President Michel Aoun invited members of the International Support Group for Lebanon for a meeting at Baabda Palace next week Monday, the Presidency office said on Saturday.

Lebanon registered 12 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday raising the tally to 520 infected, the Health Ministry said in its daily report on the virus.

Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni hailed the central bank’s decision regarding small depositors which he said aims to protect their savings, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

An Israeli patrol inspected the border technical fence along the road opposite al-Wazzani parks, the National News agency reported on Saturday.

The rate of one U.S. to the Lebanese pound hit a new high level on Saturday, one day after the central bank issued a circular that it was launching a foreign exchange unit at BDL to centralize the price of dollars for money exchange houses.

Central bank governor Riad Salameh issued two circulars Friday one relating to cash withdrawals from small bank accounts, and the second to the creation of a foreign exchange unit at BDL to centralize the price of foreign currency, especially U.S. dollar, for money exchangers in light of a crunch liquidity crisis.

Residents of several Lebanese and Syrian regions felt an earthquake Friday evening, media reports said.

"Residents in Beirut, Zgharta, Batroun, Tripoli and Akkar felt an earthquake that lasted for several seconds," Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said.

The Health Ministry announced on Friday that the number of coronavirus cases rose to 508 infected individuals and 17 deaths.

"The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases has reached 508, including those diagnosed at private hospitals, laboratories accredited by the Ministry of Health, and the state-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital,” said the report.

Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh praised the PM on Friday for scratching the item of financial appointments from the Cabinet agenda and said that “the truth has emerged.”

The Lebanese army warned on Friday against breaching the government's so-called general mobilization order to counter the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic which has infected 508 individuals so far.