The government on Wednesday put the final touches on its long-awaited financial and monetary plan which is expected to be approved later in a session held in Baabda.

“The plan has received positive feedback abroad,” LBCI TV reported.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced Wednesday that authorities have “full reports about the sides that are inciting riots,” in the wake of days of violent protests that have rocked the country.

“The rioting that is taking place and the attempt to pit the people against the army are indications of a malicious plan,” said Diab during a cabinet session at the Grand Serail.

Lebanon recorded four more COVID-19 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, which raises the country's total to 721, the Health Ministry said.

The Ministry said one of the four infected individuals is one of the Lebanese expats who returned to the country in recent weeks.

LAU has received a considerable donation from Antoun Nabil Sehnaoui, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Société Générale de Banque au Liban (SGBL), toward the LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, LAU said in a statement released Wednesday.

Commending the university’s endeavors, Sehnaoui remarked that its most recent initiatives, since the COVID-19 outbreak, underscored its “commitment in equal measure to help the community and to raise the bar in higher education in Lebanon and the Middle East.”

The Arab League on Wednesday warned that the situation is "very critical" in Lebanon, urging security forces to "act responsibly" and protesters to "shun violence."

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh responded Wednesday to the latest criticism by Prime Minister Hassan Diab, stressing that there is no covert spending by the central bank, while noting that the law does not oblige Banque du Liban to “coordinate with the government on every circular” that it issues.

After a few hours of calm in Tripoli on Tuesday evening, protesters again hit the streets, vandalizing the facade of a bank in the al-Mina district.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea held talks Tuesday at the Grand Serail with Prime Minister Hassan Diab, amid a new and fierce wave of anti-government protests in the country.

Anti-government protesters rallied Tuesday afternoon in central Beirut where some of them blocked some roads as others vandalized some facades and hurled stones at army troops.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Tuesday warned of “political exploitation” of the new wave of anti-government protests in Lebanon, saying there are “indications” of intentions to “shake security.”