Anti-government protesters on Thursday blocked the vital Dbaye and Jiye highways and the road outside the central bank in Hamra and started gathering in Tripoli's al-Nour Square, as Lebanon's currency continued its downward spiral against the dollar and reached a new low.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday called on the government to “practice its legal and procedural authorities to halt the dramatic collapse of the Lebanese lira exchange rate.”

Lebanon on Thursday confirmed six more COVID-19 coronavirus cases, which raises the country's tally to 688, the Health Ministry said.

The Free Patriotic Movement on Thursday filed a lawsuit over “the billion of dollars that were sent abroad in 2019, especially after October 17.”

President Michel Aoun met Thursday in Baabda with Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and Education Minister Tarek al-Majzoub.

Security forces overnight arrested Mazen Harfoush, who carried out the Baakline massacre, state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday said “Lebanon's situation in the anti-coronavirus fight is good due to the efforts of the government, the Health Ministry and people's respect for the measures.”

The central bank on Wednesday issued a statement clarifying its Tuesday memo, after the circular sparked a storm of controversy.

Parliament's General Secretariat lashed out Wednesday at the government in a rare stance.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat charged Wednesday that the country is being ruled by what he called a “black operations room.”