A Lebanese MP who has close ties to U.S. officials has recently held meetings in Washington in coordination with President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri, during which he “explained the risks from pressuring Lebanon to disarm the resistance and the domestic problems that may result from that,” a media report said.

A Hezbollah parliamentary delegation led by MP Mohammad Raad met with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the Grand Serail on Wednesday, following recent tensions with the premier over the issue of arms, the relation with Iran and the Resistance and Liberation Day.

An Israeli navy boat on Wednesday encircled a fishing boat carrying Lebanese citizen Ali Fneish off the Ras al-Naqoura border area before eventually abducting him, media reports said.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea accused Wednesday the Hezbollah-led camp of trying to delay Palestinian disarmament and called for a government timetable for removing all illegal Lebanese arms.

"The Hezbollah-led camp is pressuring Lebanese officials to delay the disarmament of Palestinian camps and inciting some Palestinian factions to oppose the disarmament," Geagea said in a statement.

Mohammad Khalil, the brother of Speaker Nabih Berri’s aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil, has been arrested in the case of the fake cancer drugs that have entered the Lebanese market, media reports said.

The Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon and the Samir Kassir Foundation have announced the results of the 20th edition of the Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press, in a ceremony held at the Sursock Palace Gardens, in Beirut.

This Award, established and funded by the European Union, is recognized internationally as a flagship prize for press freedom and the most prestigious journalism award in the Middle East, North Africa and Gulf region. Since 2006, the Award ceremony has been held annually to commemorate the anniversary of Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir’s assassination on 2 June 2005 in Beirut, and celebrate his life, his values, and his memory.

Beirut port blast investigator Judge Tarek Bitar on Tuesday scheduled a June 13 interrogation session for former public works minister Ghazi Zoaiter, an Amal Movement member who is one of the accused in the case, the state-run National News Agency said.

Former public works and transportation minister Ali Hamie, who was named by Hezbollah to the previous government, has been appointed as President Josep Aoun’s adviser for reconstruction affairs, media reports said on Tuesday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday told his Lebanese counterpart Youssef Rajji in a meeting in Beirut that the issue of disarming Hezbollah is a decision that is up to Lebanon to take, sources told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel.

Young men from the Tyre district town of Siddiqin on Tuesday intercepted a UNIFIL patrol that was trying to enter the Grand Mountain area, the state-run National News Agency said.