Paralysis is still engulfing the cabinet formation process although hopes can be pinned on the renewed drive by world powers towards Lebanon, informed sources said.

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani met President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace on Tuesday, and called on political parties to quickly form a new government, assuring that Qatar seeks not to torpedo the French initiative.

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman will reportedly carry during his scheduled visit to Beirut Tuesday, an initiative to bring the Lebanese parties together at a dialogue table in Doha, the Kuwaiti al-Qabas newspaper reported.

Firass Abiad, the Director at the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, raised vigilance on Tuesday saying complacency with COVID raises the risk of developing a Lebanese variant.

Pope Francis urged Lebanese politicians to set their personal interests aside, adding that Lebanon faces the risk of losing its identity.

In the middle of the destroyed Beirut neighborhood of Gemmayzeh, a small team in masks and gloves were sanitizing and packing oxygen machines to be sent to those in need.

It's the latest venture of a Lebanese civil group that arose with the coronavirus pandemic and has been finding new avenues to help as the country's crises expand.

An independent autopsy revealed no signs of torture on the body of Lokman Slim, a well-known Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of Hizbullah who was shot dead in his car last week, his wife said Monday.

Slim, a 58-year-old political activist and commentator, was found dead with six bullets in his body Thursday on a deserted rural road in the country's south. He was visiting friends there and was due back in Beirut late Wednesday when his family reported him missing.

On Thursday February 4, Dr. Jackie Maalouf, the Founder and President of DiaLeb, a Lebanese NGO that promotes diabetes care and prevention, was one of 8 international speakers at the virtual Launch of the Diabetes Epidemiology Guide organized by the International Diabetes Federation.

“Dr. Maalouf spoke about the challenges of data processes in Lebanon and the MENA region. She then shared some interesting facts related to diabetes epidemiology. She also highlighted the benefits of this new guide especially for countries with no updated data of patient registry,” a DiaLeb statement said.

Information International, a leading Beirut-based research consultancy firm, has carried out a survey to determine how many Lebanese intend to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

Judicial investigator Judge Fadi Sawwan has resumed his investigations into the August 4 catastrophic explosion at Beirut’s port.