Prime Minister Saad Hariri received on Friday a telephone call from French President Emmanuel Macron who expressed satisfaction with the progress accomplished by Lebanon towards launching the CEDRE investment projects during the meeting of French envoy Pierre Duquesne with Hariri, the Premier’s office said.

President Michel Aoun on Friday told UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis that Lebanon has a legitimate right to fight any Israeli aggression against its sovereignty, the National News Agency reported.

Turkey's foreign ministry summoned the Lebanese ambassador after protesters unfurled an anti-Turkish banner on its embassy in Beirut, state media reported on Friday. 

A meeting has reportedly been arranged to bring together the Progressive Socialist Party and Hizbullah, media reports said on Friday.

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi affirmed strong relations between Lebanon and Egypt, stressing keenness on the “safety, security and stability of Lebanon,” the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat reported on Friday.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Thursday announced that the Lebanese will witness a "huge effort" by the government in the coming days that is aimed at “protecting Lebanon from the storm that it is going through.”

“We are passing through difficult days, especially at the economic level,” Hariri said during a ceremony to honor pilgrims at the Mohammed al-Amin Mosque in central Beirut.

Two Lebanese Forces ministers on Thursday raised questions about Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s latest remarks about the conflict with Israel.

Describing as “dangerous” Nasrallah’s statement that "there will be no such thing as international borders" if Israel attacks Lebanon, Minister Richard Kouyoumjian urged the government during a Cabinet session to voice a firm stance “clinging to the Blue Line and to U.N. resolution 1701.”

A group of fifteen students from Lebanese universities visited the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) from 1 to 5 September 2019 as part of a three-day study visit to The Hague.

Senior Hizbullah official Sheikh Nabil Qaouq on Thursday boasted that “the resistance today enjoys unprecedented national and official consensus,” referring to the period that preceded and followed Hizbullah’s military response to Israel’s latest strikes.

“The resistance has managed to prove its strength and will through carrying out the operation against the Israeli enemy in the middle of the day in order to protect Lebanon,” said Qaouq, who is a member of Hizbullah’s Central Council.

Pierre Duquesne, the French inter-ministerial delegate for the Mediterranean who is in charge of following up on the implementation of the CEDRE conference resolutions, stressed Thursday that none of the donors has decided to block funds earmarked for Lebanon.

“I have not heard donors telling me that they will refrain from offering funds to Lebanon. It is true that they have some skepticism, which has surged in recent weeks and months, but they are still ready to offer support,” Duquesne said at a press conference wrapping up a visit to Lebanon.