MP Ghazi Aridi, dispatched by Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat, held talks Monday with President Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday hurled a jab at the Free Patriotic Movement and its chief Jebran Bassil in connection with the latter's remarks on the controversial issues of power plants.

Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi on Sunday issued a memo detailing the rules that will followed as the country reopens its economy on Monday following a four-day shutdown over an uptick in coronavirus cases.

An Israeli patrol on Sunday shot and wounded Syrian shepherd Mohammed Noureddine Abdul Azim in the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of Kfarshouba before abducting him into Israel, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Sunday announced that the government has decided to “partially reopen” the country as of Monday, while urging citizens to abide by safety and social distancing rules in the wake of the latest uptick in coronavirus infections.

Lebanon on Sunday confirmed nine new COVID-19 coronavirus cases, which raises the country's tally to 911, the Health Ministry said.

Health Minister Hamad Hasan announced Sunday that Lebanon has built “health and national immunity” against the coronavirus pandemic.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Sunday snapped back at the FPM's critics, especially Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh, and stressed that President Michel Aoun “will not fall.”

Nine more flights repatriating Lebanese expats are expected to arrive in Beirut amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Swarms of different kinds of insects swept into several regions around Lebanon Friday, throwing panic among the people already frustrated by a lockdown imposed by the spread of coronavirus.