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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem as his "representative" in Lebanon, Iranian media reported Wednesday.
"The leader of the revolution in a decree introduced Sheikh Naim Qassem, secretary general of Hezbollah, as his representative in Lebanon," Tasnim news agency said.

Qatar's prime minister said during a visit to Beirut that Doha would help Lebanon rebuild after a devastating Hezbollah-Israel war, but only after a new government is formed.
Reeling from years of crisis and a conflict, Lebanon has pinned hopes on wealthy Gulf states to fund reconstruction, with Qatar having been heavily involved in such efforts after the Hezbollah-Israel war of 2006.

Lebanon’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council, through its Permanent Mission in New York, against Israel's repeated violations of the ceasefire and of the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701.
The National News agency said Tuesday that Lebanon has cited ground and air attacks, the destruction of homes and residential neighborhoods in Lebanon, and the kidnapping and targeting of Lebanese citizens, journalists and Lebanese army members.

MP Nabil Bader of Beirut has accused Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam of “selectivity” in his approach toward the cabinet formation process.

MP Pierre Bou Assi of the Lebanese Forces on Tuesday hurled a jab at Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam.
The Lebanese Army has seized a Hezbollah truck loaded with weapons in the Iqlim al-Kharoub region near Sidon, media reports said Tuesday.
The weapons, including detonators and grenades, were taken from a warehouse in Wardaniyeh after it was targeted by an Israeli strike.

Before leaving for Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's wars with Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and its confrontations with Iran had "redrawn the map" in the Middle East.
"But I believe that working closely with President Trump we can redraw it even further, and for the better," he said.

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam has reassured that the government formation process is “moving forward positively according to the reformist, salvation course” that he had pledged and in line with the “standards” that he has already announced.

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert has begun a visit to Tehran, where she is set to meet with senior Iranian officials.
The trip is part of the Special Coordinator’s ongoing consultations with regional and international stakeholders, her office said in a statement Monday.

The Israeli military said it had located and destroyed several weapons storage facilities in southern Lebanon, where troops are continuing to operate as a fragile ceasefire enters its third month.
Israel said Monday soldiers had found mortar shells, missiles, rockets, explosives, firearms and a large amount of military equipment belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, without providing evidence. The military said it also killed a number of Hezbollah militants located close to Israeli troops.
