President Michel Aoun received at Baabda Palace on Tuesday the Bulgarian President Rumen Radev who arrived in Beirut early today on a two-day official visit.

An unprecedented judicial-security “challenge” emerged when Lebanon's top military prosecutor, Judge Peter Germanos filed charges against the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces, accusing it of "disobeying his orders, distorting investigations, and holding suspects beyond the legal detention period," Asharq al-Awsat reported on Tuesday.

Free Patriotic Movement chief and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Monday boasted that the “real” electricity plan was approved by the government.

“They cost Lebanon years and they cost the treasury funds,” Bassil tweeted, referring to political parties that had since 2010 voiced objections and reservations over plans by two FPM ministers to reform the electricity sector.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday announced that Lebanon's refugee crisis cannot be resolved by “proposing the same ideas.”

“The solution lies in exerting a Lebanese diplomatic effort with Russia, seeing as it is the only force present in Syria and it has ties with Iran and the Syrian regime, in order to create safe zones on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon,” Geagea said after a meeting for the Strong Republic bloc.

The Council of Ministers on Monday approved a plan to resolve the country's chronic electricity problem after “some amendments” were introduced, TV networks said.

Earlier in the day, the National News Agency said President Michel Aoud told conferees that the session would not be adjourned before the endorsement of the plan.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced that Washington might impose sanctions on anyone who backs or deals with Hizbullah.

Asked about reports that the U.S. intends to slap sanctions on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and his AMAL Movement, Pompeo said during a press conference that Washington will consider sanctions against anyone who supports or deals with the Tehran-backed party.

Speaker Nabih Berri said from Qatar that security and monetary stability in Lebanon were sustained, despite the financial crisis, the National News Agency reported on Monday..

Lebanon’s Cabinet is scheduled to discuss and endorse an electricity plan on Monday amid fears that political parties fail to agree, “raising risks of a political crisis in the country,” al-Joumhouria daily reported.

Tens of Syrian refugees started crossing the border from Lebanon on Monday, the latest group to return to Syria from its western neighbor, the National News Agency reported.

LBCI TV station said that fourteen buses crossed the border into Lebanon and carried around 1000 displaced people into Syria.

President Michel Aoun has announced that the Arab Spring that swept through several Arab countries was more of an “Arab hell.”

“The Arab Spring was more of an Arab hell due to the emergence of terrorism and because the region is still suffering from the repercussions of this terrorism,” Aoun said in an interview with the Tunisian national channel.