Prime Minister Saad Hariri is “determined” to give new impetus for governmental action as he resumes work following a heart stent procedure he underwent last week, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri arrived Sunday in Baghdad on an official visit, at the invitation of his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed al-Halbousi, who cut short a foreign trip in order to receive him, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.

Berri is scheduled to meet with the country’s top officials and with Shiite spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Sistani.

President Michel Aoun on Sunday described U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Syria’s occupied Golan Heights as part of Israel as a “threat” to Lebanon’s sovereignty.

“Trump’s decision does not only threaten the sovereignty of a brotherly country, but also the sovereignty of the Lebanese state, especially in the Shebaa Farms and the Kfarshouba Hills,” Aoun warned in his speech before the 30th Arab Summit in Tunisia.

A storm lashing Lebanon left one person wounded and caused material damage in some areas on Sunday.

In the Keserwan town of Adma, a woman was injured after rainwaters invaded three apartments.

Following the US decision recognizing the sovereignty of Israel over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil reiterated on Saturday that Lebanon rejects the US decision and “the Arab states agree” with him.

Leading an official delegation, President Michel Aoun traveled on Saturday to Tunisia to take part in the 30th Arab League Summit to be held in the Tunisian capital, the National News Agency reported.

NNA said the delegation accompanying Aoun is comprised of: Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, Interior Minister Raya el-Hassan, State Minister for Refugee Affairs Saleh el-Gharib, Culture Minister Mohammed Daoud, Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Hani Shmaitili, Lebanon’s Delegate to the Arab League Ali Halabi, Lebanon’s Ambassador to Tunisia Toni Franjieh.

Speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday reiterated the need for expediting approval of the country’s state budget, taking into consideration Lebanon’s “unenviable economic situation,” al-Joumhouria daily reported.

The candidate registration process for Tripoli’s by-elections closed at midnight on Friday and eight candidates had registered with the Interior Ministry, a statement released by the ministry said.

“At midnight on Friday 29/3/2019, candidate registration closed for the parliamentary by-elections to be held on 14/4/2019 in the lower constituency in Tripoli to elect a deputy for the Sunni seat vacated by Constitutional Council Resolution No. 10 on 21 February 2019,” said the statement.

Al-Ahbash candidate Taha Naji announced Friday that he will not run in Tripoli's upcoming parliamentary by-election, as MP Faisal Karami lashed out at the Constitutional Council and al-Mustaqbal Movement.

“I will not nominate myself for Tripoli's by-election and you know that what prevents me is not their numbers or union but rather the stance of a freeman who won in the calculation of votes before being declared a loser by those who have influence and those who signed this unjust ruling,” Naji said at a joint press conference with Karami, referring to a Constitutional Council ruling that revoked Dima Jamali's membership of parliament without declaring him the winner of the fifth Sunni seat in Tripoli.

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil stressed Friday that the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms and Kfarshouba Hills are “Lebanese land,” during a visit to Bulgaria.

“This land is Lebanese and our people have proved their ability to preserve their rights. Occupation will not have a place on our soil,” Bassil said, responding to a reporter's question on the fate of the Shebaa Farms and the Kfarshouba Hills in the wake of the U.S. recognition of Israel's sovereignty over Syria's Golan Heights.