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Lebanon has registered 1,498 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Five more people have died, raising the death toll to 7,972
14 August 2021
The army has seized some 78,500 liters of gasoline from two stations in Bekaa — one in Dahr al-Baidar and one in Bwarej. It also confiscated 57,000 liters of diesel from a station in Lala, Western Bekaa. The fuel will be distributed at the official price, it added in a tweet
14 August 2021
An unpublicized meeting took place between Mikati and Aoun this afternoon
BEIRUT — An unpublicized meeting took place Saturday between Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati and President Michel Aoun, L’Orient-Le Jour ’s political correspondent reported. Here’s...
14 August 2021
Lebanese Army deploys at pumps as bank chief firm on ending fuel subsidies
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s army Saturday raided gas stations and seized petrol to curb hoarding as the central bank chief stood firm on his decision to halt fuel subsidies. Lebanon...
14 August 2021
AUB Medical Center says 40 adults and 15 children on respirators will die when the electricity cuts Monday unless authorities enable it to acquire diesel for its generators
BEIRUT — The American University of Beirut Medical Center issued a statement Saturday warning that if it does not receive diesel by Monday to keep its generators running, patients at the hospital...
14 August 2021
BDL, Energy Ministry agree that fuel stocks in the country should be sold at the LL3,900 exchange rate
BEIRUT —Banque du Liban and the Energy Ministry reached an agreement on Saturday that could alleviate, for a few days at least, the fuel crisis, which has led to roadblocks across the country as...
14 August 2021
Residents of Ali al-Nahri in the Bekaa told our sister publication L’Orient-Le Jour that army intelligence services arrested a young man in the village this morning for protesting a Hezbollah MP’s visit to the locality yesterday evening
14 August 2021
Protesters block highways across Lebanon
BEIRUT — Angry demonstrators cut several highways across Lebanon on Saturday morning, protesting fuel shortages. Meanwhile, hourslong lines again stretched in front of gas stations, with people...
14 August 2021
Nobody running Lebanon, says central bank boss
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s central bank governor said nobody was running the country as he defended his decision to halt fuel subsidies that have drained currency reserves, saying the government could...
14 August 2021
Salameh also tells Radio Liban Libre that depositors who withdraw dollars from the bank at a depreciated rate “are receiving their funds below its value, it’s correct, but that’s their choice, they are deciding to do so [receive a haircut]”
14 August 2021
‘I work in hell’: Public transit workers and riders live at the mercy of BDL’s fuel subsidy decisions
BEIRUT — “I work in hell,” said Abou Kareem, who shuttles an old and dented Honda with a broken air conditioner around Beirut every day. The 50-year-old taxi driver does not make enough money to...
