Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi on Tuesday warned anti-government protesters against insulting political leaders, the blocking of roads and what he described as “provocation.”

Health Minister Hamad Hasan on Tuesday said he expects the government to extend the so-called state of general mobilization in the face of the coronavirus pandemic for another two weeks.

Tensions surged Tuesday afternoon in the southern border area of Adaisseh after an Israeli force advanced into an area claimed by Lebanon.

Lebanon on Tuesday confirmed nine more COVID-19 coronavirus cases, which raises the country's overall tally to 1,242, the Health Ministry said.

The fourth stage of a government plan to repatriate Lebanese, kicks off on June 11 and is expected to bring back around 2500 nationals wishing to return home amid the outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus, LBCI TV station reported on Tuesday.

Former PM Saad Hariri’s media office described as “false” the news published in al-Akhbar newspaper allegedly urging the IMF not to provide assistance for lebanon.

Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni signed on Tuesday a draft decision to grant financial contributions for private free schools for the 2015-2016 academic year in various Lebanese governorates, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

A Lebanese man died in Belarus after falling from the balcony of his residence, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The press office of the Lebanese premiership on Monday denied that the government has endorsed a U.S. sanctions act targeting the Syrian regime.

The worst of the coronavirus pandemic has passed but declaring victory against the disease would be premature, Lebanon's health minister said Monday, as the country gradually opened up.

"I think the worst-case scenario has passed and is behind us, but at the same time we need to stay alert and we are taking measures in all regions," Hamad Hasan told French news agency AFP.