President Michel Aoun’s adviser ex-minister Salim Jreissati on Sunday snapped back at the Amal Movement over accusations related to Beirut port blast investigator Tarek Bitar.

Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut Elias Aude on Sunday lashed out at Hizbullah and Amal Movement without naming them over the bloody incidents in Ain al-Remmaneh and Tayyouneh.

Head of Hizbullah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc MP Mohammed Raad has lashed out at Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea for refusing to appear before the Military Court over the deadly Tayyouneh incidents.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has thrown his support behind Ain al-Remmaneh’s residents and those who were arrested in the wake of the deadly Tayyouneh clashes.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday vowed to follow up on the investigations into the deadly Tayyouneh incidents, as he described the probe as “serious, accurate and brave.”

State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat has not suspended State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Fadi Akiki’s decision to summon Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in the Tayyouneh incidents case, Oueidat’s office said on Friday, denying media reports in this regard.

President Michel Aoun on Friday returned a bill amending some articles of the electoral law to parliament for reevaluation, the Presidency said.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea on Friday attended the inauguration of the Pop-Up Spaces program in Sidon.
"This one year-long program, which is implemented by Tatweer Baladna, will empower youth and young professionals in South Lebanon, North Lebanon, and the Bekaa through civic education and social entrepreneurship training and hands-on activities," the U.S. Embassy said in a statement.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday commented anew on the the Military Court’s decision to summon him for testimony regarding the deadly Tayyouneh-Ain al-Remmaneh incidents.

U.S. Senior Advisor for Global Energy Security and the newly appointed mediator in the U.S.-sponsored border talks between Israel and Lebanon, Amos Hochstein, has called for swift negotiations over the demarcation of the maritime border.
