The first Iranian fuel shipment will arrive in Lebanon by trucks through Syria “to avoid the sanctions-related complications,” media reports said.

Another draft cabinet line-up has emerged over the past 24 hours. Below is the draft 24-seat line-up as published by Annahar newspaper:

- Prime Minister: Najib Miqati

Positivity continues to engulf the statements of the various parties that will take part in the new government, after General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim stepped into the negotiations between President Michel Aoun and PM-designate Najib Miqati, media reports said.

“The obstacles of the interior and justice portfolios have been resolved and the problem is now limited to Miwati’s demand to get any of the economy, social affairs and energy portfolios,” senior political sources told al-Akhbar newspaper in remarks published Thursday.

The government formation process is progressing “in a positive but cautious manner,” according to PM-designate Najib Miqati’s circles.

“There is a fifty-fifty chance that the government will be formed,” the sources told the PSP’s al-Anbaa news portal, in remarks published Thursday.

A delegation led by the Vice President of the Socialist and Democrat Group in the European Parliament, Pedro Marques, will come to Beirut on September 5-6, according to the Group’s spokesperson.

The delegation will meet on its two days in Beirut with caretaker Prime minister Hassan Diab, Deputy Prime Minister Zeina Akar and Speaker Nabih Berri.

An Iranian ship loaded with diesel for Lebanon has entered Syria's territorial waters, Iran's semi-official news agency Fars said Thursday.

Two weeks ago Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that an Iranian fuel tanker had sailed toward Lebanon, and that others would follow to help ease the fuel shortages.

A delegation of four U.S. senators said Wednesday that America is looking to help Lebanon overcome fuel shortages that have paralyzed the country. But they warned the import of Iranian oil into the crisis-hit country could have "severely damaging consequences."

The Democratic senators pushed for the immediate formation of a Lebanese government that can begin urgent reforms. They also vowed support for Lebanon's U.S.-backed army. The troops saw their salaries lose more than 90% of their value amid a crash in Lebanon's pound in the economic meltdown that began nearly two years ago.

The issue of the Lebanon-bound Iranian fuel ship is a “security matter,” Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Wednesday.

“Lebanon has turned from a state containing a terrorist organization into a state ruled by a terrorist organization,” Lapid added, referring to Iran-backed Hizbullah.

The United Nations said its humanitarian funds have allocated Lebanon $10 million to help the cash-strapped nation buy vital fuel to power hospitals and water stations.

"Lebanon faces profound uncertainty. The humanitarian community, though, is resolved to assist all vulnerable populations, whether Lebanese, refugees or migrants," U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths tweeted Wednesday during a visit to Beirut.

Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea has addressed President Michel Aoun and caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab saying sarcastically that their "wise policy" concerning the fuel crisis has led to a worsening of the situation.

Geagea said in a tweet Wednesday that the way Aoun and Diab have dealt with the situation “has increased smuggling, fuel stockpiling, monopolization and endless queues on the Lebanese stations.”