For Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, the joy of Christmas this year is doubled as he celebrates the ouster of Syrian President and Hezbollah ally Bashar al-Assad.

Geagea appeared Sunday night on a screen in a LF-organized event in Canada. He called on Lebanese expats to return, promising that a U.S.-French brokered ceasefire in Lebanon and the fall of al-Assad are a real chance to rebuild Lebanon.

Speaker and Amal leader Nabih Berri reassured Monday that "the atmosphere is good" regarding the presidential file.

"God willing, there will be a president in the January 9 session," he added.

An Israeli drone on Monday raided a valley on the outskirts of the Sidon district town of al-Najjariyeh, wounding three people, the National News Agency and the Health Ministry said.

Israel has carried out at least three airstrikes in the Sidon district since the ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect on November 27.

The Vatican urged Lebanon on Friday to elect a president, after two years of vacuum amid deadlock between pro- and anti-Hezbollah blocs in parliament.

Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, who met Friday with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, said the Vatican has been calling for the election of a president for two years.

An Israeli drone on Friday bombed the Tebna area near the Sidon district town of Bayssarieh, the state-run National News Agency said.

A meeting Wednesday between the Quint's ambassadors and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was "one of the best", Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Alaa Moussa said in a televised interview.

Moussa said that Berri is committed to electing a consensual president who supports the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.

The Israeli army has claimed that Hezbollah militants were the target of a drone strike that killed a person in Khiam on Thursday and was swiftly condemned by caretaker PM Najib Mikati.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said that “the Middle East is an easier problem to handle than what's happening with Russia and Ukraine.”

An Israeli drone targeted Thursday the square of the town of Khiam, reportedly killing one person and injuring another, a day after Israeli troops withdrew from the strategic town, handing it back to the Lebanese army.

The Lebanese army had warned civilians to stay out of Khiam until it can clear the area of any unexploded munitions. The strategic hilltop town, located less than 5 kilometers from the border with Israel, saw some of the most intense fighting during the war.

Independent MP Neemat Frem of Keserwan on Thursday officially announced his presidential nomination.