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Amid electricity and drug shortages, could a new COVID-19 surge finally sink Lebanon’s floundering hospitals?
BEIRUT — With COVID-19 cases again looking set to surge, driven by the new Delta variant, Lebanon’s beleaguered health sector is warning that hospitals may finally fold if overrun by another spike...
Tala Ramadan, 12 August 2021
Lebanon has registered 1,817 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Four more people have died, raising the death toll to 7,962
12 August 2021
Ogero interchanges in several northern areas ran out of diesel to operate generators, leaving towns such as Akkar al-Atiqa, Bireh and Sir al-Dinnieh able to access its telecom services only when EDL power comes on. Ogero’s head told L’Orient Today the outages should be temporary
12 August 2021
The Beirut port truck owners syndicate announced that it will price shipments to and from the port 100 percent in dollars in anticipation of fuel price hikes after BDL announced that it would end fuel subsidies
12 August 2021
Aoun asks Salameh to reverse decision to remove fuel subsidies
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun has asked Riad Salameh to continue subsidizing fuel imports at a rate of LL3,900 to the US dollar, hours after the central bank head reaffirmed his decision to halt...
Omar Tamo, 12 August 2021
Banque du Liban has announced it will no longer subsidize fuel imports
11 August 2021
The General Confederation of Lebanese Workers will ask public and private sector employees to strike if BDL does not reverse its decision to end fuel subsidies, the union’s president, Bechara al-Asmar, threatened during a news conference
12 August 2021
Protesters blocked roads throughout Lebanon in anger over the central bank’s decision last night to end fuel subsidies, the NNA reports. Roads were cut from Akkar in the north to Sur in the south, and more than a dozen areas in between, including Rashaya, Bshamoun and Sarafand
12 August 2021
How Lebanon made Macron a sorcerer’s apprentice
To make a long story short: the responsibility for the failure of the French mission in the land of the cedars lies squarely at the feet of the Lebanese side. No one is able to save a country that...
Anthony SAMRANI, 12 August 2021
The Order of Nurses has asked the Health Ministry and private hospitals to provide transportation expenses for nurses based on an expected rise in fuel prices, warning that “if the fees are not secured, hospitals will become empty, and patients will face greater danger”
12 August 2021
Parliament session canceled as few MPs show up, port victims’ families protest
BEIRUT — Thursday’s session of Parliament was canceled after just 39 MPs showed up, depriving the body of quorum, as protesters outside railed against the controversial meeting. Some 200...
Wael Taleb, 12 August 2021
Today’s session of Parliament has been canceled after only 39 MPs showed up, depriving the meeting of quorum
12 August 2021
Banque du Liban has released a statement reaffirming its highly controversial decision to halt fuel subsidies. BDL Gov. Riad Salameh is scheduled to meet with President Michel Aoun at noon
12 August 2021
About 200 protesters have closed the road leading from Verdun to UNESCO Palace, the site of today’s scheduled Parliament session
12 August 2021
A small group of protesters has gathered near UNESCO Palace, the site of today’s Parliament session, amid a heavy security presence. Last night, a group of men beat protesters and photographers in the area
12 August 2021
Michel Aoun said he has summoned BDL chief Riad Salameh after the central bank’s announcement last night that it will end fuel subsidies. Salameh had reportedly informed officials, including the president, of the decision during a Higher Defense Council meeting yesterday
12 August 2021
Fuel subsidies ended, violence mars already doubtful Parliament session: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Banque du Liban announced late yesterday that it will no longer subsidize fuel imports . In a statement, Lebanon’s central bank...
