June 1

• During a ceremony held in Tripoli to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the assassination of Rashid Karami, Former Minister Faisal Karami stresses that the nomination of Samir Geagea for presidency brings shame on justice and democracy and torpedoes coexistence pacts.
• Maronite Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rai returns to Lebanon after concluding his visit to Jerusalem, which drew dissenting reactions among the Lebanese.

June 2

• MP Walid Jumblat defends Patriarch al-Rai’s right to visit Jerusalem and slams al-Rai’s critics, stressing that the boycott policy has jeopardized Palestine.
• Patriarch al-Rai meets former President of the Republic Michel Suleiman.
• Speaker Nabih Berri heads back to Lebanon after a private visit to Italy.
• Minister of Education and Higher Education Elias Abou Saab adjourns official exams for five days and promises stern measures should the Union Coordination Committee refuse to participate in the exams.

June 3

• The financial public prosecutor files a lawsuit against Head of the Fund for the Displaced, Fadi Aramouni, on charges of embezzling public funds and refers him to the first investigative judge in Beirut.
• Omar Bakri Fustoq charged with affiliation to terrorist organizations.

June 4

• US Secretary of State, John Kerry, arrives in Lebanon and holds separate meetings with Speaker Nabih Berri, PM Tamam Salam and Patriarch al-Rai. Kerry also urges the election of a strong president that meets the demands of the Lebanese.
• During a visit he paid to Speaker Nabih Berri, MP General Michel Aoun, accompanied with MP Elie Ferzli, announces that he is weighing the participation in the legislative session to discuss the salary scale topic.
• Father kills his 17-year-old daughter in Bebnine following a dispute over her marriage.

June 5

• Minister of Social Affairs Rashid Derbas announces that Lebanon has stopped receiving new Syrian refugee arrivals.
• Head of the Loyalty to Resistance Bloc, MP Mohammad Raad, reiterates the need to elect a president that would cling to the resistance.

June 6

• Saad Hariri funds façade restoration works at the Syria Street in Tripoli.
• In a televised speech commemorating late scholar Sheikh Mustafa Qassir al-Ameli, Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah denies his party’s alleged pursuit of tripartite power-sharing, assuring that the French were the first to raise this proposition in Iran.
• The Special Tribunal for Lebanon to resume trials against those charged with the assassination of Rafik Hariri on June 28.

June 7

• “We want to elect a President of the Republic, not to appoint a Mutasarrif”, says Lebanese Force Leader Samir Geagea.
• In an interview with the Voix du Liban, Minister of Environment Mohammad Mashnouq predicts extension of the term of Parliament.
• Future Movement MPs view that holding parliamentary elections before presidential ones would be adventurous.

June 8

• Patriarch al-Rai says in his sermon that assigning the government presidential functions is dangerous violation of the Charter.
• The Lebanese Option Party commemorates the death of Hachem Salman and head of the party Ahmad Al-Asaad considers Hezbollah to be the ultimate authority in the country instead of the state.
• Investigations reveal the identity of the molester who threw the body of the 5-year-old Syrian boy Mohammad Khawli in a garbage bin after raping and killing him.

June 9

• Parliament adjourns its sixth session earmarked to elect a new President until June 18 due to lack of quorum, with only 63 MPs attending.
• The Lebanese Forces Leader, Samir Geagea, proposes agreeing on two consensual names other than himself and electing one of them in Parliament, voicing his support of the Bkerki list including Demianos Kattar, Roger Deeb and Ziad Bared.
• Minister of Education and Higher Education Elias Abou Saab reiterates that official exams will be held on time even if Parliament fails to approve the pay scale and the Educational Inspection calls on public principals and teachers to participate in the said exams or else incur responsibility.
• The Future Parliamentary Bloc reiterates that the approval of the pay scale in its current form will lead the country into bankruptcy and transform it into a failing state.
• Mount Lebanon’s Judge of Summary Matters, Hassan Hamdan, issues a restraining order protecting Tamara Horeissi from the abuse of her husband Hussein Ftouni until the judiciary resolves the matter.
• The Internal Security Forces celebrates its 153rd anniversary.
• MP Walid Jumblat reiterates his rejection of the approval of the pay scale because of the uncalculated repercussions it has on economy.

June 10

• Parliament adjourns its session scheduled to approve the pay scale until June 19 due to lack of quorum.
• Minister of Education and Higher Education Elias Abou Saab agrees to postpone official exams for another 24 hours after coming to terms with the Union Coordination Committee, which will participate in the exams but abstain from correcting them before the approval of the pay scale. Speaker Nabih Berri tries to pull off a mediation settlement saying “official exams cannot be held in this climate.”
• Farid Geagea, Father of the Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, dies at the age of 96.
• In an interview with Al-Arabiya, MP Walid Jumblat reports that he will relay to Saad Hariri his intention not to elect Michel Aoun nor Samir Geagea, viewing the “strong president theory” to be a faulty theory.
• Al-Quds Al-Arabi cited the Future Movement Secretary General, Ahmad Hariri, as saying “it is in the interest of the Future Movement to have a strong Christian president such as General Michel Aoun”, but the Movement denies that there is any truth to the rumor.
• The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs denies to have sought tripartite power-sharing in Lebanon as alleged by Nasrallah, stressing that it supports the Lebanese balance derived from the Taef Accord.
• The Maronite patriarchate denies having in its possession a list of its preferred presidential candidates, in response to what Geagea said earlier.

June 11

• Grand Mufti, Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani, slams the Future Movement and former PM Fouad Seniora during a meeting with Sunni scholars saying “I do not fear the Grand Serail nor do I fear those inside it or those protecting it.” His position came in response to the meeting held by the anti-Mufti Islamic Higher council at the Grand Serail in the presence of PM Tamam Salam and former PMs Najib Mikati and Fouad Seniora who allegedly decided to take the measures necessary to isolate the Grand Mufti.
• General Michel Aoun meets MP Suleiman Frangieh who reports that the country’s top Christian position cannot be filled by a powerless candidate.
• “We have not agreed on the pay scale in the first place to turn against it and the division is not over the scale itself, but rather over the hasty policy,” says former PM Fouad Seniora in response to Speaker Nabih Berri.
• MP Walid Jumblat reports that he will neither vote for the Lebanese Army Commander nor for the Governor of Banque du Liban.

June 12

• The anti-Qabbani Higher Islamic Council urges PM Tamam Salam to call on the Council as soon as possible to elect a new Mufti for the Republic.
• The Cabinet convenes for the third time since the presidential vacuum yet fails to agree on its work mechanism.

June 13

• Former PM Saad Hariri meets Minister of Public Health, Wael Bou Faour, in Morocco and the two agree on a soon-to-happen meeting between Hariri and Jumblat.
• Tripoli’s Al-Salam Mosque officially reopens after it was severely damaged in a deadly blast last year.

June 14

• The town of Al-Tufail comes under shells fired by the Syrian army.
• The Agricultural Scientific Research Authority warns from heat wave and potential wildfires.

June 15

• Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker meets his Lebanese counterpart on his official visit to Lebanon and the latter bemoans the days of Sykes-Picot in his welcoming speech.
• The Lebanese Forces Leader continues to receive condolences over the death of his father. Saudi and Qatari Ministers of Foreign Affairs offer their sympathy by telephone.

June 16

• Minister of the Interior and Municipalities visits General Michel Aoun in his residence in Al-Rabiyah and assures that the dialogue with Aoun has lead to political stability.
• The UNHCR reports that the number of registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon has hit 1,047,898.
• 58,678 students sit for the Brevet official exams.

June 17

• In his interview on OTV, General Michel Aoun denies having broached the presidential elections with Saad Hariri when he met him and says that he can guarantee Hariri’s political security if he returns to Lebanon, through dialogue with those influencing his security.
• Baccalaureate exams start in both Life and General Science branches.

June 18

• The Special Tribunal for Lebanon launches its second work round in the presence of Bassil Fleihan’s wife.
• “Hariri did not entrust Aoun with his political security,” says the Lebanese Forces Leader Samir Geagea. The Future Movement MPs view that Aoun’s words assure the involvement of his allies in the assassinations.
• MP Walid Jumblat meets former President Michel Suleiman in Paris.
• MP Suleiman Frangieh reports that parliamentary elections can be held without a president.

June 19

• Former President of the Republic Michel Suleiman meets his French counterpart Francois Hollande at the Elysees Palace and stresses that he will continue to practice politics either through a centrist bloc or by establishing a political party. Suleiman also voices fears over the presidential vacuum dragging longer than two months.
• Parliament will remain in open sessions after failure to approve the pay scale due to lack of quorum amidst boycott of sessions by the March 14 Forces and the Union Coordination Committee proceeds with its ongoing strike.
• Israeli sources suggest that the Abdallah Azzam Brigades is plotting a potential assassination at the Ain el-Helwi camp. The plot reportedly targets the Director General of Lebanon’s General Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim.
• The Special Tribunal for Lebanon listens to arguments from the defense counsel.
• PM Tamam Salam inaugurates the Arab Economy Forum assuring that the efforts are under way to elect a new president and stressing that his government will not allow manipulation of Lebanon’s stability and security.
• The Syndicate of Private Hospitals reveals that the outstanding funds owed by the official social security entities to hospitals have exceeded LBP 1200 billion.

June 20

• A suicide bomber blows himself up in a car laden with 35 kilograms of explosives at an ISF checkpoint in Dahr el-Baydar killing an ISF member and injuring 33 other people, both civilians and members of the military. The Director General of Lebanon’s General Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim reports that he was the target of the bombing, an allegation refuted by the Director General of the Internal Security Forces.
• The Intelligence Branch and the General Security crack down on two Hamra hotels and arrest a number of terror suspects.
• The Amal Movement cancels its first National Conference for Mukhtars scheduled at the UNESCO building in Beirut amid security warnings of terrorist plots targeting Speaker Nabih Berri.
• PM Tamam Salam chairs a security meeting at the Grand Serail to stay abreast of the latest security developments. The Lebanese Army Commander, General Jean Qahwaji, reassures that the security situation is under control.
• MP Walid Jumblat meets former PM Saad Hariri in Paris.

June 21

• Patriarch al-Rai cancels the commemoration mass of Nabil El-Alam.
• Mahmoud Jamaleddine, the ISF Lieutenant killed in a suicide bombing that targeted a checkpoint in Dahr El-Baydar, is laid to rest in his hometown Saadnayel.
• Gunmen, reportedly affiliated to an official security apparatus, track the Minister of State for Administrative Development in the Beqa’a town of Ablah.

June 22

• PM Tamam Salam returns to Lebanon after his one visit to Kuwait where he met the Kuwaiti Head of State and a number of officials. A ministerial delegation accompanied Salam during his visit.
• Sheikh Mohammad Ali Al-Jouzou says Hezbollah has become a symbol of terrorism in Lebanon and Syria, and soon in Iraq and the entire world.
• The Lebanese Army arrests Omar Al-Satem, cousin of terrorist Qoutayba Al-Satem, at a checkpoint in Hrabta, Al-Labwi.

June 23

• A suicide bomber blows himself up in Chatila at midnight killing a member of General Security member and slightly injuring twenty other people.
• “No matter how costly, the investment in security remains less costly than the loss of innocent lives,” says Speaker Nabih Berri before Mukhtars at his residence in Ain el-Tineh, calling for the recruitment of 5000 security members and reiterating that Lebanon survives all tornados.
• MP Walid Jumblat calls on the protection of the Lebanon proclaimed by the French General Henri Gouraud before it is too late.
• The office of religious scholar Sheikh Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah declares Saturday the first day of the holy month of Ramadan and Dar El-Fatwa calls on Muslims to sight the Ramadan Crescent Friday.

June 24

• The Lebanese Forces Leader Samir Geagea says after meeting Patriarch Al-Rai that nobody has the right to disrupt the country in favor of their presidential chances.
• The Abdallah Azzam Brigades claims responsibility for the bombings in both Dahr El-Baydar and Chatila.
• MP Suleiman Frangieh reports that the presidential elections won’t take place and that Lebanon is heading in the direction of extending Parliament’s term.
• French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius, receives former PM Saad Hariri at the Ministry.

June 25

• A Saudi Suicide bomber detonates himself during a security raid in the Duroy Hotel on western Beirut’s seaside Raouche, injuring a number of security members.
• MP Samir Jesr urges the residents of Tripoli not to be lead astray by the delusions of self-security.
• STL President Judge Sir David Baragwanath continues his tour of Lebanon tour and meets a number of Lebanese officials.
• The Lebanese Army arrests a terrorist cell in Tripoli’s Qalamoun which was planning to assassinate a security leader in Tripoli.

June 26

• The Cabinet agrees over a mechanism to govern its work and to approve and sign decrees by consensus under presidential void. PM Tamam Salam says that the agenda will be distributed to ministers four days prior to the session and asserts that Lebanon will continue to grant Gulf citizens visas upon arrival at the airport because preplanned visa processing does not prevent terrorist acts.
• Information discloses the involvement of Lebanese citizen Mounzer Khaldoun Hassan in supplying terrorists with suicide vests. Hassan who originates from the town of Bezbina in Akkar is also suspected of driving two cars laden with explosives.
• Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Osseiri reiterates the Kingdom’s cooperation with Lebanon in fighting terrorism, stressing the Saudi suicide bomber was wanted by the Saudi Police.
• Former PM Saad Hariri meets US Secretary of State, John Kerry, in Paris and the two reiterate the need for stability, urging speedy election of a new president.

June 27

• Former PM Rashid Solh dies at 86.
• Jezzine’s MP and Change and Reform Bloc member Michel Helou dies at 66 after a battle with illness.

June 28

• Lebanon bids farewell to former PM Rashid Solh in an official funeral. Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani leads the prayers in the presence of PMs Tamam Salam, Najib Mikati and Fouad Seniora.
• Michel Helou is laid to rest in his hometown, Jezzine.

June 29

• Speaker Nabih Berri voices in a press interview his opposition to the extension of Parliament’s term and his support for the 1960s electoral law.
• The Amal Movement cancels all its Ramadan Iftars due to security reasons.
• The Higher Islamic Shia’a Council and Dar El-Fatwa declare separately Sunday as the first day of Ramadan.

June 30

• In a press conference attended by the Free Patriotic Movement ministers and MPs, General Michel Aoun proposes what he called an initiative to rescue the republic. His proposition suggests holding direct presidential elections over two rounds. In the first, Christian voters should choose two candidates and then in the second round, all Lebanese citizens would choose between them. March 14 Forces reject the suggestion arguing that it would compromise the Taef Accord.
• MP Walid Jumblat meets French President Francois Hollande and former Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Paris.