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Iranian diesel to arrive in Bekaa on Thursday, with at least three more shipments to follow, Nasrallah says

BEIRUT — Iranian diesel is expected to begin arriving in the Bekaa Valley on Thursday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech Monday evening — the first of several scheduled...

Richard SALAME, 13 September 2021

Nasrallah also announced that Hezbollah would donate diesel for a month to institutions including governmental hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, special needs centers, the Civil Defense and the Lebanese Red Cross

13 September 2021

In a speech Monday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah confirmed that an Iranian fuel ship had reached the port in Baniyas, Syria, and begun offloading. The fuel will be transported overland to Baalbeck on Thursday, enabling Lebanon to avoid sanctions, he said

13 September 2021

Lebanon has registered 484 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Ten more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,202

13 September 2021

How was the Mikati government born?

Everything happened behind the scenes, as has always been the case in Lebanon. Right up to the day it saw the light on Friday, Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s cabinet had been the subject of several...

Mounir RABIH, 13 September 2021

Seven people, including a dentist and a nurse, were injured after a generator exploded inside a doctor's clinic in the southern city of Sur, the NNA reports. Civil Defense intervened to put out the fire

13 September 2021

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon scheduled a five-day public hearing, starting Oct. 4, based on a prosecutor’s appeal of the verdict in the case of the 2005 explosion that killed former Premier Rafik Hariri and injured more than 200 others. Three of the four defendants in the case were acquitted

13 September 2021

The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice program has announced a $7 million reward for information on Talal Hamiye, a senior Hezbollah security official accused of heading up for party operations around the world

13 September 2021

Lawyers are expected to return to the courts imminently, but the rule of law remains negatively affected

Justice in Lebanon is not doing well at all. The political authority’s influence in the domain is rampant; its two pillars, i.e. , the judiciary and the lawyers, remain in conflict; and the...

Claude ASSAF, 13 September 2021

Property damage at Foreign Ministry following dispute between outgoing Minister Zeina Akar and ministry’s secretary-general

BEIRUT — A dispute at the Foreign Ministry on Monday involving Zeina Akar , who served as foreign affairs minister, defense minister and deputy premier in the outgoing cabinet, caused property...

Tala Ramadan, 13 September 2021

Incoming Energy Minister Walid Fayad has confirmed in a statement a dispute with his former employer Booz Allen Hamilton and noted that mediation led to a “satisfactory settlement” for all parties. The statement also denies unspecified “baseless rumors” circulated about the case

13 September 2021

Lebanon’s hospital sector calls on the international community to come to its aid

Lebanon’s private hospital sector has decided to turn to the international community for help in a bid to save its health mission and ensure its survival For the first time since the start of the...

Fady NOUN, 13 September 2021

Winter of challenges lies ahead, Mikati warns as he gets to work

BEIRUT — Ahead of the new government’s first meeting, Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday said that his cabinet is ready to deal with urgent issues, such as the array of essential goods...

13 September 2021

Small-scale initiatives step in to overcome medicines shortages, but their sustainability is questionable

BEIRUT — For a whole month, Sami, a hypertension patient who also has high blood sugar levels, did not take any of the medications his doctor prescribed — he simply could not find them. He drove to...

Rana Tabbara, 13 September 2021

Order of Physicians head Charaf Abou Charaf has told L’Orient Today that with gasoline shortages preventing doctors in several regions from attending their workplaces, officials must “assume responsibility and give priority to the health care staff in all gas stations”

13 September 2021

Lebanon to receive $1.135 billion in exchange for Special Drawing Rights from the IMF: Finance Ministry

BEIRUT – Lebanon is set to receive $1.135 billion in exchange for Special Drawing Rights from the International Monetary Fund, a Finance Ministry spokesperson told L ’ Orient Today . The...

13 September 2021

A wildfire that broke out yesterday in a forested area of the Akkar village of Rahbeh continues to rage today, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. Residents, the municipality and the Civil Defense are battling the blaze, which has reached the outskirts of the villages of Ilat and Jibrayel

13 September 2021

A Syrian national was arrested by the Lebanese Army on Sunday evening as he attempted to cross the Lebanon-Israel border in Marjayoun, the NNA reports. Several such incidents have been reported in recent months

13 September 2021

Dozens of relatives of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion gathered this morning in front of Karantina fire station, demanding that the investigation into the blast advance — specifically that former army commander Jean Kahwagi appear today for questioning in the case

13 September 2021

New cabinet, gasoline depletion warning, Nasrallah to speak: Everything you need to know this Monday

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The new government formed by Najib Mikati on Friday is preparing to take on the task of rescuing Lebanon from its worst...

13 September 2021