Caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for allowing around 40 stranded Lebanese trucks on the Saudi border to enter the Kingdom, Fahmi’s press office said in a statement on Thursday.

Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab refuses lifting subsidies on basic goods in Lebanon before the crisis-stricken country completes the allocation of food ration cards mainly for needy families, media reports said on Thursday.

Director of the Rafik Hariri University Hospital Firass Abiad said on Thursday the vaccination campaign against coronavirus in Lebanon is an "uphill battle," pointing to a lack of availability of the vaccine.

Lebanon’s halted sea border demarcation talks with Israel are likely to resume sometime “soon,” the reputable An Nahar newspaper reported on Thursday.

Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun on Wednesday lauded a decision by Bekaa’s acting First Examining Magistrate Amani Salameh that froze the real estate assets of all Lebanese banks and the real estate assets, shares and stocks of their chairmen.

“I publicly declare my belonging to the club of judges – to the most honorable people. Bravo, Judge Amani! You have always and anew proved that you support the right, the aggrieved and righteous justice,” Aoun tweeted.

Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil on Wednesday traveled to Moscow for talks with Russian officials over the situation in Lebanon and the region.

MP Georges Atallah of Bassil’s Strong Lebanon bloc told the PSP’s al-Anbaa news portal that Bassil’s visit to Russia will tackle three main topics: the new government, the economic file and Syrian refugees.

Caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi on Wednesday commented on remarks voiced by ex-justice minister and former Internal Security Forces chief Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi.

“During a press interview, ex-minister Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi mentioned information about the case of the assassination of the political activist Lokman Slim,” Fahmi’s office said in a statement.

The United Nations on Wednesday clarified its recruitment procedures, after media reports said some individuals in Lebanon have impersonated U.N. staff members in order to scam citizens.

Lead investigative judge into the Beirut port blast, Tarek al-Bitar, on Wednesday heard the testimonies of three new witnesses in the case, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA noted that this is the first time that the three individuals have testified in the case.

"Alephia 2053", an Arabic-language animated feature set in a bleak future, has struck a chord in a region all too familiar with autocratic rule and bold, bloody resistance.