President Michel Aoun on Thursday chaired meeting for addressing the country’s fuel shortage crisis.

President Michel Aoun will on Thursday preside over a meeting at the Baabda Palace that will take a decision to approve importing subsidized fuel at a rate of LBP 3,900 for the dollar, MTV reported on Wednesday.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil did not meet Hizbullah official Wafiq Safa overnight Tuesday but rather Sunday evening, contrary to some media reports in this regard, al-Jadeed TV reported on Wednesday.

The head of the Association of Generator Owners in Lebanon, Abdo Saade, warned Wednesday that “the country’s situation has become dangerous with the disappearance of the diesel substance from the market, which has started to cause generator shutdowns.”

In May and June 2021, the U.S. Government, through the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), delivered the first of several shipments of personal protective equipment to Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) in response to a request from the Ministry of Interior.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on June 15 hosted a high-level Qatari delegation headed by Qatari Ambassador Lebanon Mohammed Hassan al-Jaber and Director General of Qatar Fund for Development Khalifa bin Jassim al-Kuwari, at the UNRWA Nablus School in Sidon, Lebanon.

The press office of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diad lamented on Wednesday reports claiming his government has relinquished its tasks since its resignation.

Head of the Parliamentary Health Committee MP Assem Araji on Wednesday warned that Lebanon was on the verge of a serious health crisis as the country grapples with an unprecedented economic crisis.

Hizbullah intensified its contacts with its ally, head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Jebran Bassil, in a bid to ease a worsening tension after Bassil’s latest remarks that further complicated the cabinet formation efforts, the Saudi Asharq el-Awsat newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The daily said Hizbullah wants to “calm the atmosphere,” and to find a solution for the government impasse through Speaker Nabih Berri’s initiative.

The Free Patriotic Movement-led Strong Lebanon bloc said Tuesday that it hopes FPM chief Jebran Bassil’s latest stances will serve as “the basis for boosting contacts and holding the necessary consultations for the formation of the promised reformist government.”