Lebanon has registered 3,086 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Forty-six more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 5,380 14 March 2021
FPM head Gebran Bassil has called for the implementation of a defense strategy, put on hold for years, and to review the political agreement between his party and Hezbollah. The relationship between the blocs has soured as Lebanon’s collapse accelerates 14 March 2021
A group has called for a protest in Martyrs’ Square in Beirut today to commemorate 2005’s Cedar Revolution, a popular movement initiated by the now-defunct March 14 coalition that successfully pushed for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the country 14 March 2021
Bechara al-Rai once again called for an international conference sponsored by the United Nations to solve Lebanon’s government formation impasse, urging Lebanese officials to put their differences aside and form an “exceptional government that can implement reforms” 14 March 2021
