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The Free Patriotic Movement has condemned as a “horrific crime” today’s events in Tayyouneh, describing the incident as an armed attack on people expressing their views. The statement goes on to make clear that the FPM does not agree with these views and supports the port probe
14 October 2021
All public administrations, institutions, municipalities, and public and private schools will be closed tomorrow “to mourn the souls of the martyrs who died in today’s events,” Prime Minister Najib Mikati has announced in a statement
14 October 2021
The Lebanese Army has made nine arrests in connection with today’s “exchange of gunfire” in Tayyouneh, it said in a statement. The statement adds that the detained individuals are “from both sides” and include one Syrian national. The army remains deployed in the Tayyouneh area
14 October 2021
Kuwait has asked its citizens to leave Lebanon and told those who are planning on traveling there to delay their journeys. In its statement, the country’s Foreign Ministry advised those unable to leave to remain at their residences as much as possible and avoid areas experiencing security tensions
14 October 2021
Speaking after today’s clashes at Tayyouneh, President Michel Aoun asked political parties to express themselves through the government rather than on the streets. He added that authorities will investigate the incident, saying, “We will not let what happened today happen again”
14 October 2021
In a second statement issued this afternoon, the Lebanese Forces “totally and completely” denies accusations from Amal’s and Hezbollah’s leadership that its members opened fire on demonstrators in Tayyouneh earlier today
14 October 2021
The United States will offer an additional $67 million to support the Lebanese Army, US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland announced in a news conference in Beirut after meeting separately with Premier Najib Mikati, President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri
14 October 2021
Judge Tarek Bitar: ‘Upright,’ ‘incorruptible’ and arguably Lebanon’s most exposed man
BEIRUT — Tarek Bitar, the young and discreet judge investigating last year’s devastating Beirut port explosion, is arguably the most exposed man in the country. By daring...
14 October 2021
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has denounced the violence that erupted in the Tayyouneh area today during a protest “called by Hezbollah.” In his statement, Geagea blamed the escalation on “uncontrolled and widespread weapons that threaten citizens at all times and places”
14 October 2021
The leaders of Amal and Hezbollah have issued a statement explicitly saying members of the Lebanese Forces positioned on rooftops near Tayyouneh opened fire on people on the ground below. The statement also asks security forces to arrest “known shooters” and restore calm
14 October 2021
Volunteers from emergency response services are evacuating elderly people from the Tayyouneh area after fighting reignited, the NNA reports
14 October 2021
A sixth death has been confirmed as a result of today’s clashes in Tayyouneh, the Lebanese Red Cross reports via its Twitter account
14 October 2021
Lebanon has registered 629 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Six people have died, raising the death toll to 8,406
14 October 2021
Five people have been killed in ongoing clashes at Tayyouneh, the Lebanese Red Cross says in a statement on Twitter. At least 30 people have been injured, it adds
14 October 2021
The death toll from the shooting has now climbed to at least three, while 13 others are being treated for injuries, a Sahel General Hospital representative told L’Orient Today
14 October 2021
At least six dead, 30 injured after gunfire erupts as Hezbollah and Amal stage protest against Bitar
BEIRUT — At least six people died and more than 30 others were injured after shooting broke out during a protest organized by political parties that have criticized lead Beirut port blast...
Tala Ramadan, 14 October 2021
The Lebanese Army has issued a statement warning that it will open fire on any armed individuals in the streets and has requested civilians to evacuate streets in the Tayyouneh area
14 October 2021
At least one person has died from gunshot wounds sustained during the incident, while at least nine others were severely injured, a spokesperson for Sahel General Hospital told L’Orient Today
14 October 2021
At least four people were injured, one of whom severely, during shootings that erupted in the Tayyouneh area of Beirut amid the protest, a spokesperson from the Al Resalah ambulance service on the scene told L’Orient Today
14 October 2021
Court of Cassation dismisses case against Beirut blast judge, allowing probe to resume
BEIRUT — A Lebanese court on Thursday dismissed a legal complaint brought against the lead investigator of last year’s Beirut port blast probe, allowing him to resume work, court documents...
14 October 2021
Gunshots could be heard from several Beirut neighborhoods as hundreds of Hezbollah and Amal Movement supporters gathered near the Justice Palace in a protest planned to denounce what a Hezbollah spokesperson previously called the 2020 port blast probe’s politicization
14 October 2021
Soldiers are increasingly deserting the Lebanese Army
Before Rami decided to abandon his military duties, he did not hide from his family and friends that the conditions of his service were becoming untenable. “It’s been a while now since our...
Mohammad YASSINE, 14 October 2021
The Court of Cassation has rejected requests from MPs Ghazi Zeaiter and Ali Hassan Khalil to remove Judge Tarek Bitar from the 2020 port blast investigation, allowing proceedings to resume, court documents show
14 October 2021
Hezbollah and Amal protest blast probe, lira in freefall, training plane crash: What to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Hezbollah and the Amal Movement have called on their supporters to protest near the Justice Palace today at 11 a.m. “to demand...
