Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said “it is best” to re-elect Nabih Berri, leader of AMAL Movement, as parliament speaker, adding that it is “still unclear who shall be the right person for the premiership.”

President Michel Aoun addressed Lebanese workers on Labor Day assuring them that efforts are underway to protect them from foreign labor competition.

“Efforts are being exerted to protect workers from foreign labor competition,” the Presidency media office quoted the President as saying on Tuesday.

Iran's state-run media on Monday mocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest allegations that Tehran once pursued nuclear weapons.

In a presentation Monday that made use of large visual aids, Netanyahu said Israeli intelligence had uncovered a trove of documents from Iran's "nuclear archives."

Israel on Monday closed its airspace near Syria's border and over the occupied Golan Heights amid concerns over possible retaliation by Tehran to recent strikes that killed Iranians in Syria, Al-Jazeera TV said.

“The closure of Israel's airspace on Syria's border will continue until the end of next month,” Al-Jazeera reported.

President Michel Aoun held a meeting on Monday at the Presidential Palace with UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Michael Beary, the National News Agency reported.

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil said in a press conference Monday that the turnout rate for Lebanese expats voting reached 59%, stressing that it “reflects the enthusiasm of Lebanese.”

Prime Minister Saad Hariri has been reportedly “advised” to reduce his electoral tours to Lebanese regions “close to the border,” meanwhile security sources upped their measures although there is “no definite information about threats to the PM,” the pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat reported Monday.

The second round of Lebanese expats voting has ended on Monday at 8:00 Beirut time with the last ballot box closed in Los Angeles the United States, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

NNA added that the voter turnout in each ballot box will emerge respectively according to the states in South and North Americas.

As Lebanon gears for its second day of Lebanese expats voting on Sunday, the United States’ foreign ministry said the US “will not interfere in the right of Lebanese to vote,” MTV reported Saturday.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq said several steps have been taken to ensure and facilitate the voting process for people with special needs, adding that measures have been taken against a committee that failed to fulfill tasks entrusted to it in that regard, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.