The ambassadors of the five-nation group - the U.S., France, Egypt, Qatar and KSA - are meeting today at the Qatari Embassy, local media reports said Thursday.

The meeting will discuss a presidential dialogue initiative by the National Moderation bloc, al-Jadeed reported, while another local report in the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper said that the quintet will adopt in a statement the bloc’s initiative.

A delegation from Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc comprising MPs Mohammad Raad, Ali Ammar and Hassan Fadlallah on Thursday met with former president Michel Aoun in Rabieh.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the British Embassy in Beirut is launching its ‘Ambassador For A Day’ (AFAD) competition, now jointly with the Embassy of Canada to Lebanon. AFAD winners will get to shadow an Ambassador in Lebanon for one day, to see first-hand how girls can become leaders and advocates for change.

Each winner will be paired with an Ambassador or head of a U.N. Agency in Lebanon to spend a day with them and their team, and be invited as Guests of Honour to a ceremony hosted by the British and Canadian embassies. "This promises to be an unforgettable opportunity to build skills in diplomacy, confidence, and leadership," the British Embassy in Beirut said in a statement Thursday.

Hezbollah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has admitted that the 2006 memorandum of understanding with the Free Patriotic Movement has become “suspended” due to “different visions” and “differences over various issues.”

“We have taken a decision in Hezbollah not to engage in exchanges of tirades with the FPM,” Qassem said in a TV interview, while noting that “the channels of communication are still open.”

Hezbollah attacked Wednesday the Metula post with a suicide drone.

It said it acted "in response to the Israeli aggression against the villages of the south and the homes of civilians."

The Council of Maronite Bishops on Wednesday said it “categorically rejects implicating Lebanon in the Palestinian-Israeli war,” noting that “all Arab countries have distanced themselves from its flames.”

As International mediators gathered for a third day of talks with Hamas in Cairo to discuss a plan for a six-week truce in Gaza, former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat asked why wouldn't the U.S. call for a similar cease-fire in Lebanon.

"If U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is asking for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, why wouldn't U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein do the same for a Lebanon," Jumblat posted Tuesday on the X platform.

Lebanon is studying a verbal proposal by U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein who visited the country Monday in an attempt to tamp down tensions on the Lebanese-Israeli border, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said.

"We have questions and we are waiting for answers from the U.S. envoy," Mikati told al-Jadeed in an interview on Tuesday evening.

The second edition of SchoolTec, Lebanon’s First Trade Fair & Conference for Educational Supplies and Solutions, will be held this week on Thursday, March 7 and Friday, March 8 at the Mövenpick Hotel, Beirut.

Educators, principals, coordinators, teachers, counselors, academic supervisors, non-academic staff members, investors willing to start a new educational initiative, parents, or anyone interested, all have the opportunity to learn more about the education technologies, and to get an idea about all educational solutions, supplies and services at SchoolTec.

A family of three, a father, his wife and their son were killed Tuesday in an Israeli strike on a house in the southern border village of Houla.

The National News Agency said the three killed were civilians but Hezbollah later announced the death of the father, Hassan Hussein, and his 25-year-old son, Ali Hussein, "on the road to Jerusalem" -- the phrase used for Hezbollah fighters killed by Israel.