Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Sunday blasted what he called the “absurd policies” that are attempting to “return Lebanon to the era of sectarian polarization,” in tweets marking the anniversary of the March 14 uprising.

The Free Patriotic Movement announced Sunday in a political paper that is “determined” to review its 2006 memorandum of understanding with Hizbullah and that it wants a “fair distribution” of Lebanon’s financial losses.

The paper was recited by FPM chief Jebran Bassil in a televised address marking the FPM’s March 14 anniversary.

Lebanon's currency plummeted to a new record low on Saturday, continuing its crash amid a worsening economic crisis that has triggered near-daily protests throughout the tiny country.

Among the Saturday afternoon protests was a small one near parliament, where riot police fired tear gas to disperse scores of young men throwing stones at security forces. The protesters also tried to break through a metal gate leading to the legislature.

The Lebanese pound hit an all-time low against the dollar Saturday, prompting money exchange shops in the area of Chtoura to shut their doors.

The politburo of the free Patriotic Movement held its periodic meeting today and lashed out at PM-designate Saad Hariri blaming him for the delayed government formation.

Separate spots of deposits of black tar were seen on the northern Sidon beach on Saturday after an oil spill out at sea last month from the side of Israel.

Head of the Sidon municipality, Mohammed al-Saudi said separate spots of black tar have spread along Sidon’s beach, mainly in the north side of the city facing the public beach.

A delegation of Hizbullah will reportedly kick off a visit to Moscow on Sunday with the aim of "exchanging views on the regional and local files,” without being directly related to the cabinet formation issue despite an increasing Russian interest in the internal Lebanese file, the Saudi Asharq el-Awsat newspaper reported on Saturday.

Spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, expressed "President Joe Biden’s administration’s" concern about the “apparent inaction of Lebanese leaders in dealing with multiple crises facing their country,"reported Asharq el-Awsat newspaper on Saturday.

Chargé d’Affaires of the British embassy in Beirut, Martin Longden, met with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi Friday evening in Bkirki.

Caretaker Social Affairs and Tourism Minister Ramzi Msharrafiyeh and U.N. Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon Najat Rochdi launched Friday the 2021 update of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017-2021.