Fire erupts at Beirut port grain silos
BEIRUT — Another fire has erupted tonight near the grain silos at the Beirut port, which were seriously damaged by the explosion. Many observers and residents noted the fire, some describing smoke...
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Israeli UN ambassador submits complaint regarding Hezbollah's drones
BEIRUT — Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan submitted Monday a complaint to the UN Security Council demanding to condemn the launch of the drones by Hezbollah towards the disputed...
12 July 2022
Two injured as gunfight breaks out outside bakery in Tripoli
BEIRUT — Two people were wounded as a result of a gunfight over who gets a bread bundle first while waiting in a line in front of the Ridani bakery in al-Beddawi, Tripoli, our correspondent in the...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 12 July 2022
The enigma of the four Iranian diplomats who disappeared in Lebanon in 1982
A car, convoyed by the Lebanese army, slowly pulled over at a Lebanese Forces checkpoint on the Barbara (Jbeil) sea road.At the wheel was Taghi Rastegar-Moghadam, an employee of the Iranian embassy...
Caroline HAYEK, 12 July 2022
All eyes on the presidential election
Saturday’s meeting between Gebran Bassil and Farid Haykal Khazen, an ally of Sleiman Frangieh, inaugurated the campaign’s race. Even before the Gordian knot of cabinet formation was undone, the...
Jeanine JALKH, 12 July 2022
Roumieh fire continues to rage since yesterday, as fires erupt around Lebanon
BEIRUT — A fire broke out on Tuesday in the Roumieh forest and is still ongoing. The Civil Defense recruited reinforcements from seven centers to contain the fire, according to the state-run...
Ghadir Hamadi, 12 July 2022
Non-native jellyfish swarm North Lebanon's coast
BEIRUT — Swarms of non-native venomous jellyfish have invaded Lebanon’s Mediterranean Sea in the north but according to experts their spread is “not surprising during the summer season” and their...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 12 July 2022
Group calls on authorities to deal with fire at Beirut Port
BEIRUT — The Solidarity Campaign for Protecting the Beirut Port Silos on Tuesday blamed the “caretaker government for the ongoing fire [at the port] and the damages caused by it.” On Monday,...
Wael Taleb, 12 July 2022
The Lebanese Physicians’ Podcast: A cry of alarm about public health in Lebanon
On a December morning in 2020, when the sun had not yet risen over the US capital, Khalil Diab was unable to go back to sleep. The Lebanese-born physician, an associate professor of medicine at...
Pauline M. KARROUM, 12 July 2022
Euro reaches parity with the dollar for first time since 2002
The euro struck parity with the dollar Tuesday for the first time in nearly 20 years as a cut in Russian gas supplies to Europe heightened rears of a recession in the eurozone. ...
12 July 2022
ISF arrests Tripoli man accused of shooting brother to death
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces arrested Saturday a suspect accused of shooting and killing his brother during a dispute in the locality of Ras al-Sakhr, Tripoli, an ISF spokesperson...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 12 July 2022
US Navy and Lebanese Army kick off joint maritime exercises
BEIRUT — United States Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and the Lebanese Army “kicked off exercise Resolute Union 2022, the annual exercise focused on maritime security operations, mine...
12 July 2022
Bidding for control of Beirut airport's duty free shopping will happen Thursday
BEIRUT — Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh on Tuesday announced that bidding for management of Beirut International Airport’s duty free shopping will take place on Thursday, the state-run National...
12 July 2022
Saudi dissident killed, factory fire, banking secrecy session: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Saudi political dissident Manea al-Yami was killed in Lebanon on Saturday, according to state security services and...
