Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea received at his residence in Maarab MP Akram Shehayyeb dispatched by Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

The Lebanese Forces rejected suggestions to form a majoritarian government saying the parliamentary elections were not waged based on a confrontation between two parties nor did did generate “supporters and opposition,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Saturday voiced concerns over attempts to naturalize the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, and stressed that calls for an emergency government were not meant to eliminate any political party.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi made an appeal from Canada to the President and the PM-designate to speed the government formation “despite objections” of some political parties, as he warned of the repercussions as a result of failure, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

Returning from New York where he took part in the U.N. General Assembly, President Michel Aoun said on Friday that a majoritarian government can be formed shall efforts fail to form a national unity one, and that parties unwilling to participate are free to leave the government.

“There are two kinds of governments, a national coalition one and a majoritarian. Let a majoritarian government be formed shall we fail to form a national coalition one, according to the rules in place. Those who do not wish to participate can leave,” said Aoun.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday claimed that Hizbullah has positioned three missile sites near Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport.

During his address before the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu also held up what he called "a picture worth a thousand missiles" and titled "Beirut Precision Guided Missile."

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday accused Donald Trump's administration of undermining efforts towards a two-state solution, a day after the U.S. president said he would unveil a new Middle East peace plan.

"This administration has reneged on all previous U.S. commitments, and has undermined the two-state solution, and has revealed its false claims of concern about the humanitarian conditions of the Palestinian people," the Palestinian Authority president told the U.N. General Assembly.

The Inspection of passengers at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut was briefly disrupted after a scuffle between members of the ISF and the airport police, media reports said on Wednesday.

Lebanon Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh announced on Wednesday that Banque du Liban (BDL) is going to set stimulus packages for housing loans in 2019, LBCI TV station said on Wednesday.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat stressed he has “no personal conflict” with President Michel Aoun, urging him to address the problematic file of electricity “since he is an advocate of reform,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.