Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Thursday condemned a new missile attack on Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Huthi rebels.

Hizbullah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc on Thursday renewed the party’s condemnation of the murder of prominent activist Lokman Slim while slamming the political accusations that have been addressed to Hizbullah in this regard.

A multi-faith memorial service for Lebanese activist Lokman Slim, who was killed last week, triggered a row Thursday after a Shiite cleric was attacked on social media for taking part.

Ex-army chief General Jean Qahwaji on Thursday told Judicial Investigator Judge Fadi Sawwan that in the 2015-2016 period the army did not possess the ability to dispose of the huge ammonium nitrate shipment that exploded at Beirut port in August 2020.

The attorney general of the South, Judge Rahif Ramadan, held a broad meeting Thursday to follow up on the investigations into the killing of prominent activist and researcher Lokman Slim.

French President Emmanuel Macron will not visit Lebanon unless a government is formed, a source at the Elysee told Sky News Arabia on Thursday.

“Unless things progress in Lebanon and a government is formed, Macron will not visit Lebanon,” said the source on condition of anonymity.

The funeral of activist and intellectual Lokman Slim was held on Thursday in the area of Ghobeiry, in the presence of ambassadors and political, media and religious figures from various sects, and family and friends.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea described the assassination of activist Lokman Slim during his funeral on Thursday as a “barbaric act.”

“The killing of activist Lokman Slim is an unacceptable barbaric act,” said Shea during the funeral ceremony of the intellectual activist held in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Threats to Hizbullah adversaries in Lebanon have reportedly escalated since the assassination of the writer and political activist Lokman Slim last week, the Saudi Asharq el-Awsat reported on Thursday.

After a blast of historic proportions at Beirut's port last year, Lebanon only escaped a second chemical inferno by chance, the German company clearing the dockside has said.