving the governmental crisis remains on the table.

A war of words erupted Monday between President Michel Aoun’s aide Salim Jreissati and PM-designate Saad Hariri’s al-Mustaqbal Movement.

Progressive Socialist Party leader ex-MP Walid Jumblat received an invitation to visit Moscow from Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Presidential Special Envoy for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov, a statement released by the PSP press office said on Monday.

The lead investigator into the Beirut port explosion Judge Fadi Sawwan summoned former minister of public works Youssef Fenianos for questioning on Thursday, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

Fenianos will appear before Sawwan as a defendant in the August 4 blast, said the Agency.

Head of Beirut's Order of Physicians Sharaf Abou Sharaf assured on Monday that no side effects were experienced by individuals who got the Covid-19 vaccine on the launch of Lebanon’s vaccination program on Sunday.

Political circles in Ain el-Tineh said the Lebanese are least concerned with the disputes between political leaders who failed so far in forming a much-needed reform government capable of steering the country out of its multiple crises, al-Joumhouria daily reported Monday..

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Sunday launched his fiercest verbal attack to date against President Michel Aoun, describing him as a “destructive ruler.”