Carlos Ghosn pledges lengthy fight to clear his name
BEIRUT — Fugitive former car executive Carlos Ghosn said on Monday he was prepared for a lengthy process to clear his name with French authorities, and vowed to challenge an Interpol warrant...
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Protesters have blocked the Pistachio roundabout in Mina, Tripoli, with burning tires and dumpsters in protest against deteriorating living conditions and shortages of basic necessities, the NNA reports. Another group protested in front of MPs’ houses, calling on them to resign
14 June 2021
The Economy Ministry’s Consumer Protection Directorate says it has fined several gas stations for refusing to sell fuel despite having it in stock
14 June 2021
Demonstrators have blocked Elia Square in Saida with burning tires in protest against deteriorating living conditions and the rise of the dollar price, the NNA reports
14 June 2021
For Hariri, resigning is once again on the table
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who is expected to meet soon with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, will try to save his initiative as the political paralysis persists amid conflicting reports...
Jeanine JALKH, 14 June 2021
Lebanon has registered 45 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Three more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,801
14 June 2021
How the economic crisis exposed weaknesses in Électricité de Zahlé’s model
ZAHLE — For years, Électricité de Zahlé has been touted as a rare success story in Lebanon’s energy sector. Even now, amid a spiraling currency crisis and fuel shortages, while residents...
Abby Sewell, 14 June 2021
Lira crashes to new record low as fuel shortages roil Lebanon
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira broke a new record Monday, depreciating to LL15,500 against the US dollar, as fuel shortages continued to plague the country, causing long lines at gas stations and...
14 June 2021
The army said it arrested 10 Lebanese and three Syrians in the Bekaa and north Lebanon from Friday to Sunday, seizing 40,000 liters of diesel and 3,000 liters of gasoline, as well as flour and tobacco. The goods were allegedly being smuggled to Syria
14 June 2021
Fuel importers have issued a joint statement saying that gas stations will receive 12 million liters of petrol today and that they are following up with BDL for a more sustainable solution to countrywide fuel shortages that have clogged roads and caused havoc in recent weeks
14 June 2021
President Michel Aoun has told an American mediator of the Lebanese-Israeli maritime border negotiations that he wants the talks to resume, a statement from his office reports. The talks reportedly stalled in May after Lebanon rejected preconditions set by the mediator
14 June 2021
The price for buying and selling US dollars on the parallel market has hit an all-time low — about LL15,400 compared with a previous low of LL15,300. The lira has lost 15 percent of its value since the start of June alone
14 June 2021
Lebanon's top prosecutor, Ghassan Oueidat, has issued a circular stating that businesses that hoard subsidized medical supplies, medical equipment and baby formula will be prosecuted
14 June 2021
Planes, trains and boxes: Carlos Ghosn’s audacious escape
TOKYO — Carlos Ghosn’s 2019 escape from Japan, where he was awaiting trial, was virtually made for Hollywood, complete with private jets, a former special forces operative and a giant case to hide...
14 June 2021
Gas stations are receiving fuel after ships that arrived in Lebanon last week but were awaiting payment from BDL were paid, the head of the fuel distributors' syndicate, Fadi Abou Chakra, told L'Orient Today. He added that this is only a temporary solution to recent gas shortages
14 June 2021
General Security inspected gas stations in southern Lebanon to ensure they are selling rather than hoarding gas, the NNA reports. Last week, BDL blamed fuel shortages on hoarding by station owners, while the owners claim BDL is failing to pay out invoices for subsidized imports
14 June 2021
Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan told Al Jadeed that walk-in vaccine "marathons" will continue to take place every week. This past weekend's marathon saw a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered to more than 45,000 residents
14 June 2021
Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh said subsidies would be maintained on chronic disease medications and wheat, the head of Parliament's Health Committee, MP Assem Araji (Future/Zahle), told VDL (93.3). Pharmacies recently went on strike to protest shortages of drugs and infant milk
14 June 2021
Hariri’s future, lira plunge, conference to fund army: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Saad Hariri met with the highest Sunni authority in Lebanon and a group of former prime ministers amid speculation he may step...
