Prime Minister Saad Hariri mourned on Thursday the death of French ex-President Jacque Chirac.

Israeli warplanes conducted “intensive” overflights on Thursday hovering at a medium altitude over Nabatieh and Iqlim al-Tuffah, the National News Agency reported.

Lebanon launched its mobile 5G network service at the Beirut Rafik Hariri International Airport on Thursday.

President Michel Aoun urged the world leaders to exert all efforts needed for the safe return of Syrian refugees to their homeland, warning against turning them into "hostages in an international game.”

Chairman of the Parliamentary Telecommunications Committee, MP Hussein Hajj Hassan, pushed in a press conference for the formation of a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the mobile network file, the National News Agency said on Wednesday.

A Lebanese man mistakenly detained in Greece over involvement in a 1985 plane hijacking case returned to Lebanon on Wednesday.

President Michel Aoun met with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi at the UN headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly meeting, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Talks between the two men highlighted the bilateral relations between Lebanon and Egypt and discussed the means to “develop” them, said NNA.

Washington has reportedly begun “tough” measures for Lebanese wishing to travel to the United States, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat reported on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri assured that the government is working seriously to close all illegal crossings and smuggling routes between Lebanon and Syria, stressing that smugglers will be brought to justice.

A general legislative session was held in Parliament on Tuesday during which a dispute erupted between Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Strong Lebanon bloc lawmakers over a clause on the construction of a water dam in the northern region of Dinnieh.