A delegation of Hizbullah will reportedly kick off a visit to Moscow on Sunday with the aim of "exchanging views on the regional and local files,” without being directly related to the cabinet formation issue despite an increasing Russian interest in the internal Lebanese file, the Saudi Asharq el-Awsat newspaper reported on Saturday.

Spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, expressed "President Joe Biden’s administration’s" concern about the “apparent inaction of Lebanese leaders in dealing with multiple crises facing their country,"reported Asharq el-Awsat newspaper on Saturday.

Chargé d’Affaires of the British embassy in Beirut, Martin Longden, met with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi Friday evening in Bkirki.

Caretaker Social Affairs and Tourism Minister Ramzi Msharrafiyeh and U.N. Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon Najat Rochdi launched Friday the 2021 update of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017-2021.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is “at the heart of the constant discussions” aimed at forming a new government, his aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil said Friday.

“He is very worried over the political forces’ laxity in forming the government,” Khalil added, following a parliamentary session.

Parliament on Friday approved a $246 million World Bank loan agreement aimed at supporting families impacted by Lebanon's near two-year-long crippling economic crisis that has been aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

As the session got underway at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut, parliament's temporary venue, large crowds of protesters spread in different areas of Beirut and outside the UNESCO Palace, raising different demands.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri received at the Center House on Friday the American Ambassador to Lebanon, Dorothy Shea, Hariri’s press office said in a statement.

Caretaker Social Affairs and Tourism Minister Ramzi Musharrafieh affirmed on Friday that his recent meeting with Syrian officials in Damascus on the refugee file were “positive and encouraging.”

He said the “discussions with Syrian officials during his recent visit to Damascus were more than positive and very encouraging,” and that “all the ministers he met with, expressed their full readiness to work with Lebanon to activate the file of the return of displaced persons.”

Caretaker Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi sounded the alarm about the impact of Lebanon’s crippling economic crisis on the performance and response of security forces.

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) submitted its twelfth annual report to the United Nations Secretary-General and the Government of Lebanon, the STL said in a press release.