Two missiles or their remnants fell overnight in the Lebanese towns of Lehfed in Jbeil and al-Majdal in Koura during an Israeli raid on Hizbullah arms depots in Syria's Homs.

It was not immediately clear whether the missiles were fired by Israeli warplanes or by Syria's air defenses.

President Michel Aoun on Wednesday stressed that the upcoming binding parliamentary consultations to name a new premier-designate will be held on time.

The Presidency on Monday scheduled the binding parliamentary consultations to name a new PM for Monday, July 26.

Saad Hariri had stepped down as PM-designate on Thursday after nine months of futile deliberations, citing deep disagreements with President Michel Aoun.

The Free Patriotic Movement on Monday denied a media report that claimed that FPM chief Jebran Bassil is seeking the nomination of an adviser to President Michel Aoun for the PM-designate post.

In a statement, the FPM’s media department said it “categorically denies” a report in the Nidaa al-Watan daily that alleged that Bassil was “promoting the name of Mr. Fadi Assli,” the President’s adviser for Gulf affairs.

Resigned Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri noted Monday that the country’s current “collapse” could have been avoided, days after he quit the mission of forming a new government over deep disagreements with President Michel Aoun and his camp.

A delegation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC) office is visiting Beirut from July 19-21, the U.S. Embassy said on Monday.

"They will meet with financial sector interlocutors and civil society groups to engage on issues related to corruption, illicit finance, and counterterrorism," the Embassy added in a statement.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called for appointing a new premier who has the ability to confront the country’s huge challenges.

There are no serious talks between ex-PM Najib Miqati and France regarding him being nominated to succeed Saad Hariri as PM-designate, an MP close to Miqati said on Sunday.

Ex-PM Saad Hariri has no veto on any candidate for the PM-designate post, MP Hadi Hbeish of Hariri’s al-Mustaqbal bloc said on Sunday.

Elena Valenciano, head of the European Union's Election Observation Mission deployed during the last Lebanese elections, has spent the week in Beirut, to follow up on the mission’s recommendations, the EU Delegation said.

Valenciano was accompanied by a team of electoral experts and EU officials and met with a wide range of Lebanese officials.