Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday bid farewell to President Michel Aoun in Sunday Mass sermon, wishing him luck and success after the end of his six-year term.

President Michel Aoun left the presidential palace in Baabda at noon Sunday amid popular rallies by his supporters and tight security measures in Baabda and across several regions.

President Michel Aoun inspected overnight supporters camping and rallying at the Baabda Palace to take part in the celebrations that will accompany the president’s departure from the palace on the occasion of the end of his term.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has called on caretaker PM and PM-designate Najib Mikati to "step down so that the president can call for immediate parliamentary consultations that lead to designating someone else" to form a new government.

President Michel Aoun announced Saturday that the formation of a new government before the end of his presidential term “seems to be impossible.”

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Saturday issued a stark warning over what he called an attempt to usurp the president's powers.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil held talks Friday in Bkirki with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, after which he warned of a domestic-foreign “plot”.

“The ultimate priority is for the election of the president, and unfortunately in a few days we will enter into presidential vacuum, which everyone is tackling as a de facto situation without exerting efforts for dialogue and understanding,” Bassil lamented, warning that keeping the caretaker cabinet amid an expected presidential void would be “adding vacuum on top of vacuum.”

Featuring a majority of participants coming in from different countries across the region, ARAB ART FAIR presents a unique platform for art lovers and collectors to discover masterpieces from a new generation of up-and-coming artists.

The annual event gives artists the opportunity to showcase their artwork, promote themselves, and connect with gallerists, collectors, curators, and art lovers.

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has reiterated that the U.S.-brokered sea border agreement with Lebanon is “historic,” describing Israeli opposition claims that he conceded far too much to Hezbollah and Lebanon as baseless.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday dismissed Speaker Nabih Berri’s call for dialogue over the country’s next president.

“I was not very relieved when I heard about Speaker Berri's dialogue invitations,” Geagea said at a press conference that followed a meeting for the LF-led Strong Republic bloc.