555 cases of Hepatitis A recorded so far in 2022: Health Ministry
BEIRUT — The Health Ministry announced in a report on Tuesday that Lebanon has recorded 555 Hepatitis A cases since the beginning of 2022. Here’s what we know: • In a statement...
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Multiple unsuccessful parliamentary elections candidates formally appeal polls' results
BEIRUT — Multiple unsuccessful candidates in the 2022 parliamentary elections, including Elie Charbachi (Beirut I) and former MP Faisal Karami, (North II) filed appeals to the Constitutional...
Wael Taleb, 14 June 2022
Probe into Lebanon's central bank head in limbo after judge requests recusal
BEIRUT — A high-profile corruption probe into Lebanon's central bank governor is in limbo after being assigned to a judge who then declined to take on the case, two people familiar with the matter...
Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam, 14 June 2022
Lebanon has registered 261 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. One person has died, raising the death toll to 10,447
14 June 2022
Ramy Finge: the quiet workhorse of Tripoli
BEIRUT — When the votes were tallied after the May 15 elections, a number of opposition candidates who had captured the spotlight during the campaign season had secured seats in the new Parliament....
Mohamad El Chamaa, 14 June 2022
Hochstein calls for 'compromise' around 'a creative idea'
BEIRUT — The US mediator for the Lebanese-Israeli maritime border negotiations, Amos Hochstein, said Tuesday that what is needed in the negotiations is “a creative idea” that both sides can...
14 June 2022
Berri tells Hochstein Israel's activity in Karish gas field 'disrupts peace in the region'
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Tuesday in a meeting with the US mediator for the Lebanese-Israeli maritime borders negotiations Amos Hochstein in Ain al-Tineh that what is...
14 June 2022
Preliminary results from AUB survey show households' dire economic condition
BEIRUT — A preliminary report of survey results collected by researchers at the American University of Beirut shows the dire economic straits facing Lebanese families in detail. The survey...
14 June 2022
Preparations underway for relaunch of Housing Bank real estate, home restoration and solar panel loans
BEIRUT — Chairman and general manager of the state-owned Housing Bank Antoine Habib and caretaker Finance Minister Youssef Khalil met Tuesday to prepare for the relaunching of real estate, home...
Ghadir Hamadi, 14 June 2022
Lebanon bans Pixar movie over same-sex kiss
BEIRUT — Lebanon won’t be screening Walt Disney’s new Pixar movie “Lightyear” over a same-sex kiss, according to Reuters. Lebanon joins at least 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries in its...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 14 June 2022
Beirut International Airport's duty-free stores: five years later, the Council of State cancels the contract
Jean Ellieh, the Tender Board’s director, is holding a press conference this Thursday to “defend himself and the Tender Board and set the record straight.” Following a complaint filed a little...
Fouad Gemayel, 14 June 2022
Palestinians protest for UNRWA to push for right of return
BEIRUT — Dozens of Palestinians protested Tuesday in front of Movenpick hotel in Beirut, to call on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, to "assume its...
14 June 2022
Aoun says he has responded to Hochstein's maritime border proposal
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun said Tuesday that he responded to the proposal by US mediator for the Lebanese-Israeli maritime border negotiations, Amos Hochstein, in relation to the border...
14 June 2022
Caretaker Foreign Minister says "no serious indicators" of war with Israel, despite tensions over maritime disputes
BEIRUT — Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said yesterday that there were "no serious indicators" of the possibility of a war with Israel, despite threats exchanged in recent days after...
14 June 2022
Hochstein meets with government officials, including President Michel Aoun, and is set to meet opposition MPs later today
BEIRUT — U.S. maritime mediator Amos Hochstein, who arrived Monday afternoon in Beirut to discuss the maritime border dispute with Israel, was received Tuesday by several Lebanese officials,...
14 June 2022
Lebanese lira loses eight percent of its value as central bank tightens Sayrafa requirements
The Lebanese lira lost eight percent of its value in less than 48 hours, trading below LL30,000 to the US dollar, after the central bank tightened requirements on Sayrafa transactions today....
Kabalan Farah, 14 June 2022
UPDATE: Two dead in yesterday's Nabatieh gunfight
BEIRUT — After a brawl between members of the Qanso and Qubaisi families left two dead, tension mounted Monday evening in Doueir, near Nabatieh in South Lebanon, where several properties belonging...
14 June 2022
New fuel prices: 20 liters of 95 and 98-octane gasoline increased by LL12,000, reaching LL686,000 and LL697,000. 20 liters of diesel now cost LL708,000, up LL25,000. A cylinder of household gas now costs LL353,000, down by LL5,000
14 June 2022
Maritime mediator arrives, hepatitis outbreak on the rise, judge withdraws from Riad Salameh investigation: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The US Mediator in the maritime border dispute with Israel arrived in Lebanon yesterday. Amos Hochstein met with General...
