As the formation of Lebanon’s government stumbles further, MP Ziad Hawat said on Tuesday that Hizbullah has not been given the permission yet to ease the formation process.

Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit voiced "deep concern" Monday over the burning of the Libyan flag in Beirut, a few days before an Arab economic summit that will be held at the capital's Seaside Arena venue.

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh on Monday called on all money transfer companies operating in Lebanon, such as Western Union and OMT, to exclusively use Lebanese currency when dispensing foreign cash transfers to recipients.

Central Bank sources told LBCI TV that the request is aimed at combating money laundering.

Libya has officially decided to boycott Beirut's upcoming Arab economic summit, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj confirmed on Monday afternoon, a day after AMAL Movement supporters removed Libyan flags and addressed insults to Libya near the summit's venue.

"We have been forced to boycott this summit and refuse to participate in its work" because Lebanon was unable to guarantee "the appropriate climate" for it, the Libyan foreign ministry meanwhile said in a statement.

The house of Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Habshi in the Baalbek district town of Deir al-Ahmar came under gunfire at dawn Monday.

A statement issued by Habshi said “two bullets” were found inside the house, noting that it was empty at the time of the incident.

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale announced after talks with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Monday that it is “unacceptable” for a “militia” to “dig tunnels” across the border or have an arsenal of thousands of missiles, referring to Hizbullah.

"It is unacceptable to have a militia outside the control of the state, and unanswerable to all the people of Lebanon, digging attack tunnels across the Blue Line into Israel and assembling an arsenal of over 100,000 missiles with which to threaten regional stability," he said.

After protesting the invitation of Libya to an economic summit and tearing down the country’s flag in Beirut, unknown assailants retaliated in Libya vandalizing the Lebanese embassy in the Libyan capital and smashing its contents, media reports said on Monday.

No further details about the assailants were reported.

President Michel Aoun held talks at Baabda Palace with U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale, in the presence of U.S. ambassador Elizabeth Richard and an embassy delegation, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

A meeting expected on Wednesday between Lebanon’s main Christian parties and MPs in Bkirki, at the invitation of Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, “will be held on time” and is expected to discuss the delayed government formation besides other issues, al-Joumhouria daily said.

The issue of restructuring Lebanon’s public debt is not on the table and is “totally out of the question,” caretaker Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil reiterated on Sunday after senior-level talks at the Baabda Palace.

He was speaking after a financial meeting presided over by President Michel Aoun and attended by Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, caretaker Economy Minister Raed Khoury, the head of the parliamentary finance committee MP Ibrahim Kanaan, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and the head of the Association of Banks in Lebanon, Joseph Torbey.