On his first visit over two-days to Lebanon’s second largest city, British Ambassador to Lebanon Ian Collard toured UK-funded projects in Tripoli and surrounding areas and met city officials, as well as the embassy’s project partners and beneficiaries.

Amal and Hizbullah’s sources have faulted Higher Judicial Council head Suheil Abboud for a perceived Christian-Muslim judicial split, al-Joumhouria newspaper said.

Sources of the Shiite duo told al-Joumhouria, in remarks published Thursday, that Amal and Hizbullah are standing their ground against port blast lead investigator Judge Tarek Bitar, adding that the main problem is Abboud.

Fears of infection. Loneliness. Worries about physical health.

As the coronavirus spread across borders early in the pandemic, calls to global helplines showed a striking similarity in the toll on mental health — from Lebanon to China, Finland to Slovenia.

Lebanon has said that only foreigners with Belarusian residency permits would be allowed to fly from Beirut to the ex-Soviet country, amid a migrant crisis on its border with Poland.

"Many Arab and foreign travelers have recently arrived in Belarus from Beirut via flights of various airlines," including Belarus's state-run Belavia airline, the transport ministry's directorate general of civil aviation said.

Prime Minsiter Najib Miqati stressed Wednesday the necessity of resuming Cabinet sessions and of making the required steps to solve the recent row with the Gulf states.

He said that contacts are being made to find a solution based on constitutional and legal foundations, adding that ministerial meetings and workshops are being held in order to facilitate administrative work and put things on the right track.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has called for “grabbing the parliamentary majority” in the upcoming elections to “prevent Hizbullah from controlling the formation of governments.”

“If they want to make troubles, let them make troubles. A clear political confrontation is necessary,” Geagea added, in an interview with Annahar newspaper published Wednesday.

The Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc filed Wednesday an appeal against the electoral law’s amendment before the Constitutional Council.

The bloc’s MP Alain Aoun said the Constitutional Council will take a decision concerning the appeal within a month. “We respect the Council’s decision,” he added.

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said Wednesday that he has asked a renowned audit firm to audit the transactions and investments that were subject to media “campaigns” against him.

Salameh said in a statement that the results of the audit firm invalidated “false information” that he has used public funds to pay fees to the Forry Associates Ltd. Company.

Through funding from the U.S. Government, UNICEF said it has delivered 97 tons of lifesaving medical supplies valued at over one million U.S. dollars to the Ministry of Public Health, in response to severe shortages of supplies and medicines affecting health facilities across Lebanon.

The humanitarian shipment arrived Tuesday to the Beirut international airport through a UNICEF charter flight, UNICEF said in a press release.

The Consultative Group (CG) of the Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF) has held its third meeting at the Grand Serail, co-chaired by Prime Minister Najib Miqati, Lebanese civil society, European Union (EU) and United Nations.

The 3RF Consultative Group members discussed progress achieved so far and next steps in four main sectors: the anti-corruption sector; the Build Beirut Businesses Back Better (B5) program; the social protection sector; and the housing sector.