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Commercial bank depositors will recoup up to $25,000 in cash, BDL says, but offers little explanation of how

BEIRUT — Banque du Liban has launched “an initiative” to gradually repay foreign currency deposits made before the Oct. 17 uprising, the bank’s media office announced Sunday evening, without...

Omar Tamo, 10 May 2021

The Internal Security Forces have arrested a young man in Zahle who is accused of killing his father by beating him and setting him on fire, the ISF said in a statement. The suspect allegedly attacked his father over financial disputes going back to his mother’s death in 2019

10 May 2021

Delayed payments, panic buying and hoarding lengthen lines at gas stations across the country

BEIRUT — Motorists again flocked to gas stations across Lebanon on Monday as fears of an imminent end to the country’s subsidy on fuel increased demand for a commodity already in short supply,...

Georgi Azar, 10 May 2021

The Lebanese Army says it has foiled an attempt to smuggle 60 people out of the country

BEIRUT — The army said Monday it has foiled an attempt to smuggle 60 people, mostly from Syria, out of Lebanon, days after dozens of Syrians were caught trying to cross to Cyprus....

10 May 2021

Dozens of protesters have gathered in downtown Beirut in solidarity with Palestinians facing expulsion from Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Earlier, protesters gathered in front of the UNRWA office in Beirut and in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian camp, the NNA reports

10 May 2021

Lebanon has registered 302 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Twenty-one more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,507

10 May 2021

Central Inspection reports that 172,830 people have now received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine through the Impact platform, which is 4% of the target of having 70% of the country's population fully vaccinated. A total of 1.26 million people have registered on the platform

10 May 2021

Army Intelligence arrested three people, including a soldier and a corporal, in the killing of two men, one of them also a soldier, from the Jaafar clan in Hermel. The victims had tried to stop the suspects stealing a transformer and electrical wire, the army said in a statement

10 May 2021

Justice Ministry Director-General Judge Rola Shafiq Jadayel met this afternoon with representatives of the physicians’ syndicate to talk about the appeals ruling issued by Judge Tarek Bitar in the Tannous case and the resulting “warning strike” by hospitals

10 May 2021

Private hospitals will stop taking patients, except for emergencies, dialysis and chemotherapy, until Saturday to protest a ruling awarding LL9 billion to the parents of Ella Tannous, a child whose limbs were amputated due to alleged malpractice, the hospital syndicate announced

10 May 2021

Pro- or anti-Hezbollah?

The central bank’s foreign currency reserves have almost halved since the onset of the financial crisis. More than $13.4 billion were consumed to maintain a sort of social stability. That is the...

Sahar AL-ATTAR, 10 May 2021

The Lebanese Army says it has stopped a boat that was attempting to smuggle 59 Syrians and one Lebanese off the coast of Tripoli. This is at least the third thwarted smuggling attempt in recent weeks as Lebanon's economic crisis deepens

10 May 2021

Long lines have formed at gas stations in Saida and the town of Marjayoun amid rising fears of an imminent fuel shortage, the NNA reports. In Marjayoun, some stations are rationing the amount of fuel sold to customers, while others have shuttered entirely

10 May 2021

All the gas stations in Nabatieh have shut down, apparently due to a fuel shortage, the NNA reports. Long queues have been forming at gas stations across the country amid rising fears of an imminent fuel shortage

10 May 2021

Mad dash for gas, electricity barge warning, Eid al-Fitr: Everything you need to know to start your Monday

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Long lines have been forming at gas stations in various parts of the country amid rising fears of an imminent fuel shortage....

10 May 2021