Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday urged the government to assist Lebanon's private schools amid the unprecedented economic and financial crisis in the country.

Lebanon recorded 13 new COVID-19 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said.

The Internal Security Forces said in a statement on Monday that it thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotics into an inmate at Zahle prison.

An Israeli spy aircraft conducted flights over the Western slopes of Mount Hermon and Rashaya al-Wadi along the Lebanese-Syrian border, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

After clashes between Parliament police and protesters over the weekend, Speaker Nabih Berri attributed the incident to “nervous” police members over the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

Health Minister Hamad Hasan said on Monday that Lebanon has relaxed confinement measures against coronavirus due to the “progress” made in countering its spread, but noted that measures could be reconsidered if high number of infections get recorded “among residents not among expats,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

“Because the results were good, we relaxed restrictions although the number of infections saw an increase, but that increase was recorded among Lebanese expats not among residents which is a good indicator,” said Hasan.

Public Works and Transport Minister Michel Najjar said Sunday that he expects Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport to reopen on June 21.

Nations around the world have watched in horror and delight at the five days of civil unrest in the United States following the death of a black man being detained by police. But they have not been surprised.

In Lebanon, anti-government protesters flooded social media with humorous tweets sympathetic to U.S. protesters, using the hashtag #Americarevolts. That's a play on the slogan for Lebanon's protest movement -- Lebanon revolts -- which erupted on Oct. 17 last year.

Lebanon on Sunday recorded 29 COVID-19 cases and one more death, the Health Ministry said.

Lebanese Democratic Party leader Talal Arslan on Sunday threatened to “suspend participation” in Hassan Diab's government in connection with a row over the appointment of a new Judicial Police chief.