Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel stressed Sunday that his party has no “hostile” stances towards anyone in Lebanon, while noting that President Michel Aoun “is known to be a man of surprises.”

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called for the formation of an “inclusive government” before Independence Day, which will be marked on November 22.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Sunday took part in the “BLOM bank Beirut Marathon” during which he noted that “there is also a marathon in forming the government.”

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is inclined to demand a “Christian share” in cabinet during his expected meeting with President Michel Aoun although the Free Patriotic Movement is insisting that Christian representation must be confined to Christian parties, a media report has said.

Contacts over the past two days have indicated that the political parties are willing to show flexibility in order to reach a settlement in the cabinet formation process, especially regarding the distribution of the so-called sovereign portfolios and some important and service-related portfolios, a media report said on Sunday.

Iraq's Vice President Ayad Allawi stressed that “Iraq can play a supportive and active role at the regional level, especially in Lebanon and Syria, after terminating the Islamic State militarily and changing the political environment which nurtures it,” the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

Allawi's words came after a visit to outgoing Interior Minister Nouhad Mashnouq at his office in the ministry where they held a lengthy meeting with discussions reportedly featuring high on the Lebanese and Iraqi situations as well as the regional developments.

Residents of the al-Sfira town in North Lebanon blocked the major road to the village protesting a decision to establish a landfill in the area, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

The locals blocked the road with burning tires and protested the municipality's performance and a decision to establish a waste sorting plant in al-Sawmaa in the outskirts of the Dinnieh district.

Speaker Nabih Berri picked at the Lebanese banks and what he described as “cheap donations” allocated to buy weapons and assist the Lebanese army, al-Akhbar daily reported on Saturday.

“This is unacceptable. A single investor can alone pay an amount of ten million dollars. This is incomparable to the sacrifices and responsibilities that the army shoulders,” furious Berri told his visitors.

A Syrian man was found stabbed to death in the area of Bar Elias in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa valley, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

The victim, Abdullah Mohammed al-Nazzal, sustained knife wounds in his abdomen and back after a personal dispute erupted with unknown parties in the al-Tilyani camp, NNA added.

The meeting of Saudi Charge d'affairs Walid al-Bukhari with caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Friday signaled an improvement in relations between Lebanon and the Gulf States after an earlier deterioration in ties, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

Discussions between the two men focused on the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, reports had said.