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The head of the Beirut Bar, Melhem Khalaf, has hit out at caretaker Economy Minister Raoul Nehme for “dangerous interference” in the investigation into the Beirut port explosion. Nehme had asked that acts of war and terrorism be ruled out so that insurance claims could be settled
12 April 2021
Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Shiite Council has announced that Wednesday will be the first day of Ramadan. Sunni Muslims begin fasting for the holy month tomorrow
12 April 2021
The Internal Security Forces says it has arrested the suspected killer of a woman whose body parts were found stuffed in a bag in Beirut on Saturday. The man is the victim’s husband and both are Bangladeshi nationals, the ISF says
12 April 2021
Lebanon has registered 1,008 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, amid low testing. Forty-two more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,703
12 April 2021
Caretaker Premier Hassan Diab and Defense Minister Zeina Akar have signed a decree claiming some 1,400 square kilometers of additional territory in Lebanon’s maritime border dispute with Israel. The decree must be signed by President Michel Aoun before submission to the UN
12 April 2021
A new parliamentary subcommittee will draft amendments to the law lifting banking secrecy after President Michel Aoun called for the judiciary to play a role, MP Ibrahim Kaanan (FPM/Metn) said, adding that some MPs had opposed the idea due to the politicization of the judiciary
12 April 2021
The Health Ministry’s scientific committee has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for those over 30, caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan announced. This follows guidelines issued in the UK after blood clots were found to be a very rare side effect
12 April 2021
A roadside black market and vigilante justice for thieves and smugglers: North Lebanon adjusts to fuel shortages
ABDEH, Akkar — The escalating fuel crisis in Lebanon has spurred a burgeoning black market for diesel and gasoline in the country’s neglected north, which has been particularly hard hit by...
Abby Sewell, 12 April 2021
Media workers, security forces and public servants will begin receiving the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on April 19, the caretaker health and information ministers announced in a press conference. China donated 90,000 doses of the vaccine, 50,000 of which went to the Lebanese Army
12 April 2021
Food importers currently have enough stocks to last for 2–2.5 months, the head of the importers’ syndicate, Hani Bohsali, said in a statement. While many imported brands are no longer available due to rising costs, importers are working to find high-quality alternatives, he added
12 April 2021
MP Inaya Ezzeddine (Amal/Sur) said following a session of Parliament’s Women and Children’s Committee that the body will work with the Health Ministry to develop a mechanism that will help families obtain infant milk formula amid widespread shortages
12 April 2021
Caretaker Public Works and Transport Minister Michel Najjar has submitted to cabinet’s General Secretariat a decision claiming about 1,400 additional square kilometers as part of Lebanon’s exclusive economic zone in its maritime border dispute with Israel, the NNA reports
12 April 2021
Diab approves expansion of area claimed in maritime dispute with Israel
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Monday approved a draft decree expanding the country’s claims in a dispute with Israel over their maritime border that has held up hydrocarbon...
12 April 2021
LibanPost employees have staged a sit-in in front of the company’s headquarters at the Beirut airport, protesting unequal pay and demanding their wages be set at the exchange rate of LL3,900 to the dollar “just like the rest of the employees and managers," the NNA reports
12 April 2021
Families of those killed in the Beirut port explosion will meet with lead investigator Judge Tarek Bitar at 4 p.m. today to review developments in the case, including a request to release 11 low-ranking port employees and security officials held in relation to the blast
12 April 2021
Civil War survivors say today’s crisis is even worse than the 15-year conflict
BEIRUT — During the Civil War that ended over 30 years ago Abla Barotta survived shelling and clashes, but she now fears a “slow death” from Lebanon’s worst economic crisis in decades....
12 April 2021
Lebanon’s real GDP contracted by 25 percent in 2020, while the country’s gross foreign currency reserves dropped from $24 billion to $17.38 billion over the course of the year, the International Monetary Fund’s latest “Regional Economic Outlook” report indicates
12 April 2021
The Energy Ministry has announced a petrol price hike, raising the cost of 20 liters of 95-octane gasoline to LL38,700 and 98-octane to LL39,900. Fuel prices have soared by nearly 50 percent since the start of the year
12 April 2021
Ramadan curfew, milk shortages, Civil War anniversary: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . A nighttime curfew applicable throughout the month of Ramadan starts today. The curfew from 9:30 p.m. until 5 a.m. will begin...
