Northern Metn MPs Sami Gemayel, Ibrahim Kanaan and Nabil Nicola on Sunday denounced the riots that marred a demo protesting Washington’s decision on Jerusalem near the U.S. embassy in Awkar.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as “regrettable” and “destructive,” urging him to reverse it.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq has announced that the latest statement of the International Support Group for Lebanon has the ability to heal the rift between Lebanon and some Arab states.

A senior Hizbullah official announced Sunday that the response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital should be through “reinforcing the resistance approach across the region.”

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil has called for an Arab popular uprising and for diplomatic, political and economic Arab measures against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Lebanese security forces on Sunday fired rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators near the U.S. embassy in Awkar as they protested Washington's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Several people were injured by rocks, tear gas, and rubber bullets as security forces arrested around ten protesters who refused to disperse after fierce clashes.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday ordered investigations be run into a footage circulating on social media of an Iran-backed Iraqi militant commander in military uniform touring southern border villages, Hariri's media office said in a statement.

“Video of an Iraqi militia official in military uniform touring southern border villages is in circulation on social media. The video was filmed six days ago and constitutes a flagrant violation of Lebanese laws,” said the statement.

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil will fly to Egypt Saturday for an extraordinary meeting of the Arab League against the backdrop of the United State's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

Jordan has called for an emergency Arab foreign ministers’ meeting to discuss the Jerusalem issue following US President Donald Trump's controversial announcement, said NNA.

The repercussions of the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital does not only lead to wars and threatens regional and international peace, but also raises fears in Lebanon of the naturalization of Palestinian refugees in the tiny Mediterranean country, al-Joumhouria daily reported Saturday.

A recommendation issued by the Parliament during its Friday meeting indicates the danger inherent in the American decision on the Jerusalem and its Arab and Islamic, Christian identity that leads to wars and threatens regional and international peace, said the daily.

Melkite Greek Patriarch of Antioch Gregory III Laham slammed the US move on Jerusalem and called for “opening the borders” as he urged people from the “entire Arab countries to advance into Palestine,” the National News Agency reported on Saturday.