Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati faces allegations of money laundering after a complaint was filed in France by two anti-corruption groups this week.
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides announced Tuesday his request that the EU take action to stop an influx of Syrian refugees from Lebanon's shores.
A nun at a Christian school in Lebanon asked students to pray for Hezbollah fighters in the south. This sparked controversy over the role the group should play in the country.
Hezbollah, a militant group based in Lebanon, fired heavy rockets at civilian targets in northern Israel on Thursday; follows Israeli airstrikes that killed nine the night before.
16 people were killed in southern Lebanon by Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday, making it the deadliest day of fighting at the border in more than five months.