Lebanon’s central Roumieh Prison has witnessed rioting on Wednesday and Thursday coinciding with a legislative session in parliament.

Parliament on Thursday approved an urgent draft law doubling the penalty of illegal shooting into the air, which was proposed by MP Ashraf Baydoun.

Israeli drones on Thursday dropped percussion bombs on the destroyed school in the southern town of al-Dhayra and on a home in the southern border town of Kfar Kila.

U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that the U.S. will ease sanctions on Syria could eventually facilitate the country's recovery from years of civil war and transform the lives of everyday Syrians.

But experts say it will take time, and the process for lifting the sanctions — some of which were first introduced 47 years ago — is unclear.

The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has protested at "direct fire" by the Israeli military at one of its positions, the first since a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel.

The latest stances of Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem were “realistic,” Lebanese Presidency sources said.

MP Hassan Fadlallah on Wednesday categorically denied that Hezbollah was behind an attempt to smuggle gold through the Rafik Hariri International Airport, urging authorities to reveal to public opinion all the details related to the allegations.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on Wednesday expressed the kingdom’s support for the efforts “led by the Lebanese president and Lebanese government to reform institutions, monopolize arms in the hands of the state and preserve Lebanon’s sovereignty and safety.”

Pope Leo XIV vowed to take "every effort" Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and to actively promote the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those Catholic communities with origins in the Mideast and eastern Europe that have been decimated by years of conflict and persecution.

"The church needs you!" Leo told a Holy Year audience of eastern rite pilgrims.

The European Union has announced 8 million Euro to support stability, security and peace in Lebanon, following 13 months of conflict.

The project will be implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).