Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has announced that he is seeking a “legal exit” for the issue of extending the term of General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim.

Another earthquake with the magnitude of 4.2 was felt in Lebanon on Wednesday morning at 8:01 am.

The quake hit the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Lebanon at 61 Kilometers from Sidon with no reports of damage or casualties.

Director General of the Lebanese Civil Defense General Raymond Khattar said Wednesday that the Civil Defense rescued Tuesday 21 workers who were trapped on the roof of the Concord household appliances factory in the town of Naameh.

A fire, caused by a short circuit, had broke out on Tuesday afternoon in the Concord factory, killing one worker and injuring at least four.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged Wednesday all leaders and politicians to stop the obstruction approach and the political accusations.

Mikati dubbed the obstruction and accusations as "useless," adding that they have no meaning to "the people who are patiently suffering."

Human Rights Watch called Tuesday on tech companies to better protect LGBTQ communities from "digital targeting" by authorities in Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon.

Hezbollah has “preferred to end the memorandum of understanding with the Free Patriotic Movement,” an FPM MP said on Tuesday.

Municipal police in the Dinniyeh town of Bakhoun ordered the immediate evacuation of a number of residential buildings in the wake of Monday’s new earthquake in Turkey that was strongly felt in Lebanon, media reports said.

The Mansourieh branch of Bank of Beirut was on Tuesday sealed with red wax at the orders of Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun, media reports said.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Tuesday met with Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Rudakov.

Minor 4.0- and 3.5-magnitude earthquakes struck off Lebanon’s southern coast on Tuesday, only hours after new 6.4- and 5.8-magnitude quakes rocked southern Turkey and were felt across Lebanon.

Lebanon’s National Center for Geophysics said the first quake hit 64 kilometers off the southern city of Sidon at 4:23 am. It was followed by a 3.5-magnitude tremor at 9:30 am, which struck 70 kilometers off Sidon.