State Minister for Refugee Affairs Saleh al-Gharib announced Monday that it is his “most sacred duty” to achieve “national consensus” over the thorny issue of Syrian refugees.

“We commit ourselves before the Lebanese to present a comprehensive paper to address the refugee issue,” Gharib said at a press conference for the ministers of the Strong Lebanon bloc.

The UK will “continue to support” Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the region through UNRWA and partners, Britain's ambassador to Lebanon said on Monday.

Ambassador Chris Rampling was addressing his guests at the Palestinian networking reception he hosted at Dar el Nimer Cultural Center, in the presence of Palestinian Ambassador Ashraf Dabbour. Representatives of Lebanese and Palestinian NGOs, academics and researchers, international donors including from the diplomatic corps were also present.

President Michel Aoun stressed Monday that there will be no “immunity” for anyone in the fight against corruption.

“Some have always thought that the anti-corruption battle is long-forgotten, but it has started, albeit a bit late, and a number of files are being looked into,” Aoun told a delegation from the Maronite League in Baabda.

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan, Lebanon's most senior Sunni Muslim cleric, on Monday threw his support behind ex-PM Fouad Saniora in the face of corruption accusations.

Daryan voiced his remarks after talks at the Grand Serail with Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

Environment Minister Fadi Jreissati held a meeting at the ministry’s premises in the presence of Metn lawmakers where discussions tackled measures to avoid a garbage crisis as the Jdeideh-Bourj Hammoud landfill is nearing full capacity, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

Hizbullah central council member Sheikh Nabil Qaouq on Monday said the party is dealing with a “new responsibility in fighting corruption,” noting that its latest campaign is “not meant to take revenge against anyone.”

“Hizbullah is addressing a new national responsibility to serve the entire Lebanese, because the State can only be built on the course of reform and through the obligatory path of combating corruption and controlling the next expenditure in the Lebanese government,” said Qaouq at a festival in Tyre.

Speaker Nabih Berri met on Sunday in Amman with Jordanian King Abdullah on the sidelines of the 29th Conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (APU), where discussions touched on a number of issues including Jordan’s willingness to exchange water for electricity with Lebanon, the National News Agency reported Monday.

All eyes turn to the Cabinet session to be held this week after earlier heated meetings that saw ministers divided over the file of Syrian refugees return, and the issue of granting a six-degrees adjustment for teachers’ wages amounting to 40 percent increase, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

The Lebanese Forces ministers on Saturday presented an initiative to Cabinet to repatriate displaced Syrians back to their homeland, which has become a pressing issue affecting Lebanon’s already ailing economy.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to “strike new sanctions on Hizbullah,” and to feature the party’s “growing powers” in the Lebanese government, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Saturday.