President Michel Aoun likely won’t call for a national dialogue, since many announced they won’t attend it, informed sources said.

Sources close to the Presidency told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, in remarks published Wednesday, that Aoun will make a final decision after finishing his meetings with political leaders.

Mount Lebanon Attorney General Judge Ghada Aoun on Tuesday ordered General Security to impose a travel ban on Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh in connection with a lawsuit filed against him by activists.

A leaked copy of Aoun’s order says Salameh should be barred from traveling through all land, sea and air ports of entry due to “judicial requirements in light of the important clues and evidence in the preliminary investigation file, especially the lawsuit filed by the lawyers of the legal department of the People Want the Reform of the Regime group.”

French Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo on Tuesday met with President Michel Aoun and discussed with him means through which France can help Lebanon amid the crisis it is going through, Lebanon’s National News Agency said.

The Ministry of Economy will issue today, Tuesday, a new price for the bread bundle, Economy Minister Amin Salam said.

"There is neither a bread crisis nor a flour crisis," according to Salam, who told al-Jadeed TV that the new price will be "fair" and the dollar differences will be taken into account.

Lebanon’s national currency, which has been witnessing a free fall in recent days, was trading for LBP 33,200 against the dollar at around 2:00 pm Tuesday, after having reached a historic low of 33,600 earlier in the day.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said Tuesday that if his party wins the elections, “there will be an instant improvement in the economic sector and the currency exchange rate,” as he claimed that his party has the best economic plan.

Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh announced Tuesday that his movement will boycott national dialogue should President Michel Aoun send out official invitations.

President Michel Aoun on Tuesday kicked off bilateral meetings with some of Lebanon’s political leaders to explore the possibility of holding a national dialogue conference.

Business in Lebanon's winter resorts is returning to normal after last year's complete lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19 that badly hurt winter tourism in the small country.

Skiers were seen running down the piste and children sliding down the hills at the Faraya-Mzaar ski resort, this weekend, despite the newly imposed restrictions and the financial crisis described by the World Bank as one of the worst in the world since the 1850s.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday expressed his “full solidarity” with Lebanon in a meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh with Prime Minister Najib Miqati.

Al-Sisi also voiced Egypt’s “readiness to contribute to delivering the Egyptian gas” to Lebanon “according to the signed treaties,” giving instructions to “facilitate the issue and speed up its implementation.”