Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday noted that proposals for a deposits haircut and capital control have been born dead.

Lebanon on Tuesday confirmed nine more coronavirus cases as another death was recorded, the Health Ministry said.

New planes repatriating Lebanese expats are expected to land in Beirut on Monday, this time carrying passengers from the Saudi city of Jeddah, Paris, Libreville and London.

The Israeli army launched eight photoflash bombs overnight over al-Shahal area on the outskirts of the town of Shebaa in the district of Hasbaya, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

Moreover, an Israeli spy plane conducted intensive overflights over Beirut and its southern suburbs all day on Sunday, NNA said.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab reportedly held a meeting with political aide to Speaker Nabih Berri, former Minister and MP Ali Hassan Khalil who relayed the Speaker’s rejection of any economic rescue plan targeting bank savings of Lebanese through a “haircut” procedure, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat reported on Monday.

All the Lebanese expats who returned Saturday from Kuwait, Dubai, Angola's Luanda and Rome have tested negative for the novel coronavirus, the Health Ministry said Sunday.

“The results of tests conducted for the 123 passengers who arrived yesterday aboard the flight coming from Kuwait have come out negative,” the Ministry said in a statement.

Lebanon has confirmed 11 new infections of the COVID-19 coronavirus, which raises the country's total to 630, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.

A proposed “haircut” draft law will not pass in parliament because it is a “blatant theft,” informed parliamentary sources have said.

President Michel Aoun addressed the Lebanese on Easter Day on Saturday extending well-wishes to all "Lebanese in general, and Christians in particular,” the National News Agency reported.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said on Saturday that reform in Lebanon is a “hopeless” case as long as “the trio” parties continue to dominate the country’s authority.