Caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi referred Wednesday the Mayor of Tripoli, Riad Yamak, to the Financial Public Prosecution, as he was accused of wasting public money.

Some members of the municipality of Tripoli had filed a complaint against Yamak and an investigation was carried out by the Directorate General of Local Administration and Councils.

President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker PM Najib Miqati have intensified coordination over the past days over the latest sea border row with Israel, in order to “close the alarming gaps in the Lebanese stance” and to “agree on endorsing a unified rhetoric and a single Lebanese negotiations stance that would be informed to the U.S. mediator,” sources told An-Nahar newspaper.

“Those who know (U.S. mediator Amos) Hochstein know that he will immediately remind his Lebanese interlocutors of a proposal that he had offered to Beirut without receiving an answer,” the sources added.

Lebanon's Foreign Affairs Minister Abdallah Bou Habib warned Wednesday that rises in fuel and basic food stuffs were exacerbating the crisis in Lebanon.

"The war in Ukraine must stop at any cost," he said in a virtual meeting hosted by Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio over the global food crisis.

Lebanon will soon launch an international tender for the construction of a new terminal at the country's only international airport in Beirut, caretaker Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh said Wednesday, with hopes of accommodating a projected rise in visitors.

The airport had a major facelift after the country's 1975-90 civil war, and has been working at full capacity for years as the government's expansion plans have been repeatedly delayed.

President Michel Aoun intends to call for the binding parliamentary consultations to name a new premier on Thursday or Friday while the consultations will be held next week, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The President will call for the consultations after “completing the deliberations that he is conducting away from the spotlight with a number of political leaders and forces,” the daily added.

Rescue teams scrambled to douse a massive blaze in Lebanon's largest pine forest on Wednesday that authorities said could be deliberate, as the country braced for another summer of fires.

The fire in the northern Dinniyeh region broke out on Tuesday night, prompting the army and volunteer firefighters to intervene to try to salvage one of the Middle East's lushest pine forests.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati arrived Wednesday at Beirut's airport for an inspection tour ahead of a promising tourist season.

Miqati was accompanied by the caretaker ministers of public works, tourism, industry and interior.

The Marshall Islands-flagged Energean Power floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has not yet entered the offshore area disputed by Lebanon, informed sources said.

“It is still three miles south of Line 29, on the Israeli side of the economic zone,” the sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Wednesday.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged Wednesday for forming a new government quickly.

"I am praying for a government to be formed as soon as possible so that it can start accomplishing its duties as an executive authority," al-Rahi said.

Former head of the Army delegation to border negotiations Bassam Yassin said Wednesday that another ship is currently active near Line 29.

Yassin urged authorities to immediately amend Decree 6433, as he criticized them for "acting surprised" when it comes to the Israeli violations. "They know about what is happening from the media," Yassin said.