Hundreds of Lebanese demonstrators on Tuesday reclaimed streets emptied by the coronavirus-induced lockdown to revive a moribund protest movement but stayed in their cars to respect social distancing.

Joyous convoys of honking cars decked out with Lebanon's cedar-emblazoned flag converged on Martyr's Square, the epicenter of the protest movement born almost exactly half a year ago.

The Health Ministry announced zero coronavirus cases on Tuesday, keeping the number of people infected at 677.

Lebanon’s lawmakers kicked off legislative sessions at Beirut's UNESCO Palace theater to discuss 66 items on the agenda including the controversial amnesty law, as anti-government protests resume momentum.

Syrian air defenses opened fire and shot down several missiles launched by Israeli warplanes Monday night near the central historic town of Palmyra, state media said.

Lebanese protesters gathered at the Ring flyover and in Martyr's Square in Downtown Beirut ahead of a planned vehicle march to the UNESCO Palace where the Parliament is set to convene, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Campaigners flocked from various regions to partake in protests against the country's deteriorating economic and financial conditions, aggravated by the coronavirus outbreak.

Months after the United States killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, it has offered millions for any details on the mysterious man filling his boots -- Hizbullah power-broker Muhammad Kawtharani. 

Washington charged last week that Kawtharani had "taken over some of the political coordination of Iran-aligned paramilitary groups" formerly organised by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qasem Soleimani.

The toughest part of the ordeal “has passed” and the coronavirus crisis is “nearing its end in Lebanon,” Health Minister Hamad Hasan said on Monday.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen has granted the status of victim participating in the proceedings (VPP) to 29 of 33 victims who applied to participate in the proceedings in the Prosecutor v. Ayyash case (STL-18-10), the STL said on Monday.

Poland's special services said Monday they had detained a Lebanese citizen with suspected ties to the Islamic State group who allegedly planned to launch attacks in the country.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Monday noted that the country can overcome its financial deficit without “touching bank deposits or selling the state's assets.”