Kataeb Party chief Sami Gemayel on Wednesday addressed the Lebanese via his Facebook page, urging them to mobilize against the growing deterioration.

Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi on Wednesday issued a memo lifting a months-long nighttime curfew and allowing businesses to open beyond midnight.

Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti on Wednesday visited the UNIFIL Headquarters as well as the Mission's area of operations and the Blue Line in south Lebanon, accompanied by over 30 young Lebanese diplomats.

A UNIFIL statement said Hitti made the visit to "see first-hand the work carried out by the Mission in coordination with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in stabilizing the situation on the ground for almost 14 years."

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari on Wednesday held separate meetings with the ambassadors of the U.S., the UK and the UAE -- Dorothy Shea, Chris Rampling and Hamad al-Shamesi.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri on Wednesday said he salutes MP Ibrahim Kanaan despite the “political differences.”

MP Ibrahim Kanaan, the head of the Parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee, announced Wednesday that the Lebanese state is “not bankrupt,” as he disputed the figures declared by the government on the defaulted loans.

Protesters closed the Beirut areas of Qasqas, Corniche el-Mazraa and the roundabout of Cola on Wednesday amid rising anger as the dollar exchange rate hit new highs amid an unprecedented economic and monetary crisis driving Lebanese into poverty.

Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport, closed since mid-March over the coronavirus outbreak, starts operating Wednesday welcoming around 2,000 passengers a day.

With Beirut's airport partially reopening from a three-month virus shutdown, the government is hoping thousands of Lebanese expatriates will return for the summer — and bring dollars desperately needed to prop up the crashing economy.

But Lebanon's far-flung diaspora, renowned as entrepreneurs who for years sent their cash home, may no longer be willing to do that.

According to information obtained by a security agency in Lebanon, the upcoming days are going to observe more demonstrations and violence against the army and security forces as the economic crisis soars in the country, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.