Hizbullah MP Ali Fayyad of the Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc, recently visited Moscow where he participated in the International Security Conference held on 23, 24 and 25 April, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly will begin a 3-day official visit to Lebanon on Wednesday evening, during which he will meet with President Michel Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the Premier’s office said.

Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil on Tuesday lashed out at "incitement," after media reports attributed a state budget-related warning to Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil.

Lebanon’s Cabinet convened Tuesday at the Presidential Palace in Baabda in a session dedicated to discuss the 2019 state budget draft, amid plans to implement strict austerity measures to reduce a ballooning budget deficit and massive national debt.

Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil on Tuesday denied reports that the new state budget will target the military and security personnel.

Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab on Tuesday made an inspection visit to an Army site on the northeastern border between Lebanon and Syria, throwing support behind the retired military’s refusals to cut their pays as part of austerity measures planned by the government.

Retired military and security personnel on Tuesday staged sit-ins around different regions in Lebanon protesting government's possible cut to their end-of-service benefits, as the government braces for a meeting to discuss “austere” budget measures to cut the state deficit.

On the U.S. sanctions on Iran, the French President has reportedly “advised” his U.S. counterpart to take the situation in Lebanon into account when imposing sanctions on Iran (and it’s Lebanese ally Hizullah) warning it may have undesirable consequences, Asharq al-Awsat reported on Monday.

Lebanon has been “officially” informed that French President Emmanuel Macron has included an official visit to Lebanon on his schedule at the invitation of President Michel Aoun, Asharq al-Awsat daily reported on Monday.

Progressive Socialist Party chief ex-MP Walid Jumblat has announced that the maps of the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms had been "manipulated," amid a war of words in Lebanon over the identity of the territory.