Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari on Monday stressed Saudi Arabia’s keenness on security in Lebanon and the importance of an independent political decision in the country.

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun is set to meet prime minister-designate Saad Hariri Monday to discuss the formation of a new government in a bid to break seven months of deadlock.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian stressed on Monday that "the European Union cannot stand idly by while Lebanon collapses," expressing his frustration at the failed efforts to form the Lebanese government.

The Israeli army said it arrested 3 people who “crossed” the border from Lebanon near the town of Yiftach in northern Israel.

All eyes turn on Monday to Baabda Palace awaiting for a crucial meeting between President Michel Aoun and PM-designate Saad Hariri on the controversial government formation, media reports said.

Al-Joumhouria daily said the meeting is scheduled to take place in the afternoon, paving way for additional contacts between parties to “curve the angles” and settle disputes over the government format.

International law firms hired by SGBL Bank chairman and CEO Antoun Sehnaoui have started preparing a series of lawsuits to be filed against Mount Lebanon Attorney General Judge Ghada Aoun in France, Switzerland, Belgium and the U.S., media reports said.

The lawsuits will accuse Aoun of “attempting to harm the reputation of Sehnaoui and the SGBL bank, especially that Sehnaoui owns a bank in the United States and another in France,” LBCI television said.

Lebanon’s caretaker Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najem has met with Lebanese prisoner Georges Abdallah at his prison in France, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported on Sunday.

Najem had raised Abdallah’s file in a phone call with her French counterpart in May 2020.

A dispute escalated into gunfire Sunday in the town of Deir Qoubel in the Aley district.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday hoped a meeting scheduled for Monday between President Michel Aoun and PM-designate Saad Hariri will lead to a “positive result.”

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri will only form a technocrat government, because a political government would push all politicians to get heavily involved in it, a top al-Mustaqbal Movement official has said.