Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea hailed the Lebanese Army saying it is the only “legitimate institution to ward off any imminent danger,” and expressed sadness that the day is marked in the absence of a president.

Marking the 70th anniversary of the military institution, Geagea extended his well wishes to the Army Commander Jean Qahwaji.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea stressed on Thursday that the waste management crisis that drowned the capital and Mount Lebanon with trash for almost 10 days will not pass by without accountability.

“In all cases, the trash crisis issue will not pass without accountability,” said Geagea via Twitter.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea blasted the government on Monday over its failure to address the growing waste management crisis, describing the latest developments as a “major scandal.”

“What we're witnessing today regarding the issue of waste management is a major scandal that has dangerous repercussions on the environmental, health and social security of the Lebanese,” said Geagea at an LF ceremony in Maarab.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has stressed that Christians will not be granted all their rights if a new president was not elected, Bkirki officials said.

The sources told al-Mustaqbal daily published on Friday that al-Rahi has informed all officials who have recently met him that “there is no solution to the rights of Christians before a head of state is elected.”

Lebanese Forces official Melhem Riachi informed Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Thursday that Saudi Arabia encourages the rapprochement between the two parties.

Riachi, who is LF chief Samir Geagea's envoy, delivered a message to Aoun during a visit he made to Rabieh that Riyadh “backs and encourages Christian rapprochement,” local media reported.

Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea accused Iran of thwarting the presidential elections in Lebanon through its ally Hizbullah, reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Wednesday.

He told the daily: “The presence of a president will weaken Hizbullah's role in Lebanon.”

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea, a candidate for the country's top Christian post, has accused Iran of causing Lebanon's presidential deadlock.

“Iran is responsible for the obstruction of the presidential elections in Lebanon,” Geagea told pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat in an interview published on Tuesday.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea continued on Monday his visit to Saudi Arabia by holding talks with head of the Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri.

The two officials met in the city of Jeddah, said LBCI television.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea held talks Sunday evening with Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz at the al-Salam Palace in Jeddah.

The meeting tackled “the latest developments in the Lebanese arena,” the kingdom's news agency SPA reported.

Two of Lebanon's top politicians, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat and Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea, traveled on Saturday for high-level talks abroad.

Jumblat and his son Taymour traveled to Paris while Geagea headed to Saudi Arabia for talks with top Saudi officials.