Speaker Nabih Berri has reportedly “offered” President Michel Aoun the possibility of sponsoring a “political settlement” that includes withdrawing controversial demands to refer the Qabrshmoun case to the Judicial Council, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Monday.

Some have sounded the alarm over the consequences of a “dispute” between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri against the former’s insistence to refer the killing of two bodyguards of a minister to the Judicial Council, and Hariri’s insistence for adopting a political solution and resorting to the judiciary, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Monday.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday described the Druze-Christian reconciliation in Chouf and Aley as a "treasure," as he warned against any "divisive", "destructive" and "incendiary" rhetoric.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Sunday lashed out at the rhetoric of Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil.

Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil has defended his visits to the various Lebanese regions, noting that the FPM is confronting "strife schemes" through "openness."

Foreign Minister and Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Saturday visited the northern city of Tripoli and met with FPM supporters in the Rachid Karameh International Fair despite controversy over his trip.

Energy Minister Nada al-Bustani on Saturday said the ministry is completing its campaign to remove all encroachments on the power grid that continues in Baalbek on Saturday.

Lebanese Democratic Party member, Samer Abi Farraj, who was killed in Sunday’s Qabrshmoun clashes, was laid to rest on Saturday in his hometown of Baalchmey.

The calls to refer the Qabrshmoun incident to the Judicial Council weighs heavily on the government's possibility of convening in a session anytime soon, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

Free Patriotic Movement chief and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Friday lashed out at what he called the “approach of thuggery” in Lebanon's political life.

“Our battle today is between two concepts: the concept of the state and the concept of authoritarianism,” Bassil said in a speech at a graduation ceremony at the Antonine University.