Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stressed on Sunday that political parties “have no right” to further obstruct the formation of the country’s government after over two months since the designation of the prime minister.

MP Wehbe Katicha of the Strong Republic (of the Lebanese Forces) parliamentary bloc said it is “unfair” to blame the LF for the Cabinet formation delay, stressing the party’s right to get a so-called sovereign portfolio being the “second largest Christian bloc in the parliament.”

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri’s adviser on Russian affairs, Georges Chaaban, revealed some “practical steps” to establish frameworks for the return of displaced Syrians from Lebanon, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat reported on Sunday.

Caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil took to twitter on Friday praising the 1983 mountain reconciliation between the Christians and Druze, after which Druze leader Walid Jumblat replied saying "the past should be left behind."

The Baalbek judicial police arrested a 16-year-old boy for the murder of his father back in March and the wounding of his mother, the State-run National News Agency reported on Friday.

The teenager had fired gunshots at them while they were in their car near the family home in the village of Tal al-Abyad at the southern entrance of Baalbek, NNA said.

Police customs in Tripoli stopped the illegal entry from Syria of two trucks loaded with agricultural products, LBCI reported Friday.

The Progressive Socialist Party stressed that insistence of some to turn a “blind eye” on the outcome of the parliamentary elections and their reflection on the parties’ representation in the new Cabinet, will prolong the formation stalemate and negatively impact the country at several levels, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

Political consultations gearing up to form a new Lebanese Cabinet seem to have “no horizon” in light of lingering obstacles, mainly the one related to the representation of the Lebanese Forces, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Friday.

President Michel Aoun has met on Thursday at Baabda Palace with Information Minister Melhem Riachi, dispatched by Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea, where discussions focused on the government formation and the LF ministerial demands.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri reportedly insists that Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat “not be defeated” regarding the quota allocated for the PSP in the formation of the Cabinet process, al-Joumhouria daily said on Thursday.