Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah announced Monday that a ship carrying diesel from Iran has arrived in Syria’s Banias and that the transfer of fuel by land to Lebanon would begin on Thursday.

“In order not to embarrass the Lebanese state, we restored to the other option, which is for the ship to dock in Banias, and the Syrian state facilitated the movement at the Banias port and provided tankers for the transport of fuel products,” Nasrallah said in a televised address.

The lead investigative judge into the Beirut port blast case, Tarek Bitar, on Monday interrogated former army chief General Jean Qahwaji, who appeared before him as a suspect.

The questioning session was held in the presence of Qahwaji’s lawyer, Antoine Toubia, and the claimant team that represents the families of the victims.

The Ministry of Finance was informed on Monday from the International Monetary Fund that Lebanon will receive about $1.135 billion “as part of the Special Drawing Rights,” the National News Agency said.

The Ministry of Finance had asked the International Monetary Fund to transfer the special drawing rights that Lebanon can benefit from, especially those belonging to the year 2009.

President Michel Aoun said during the new Cabinet's first session on Monday that the priority is for easing citizens' daily suffering as PM Najib Miqati said that the government will address the country's fuel and medicine shortage crises.

The central bank will give pre-approvals to all seven oil importing companies to import seven fuel ships, according to TV channels.

The newly formed Lebanese cabinet held its first session today, Monday, at the Baabda Palace, headed by President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Najib Miqati.

Before the session, a protocol photo of the new government was taken in the presence of President Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Miqati.

Lebanon's TV star-turned-information minister Georges Kordahi returned Sunday to Beirut from the UAE in order to assume his missions as a member of the new government.

Perhaps the best-known face in the new government, Kordahi's years as the host of the Arabic version of the popular game show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' made him a household name in the entire region.

The EU on Sunday called on Lebanon to urgently implement the measures and reforms needed to address the multiple crises affecting the country, including “an agreement with the International Monetary Fund.”

“The European Union welcomes the announcement that President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Najib Miqati signed a decree forming a government in Lebanon on Friday,” it said in a statement by its spokesman.

French President Emmanuel Macron “congratulates himself on the step of the Lebanese government’s formation,” the Elysee Palace said, a few hours after Prime Minister Najib Miqati formed his third government.

“Macron wishes Miqati success in his mission in the service of the people,” the Palace added.

Hours after his third government was formed, Prime Minister Najib Miqati hoped for progress in Lebanon’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.

“We are implementing its conditions and awaiting its assistance,” Miqati said in an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Asharq TV.