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Acting Director General of Beirut Port Bassem al-Qaissi is one of several people who has been summoned for questioning by Judge Fadi Sawwan, a judicial source has told L’Orient Today. Qaissi is expected to appear before Sawwan early next week
11 February 2021
Taxpayers’ rights body denounces the decision to tax aid received by Aug. 4 Beirut blast victims
The Finance Ministry has come under criticism for failing to exempt victims of the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion from taxes on donations they receive. In a strongly worded statement released...
Salah Hijazi, 11 February 2021
Lebanon has registered 3,136 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Sixty-three more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 3,866
11 February 2021
The education sector will follow the health sector in terms of priority for COVID-19 vaccination so that schools can reopen as soon as possible, caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan has said in a press conference. The first batch of vaccines is set to arrive on Saturday
11 February 2021
Hezbollah’s political wing condemned “political accusations ... related to the killing of activist Lokman Slim” in a statement after meeting in Haret Hreik, not far from the family home where Slim’s funeral was held today with guests including the US, German and Swiss ambassadors
11 February 2021
Court of Cassation Advocate-General Ghassan Khoury has ordered a wanted notice to be sent to Interpol offices seeking the arrest of Ibrahim Ghazal, who is charged with the murder of his wife, model Zeina Kanjo, the NNA reports. Ghazal is believed to be a fugitive in Turkey
11 February 2021
The consumer price index, which measures inflation, was 145.84 percent higher in December 2020 than in December 2019, the Central Administration of Statistics reports. Food and non-alcoholic beverages prices rose by 402.25 percent; clothing and footwear rose by 560 percent
11 February 2021
Memory, violence and fear: Why Lokman Slim’s murder must not be depoliticized
The brutal murder of Lokman Slim, a prominent opponent of Hezbollah, has shocked us all. It took us back to the series of assassinations that followed that of Rafik Hariri in 2005, and in...
Elia AYOUB, 11 February 2021
Primesouth's contract to operate and maintain the Deir Ammar and Zahrani power plants ends on Monday, Feb. 15, a source at Primesouth told Le Commerce du Levant. It is unclear whether the company will renew the contract due to hard currency settlement issues, the source added
11 February 2021
Former army chief Jean Kahwagi has appeared before Judge Fadi Sawwan, who is leading the investigation into the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion. The hearing lasted an hour and a half, Al Jadeed reports
11 February 2021
Around 300 meters of electricity wiring has been stolen from three high-tension poles in Ain al-Dahab, Akkar, leading to power cuts in the area, the NNA reports. A maintenance team is working on reconnecting and extending the lines
11 February 2021
The Impact platform, which runs the COVID-19 lockdown permit system, announced that it is facing technical difficulties and that its team is working to resolve the issue. Residents are currently unable to request permits to leave their homes
11 February 2021
Military court protests, Lokman Slim memorial, school exams going forward: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Several hundred protesters gathered in front of the Military Tribunal in Beirut, calling for the release of demonstrators who...
