Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday warned of a perceived attempt to “repeat the experience of the year 1998 and its spiteful policies.”

The bloc’s warning refers to the year in which Rafik Hariri was replaced as premier by Salim al-Hoss during Emile Lahoud’s term as president.

President Michel Aoun says the country is working to prevent rising tensions in the region from affecting stability at home.

Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun on Tuesday released Fadi al-Hashem, the husband of Lebanese popstar Nancy Ajram, the National News Agency said.

Protests against corruption and mismanagement continue in Lebanon amid ongoing attempts of PM-designate Hassan Diab to form a much-delayed government and the worst economic crisis since Lebanon's 1975-1990.

Caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Monday voiced solidarity with Australia, where catastrophic bushfires have turned swathes of land into blackened hellscapes and destroyed an area about the size of the island of Ireland.

Bassil also instructed Lebanese diplomats in Australia’s Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne to inquire about the well-being of Lebanese expats and to stand by them.

Nasrallah: Fair Response to Soleimani Killing is Ouster of U.S. Forces from Region

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday said that the response to the assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani should be nothing short of the ouster of all U.S. forces from the region.

The husband of Lebanese popstar Nancy Ajram shot dead a burglar who broke into the couple’s villa in the Keserwan area of New Sehayleh at dawn Sunday.

The National News Agency identified the masked and armed robber as 31-year-old Syrian national Mohammed Hasan al-Moussa.

Posters of slain top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani have appeared on billboards on roads near Beirut’s international airport.

The posters describe Soleimani as “The Leader of the Martyrs of the Axis of Resistance”.

Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said Sunday that the United States carried out a "very stupid act" by killing top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

Qassem made his comments after paying a visit to the Iranian embassy in Beirut where he paid condolences.

Banks in Akkar’s Halba and al-Abdeh areas were closed on Saturday after a day of tension in one of the banks that saw scuffles and tear gas bombs hurled inside.