Lebanon on Wednesday announced 1,459 new coronavirus cases -- the highest daily tally recorded by the country since the first case was detected on February 21.

Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Wednesday hinted that his party and its allies will not accept any government format that “does not represent the parliamentary blocs.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Wednesday lamented how the thorny file of Lebanon’s electricity crisis has been “forgotten,” describing it as “the main reform file.”

President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday the Lebanese are "looking forward" to the results of a forensic audit into the financial accounts of the Central Bank to know how billions of dollars were wasted.

President Michel Aoun has called for binding consultations with the parliamentary blocs to name a new prime minister on October 15, the Presidency media office said on Wednesday.

Lebanese Army chief General Joseph Aoun visited the United Kingdom at the invitation of his British counterpart General Nick Carter, the Lebanese Army said in a statement Tuesday.

The Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc said Tuesday that efforts aimed at guaranteeing that a new cabinet will be formed should precede the designation of a new PM.

Judge Fadi Sawan, the Judicial Investigator into the Beirut port blast, on Tuesday heard the testimonies of two more people, the National News Agency said.

NNA said Sawan questioned two officials from the Interior Ministry’s “gunpowder department” as witnesses.

Two Israeli Merkava tanks trespassed the technical fence in the town of Adaisseh without crossing the Blue Line, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Amid a looming fuel and diesel crisis, a group of protesters entered the General Directorate of Oil protesting a shortage of gasoline, pushing Lebanese to stand in queues at fuel stations.

“Smuggling fuel into Syria must be stopped. Officials are required to take a strict decision on this,” the protesters said.