Progressive Socialist Party chief ex-MP Walid Jumblat lamented Monday that “it seems that some do not want to learn from the lessons and experiences of the past which resulted in tragedies.”

“We have returned to the theory of protecting minorities instead of focusing on the importance of being citizens,” Jumblat tweeted, while stressing the importance of “the March 1, 2017 al-Azhar declaration between Pope Francis and al-Azhar's imam.”

Prime Minister Saad Hariri is expected to visit Tripoli days before parliamentary by-elections begin in the northern town, in a support move for the campaign led by Secretary-General of al-Mustaqbal Movement Ahmad Hariri and candidate Dima Jamali, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

Speaker Nabih Berri held a meeting on Monday in Iraq with the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi in the presence of various political, religious and ethnic groups, media reports said.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri is “determined” to give new impetus for governmental action as he resumes work following a heart stent procedure he underwent last week, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri arrived Sunday in Baghdad on an official visit, at the invitation of his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed al-Halbousi, who cut short a foreign trip in order to receive him, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.

Berri is scheduled to meet with the country’s top officials and with Shiite spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Sistani.

President Michel Aoun on Sunday described U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Syria’s occupied Golan Heights as part of Israel as a “threat” to Lebanon’s sovereignty.

“Trump’s decision does not only threaten the sovereignty of a brotherly country, but also the sovereignty of the Lebanese state, especially in the Shebaa Farms and the Kfarshouba Hills,” Aoun warned in his speech before the 30th Arab Summit in Tunisia.

Health Minister Jamil Jabaq has inspected the Islamic Charitable Hospital in Tripoli, accompanied by Dignity Movement chief MP Faisal Karami.

After inspecting the hospital and its sections and visiting the patients, Jabaq, who was named to the new cabinet by Hizbullah, said “this hospital means a lot to Tripoli’s people.”

Lebanon is readying for a promising summer tourism season after Saudi Arabia announced the lifting of a ban on the travel of its citizens to the country.

“There is an inclination in the UAE to lift the ban on the travel of its citizens to Lebanon,” Tourism Minister Avedis Guidanian told the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat newspaper in remarks published Sunday.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement Secretary-General Ahmed Hariri, ex-minister Ashraf Rifi and Mustaqbal’s candidate Dima Jamali have called on voters to turn out heavily in Tripoli’s upcoming parliamentary by-election.

The joint call was voiced during a tour of the city by Hariri and Jamali during which they met with Rifi.

President Michel Aoun has told U.N. chief Antonio Guterres that the latest visit to Lebanon by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has ushered in “positive developments” regarding the Syrian refugee file.

Aoun met Guterres on the sidelines of the Arab Summit in Tunisia.