Ex-Ministers Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zoaiter will file a lawsuit against Court of Appeals Judge Nassib Elia and Civil Court of Cassation Judges Jeanette Hanna and Naji Eid, al-Akhbar newspaper said Monday.

The suit will accuse the three judges of committing “legal violations” in dealing with the recusal lawsuits previously filed by Khalil and Zoaiter, and will require the referral of Elia, Hanna and Eid to judicial inspection.

Six people will stand trial in Cyprus on December 6 for allegedly plotting to attack Israeli businesspeople on the Mediterranean island, police said.

An Arab League delegation led by Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki will visit Beirut Monday in a bid to resolve Lebanon's row with the Gulf countries, media reports said.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday lamented that "some judges are increasing suspicions over the judiciary by taking part in impeding, suspending or freezing the probe into the port bombing or by questioning the work of the investigative judge."

President Michel Aoun on Sunday condemned the dawn assassination attempt against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, saying it is targeted against "stability and security in Iraq and the efforts that are being exerted to boost Iraqi national unity."

The lawyers of the families of the Beirut port blast victims are preparing to take a host of legal measures Monday against Court of Appeals judge Habib Mezher, amid calls for the Higher Judicial Council to penalize him for “committing a blatant violation” and to refer him to judicial inspection, media reports said on Saturday.

A proposed U.N. resolution would "unequivocally" condemn all attacks, reprisals and violence against journalists and media workers and urge governments to take action to end the prevailing impunity and punish these crimes.

The draft General Assembly resolution circulated Friday also urges "the immediate and unconditional release of journalists and media workers who have been arbitrarily arrested, arbitrarily detained or taken hostage or who have become victims of enforced disappearances."

The Court of Appeals on Friday stressed that Judge Habib Mezher has not been tasked with looking into the recusal lawsuit against Beirut port blast investigator Judge Tarek Bitar, noting that Mezher has instead been exclusively tasked with ruling on a recusal lawsuit filed against Court of Appeals judge Nassib Elia, a memo obtained by al-Jadeed TV showed.

The French Foreign Ministry affirmed Friday that it is communicating with all the parties who are concerned with “the recent row between Lebanon and the Arab countries.”

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian urged all parties and Lebanese officials to “promote calm and dialogue for the benefit of the Lebanese and the stability of Lebanon,” stressing that it is “crucial for the region.”

President Michel Aoun has agreed with Prime Minister Najib Miqati on “the need to contain the repercussions of the Gulf’s crisis with Lebanon,” Presidency sources said.

“They agreed on the need to take initiative to rectify the relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a number of Arab Gulf countries,” the sources told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper in remarks published Friday.