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And then, gunfire rang out: Tayyouneh’s residents recount a dark and deadly day

BEIRUT — The streets of Tayyouneh were quiet on Friday morning, the day after a heated street battle with sectarian overtones erupted here, resulting in at least seven deaths and more than 30...

Richard SALAME, 15 October 2021

Hachem Saffiedine, the head of Hezbollah’s executive council, described the clashes at Tayyouneh as the Lebanese Forces’ attempt to incite “a new civil war” and called for legal action against the perpetrators during the funeral of three of the victims, L'Orient-Le Jour reports

15 October 2021

Funerals take place for the victims of yesterday’s deadly clashes

BEIRUT — The funerals of the victims of Thursday’s violent clashes in Beirut’s Tayyouneh area took place throughout the day Friday with hundreds of mourners from Hezbollah and Amal in attendance....

Abbas Mahfouz, 15 October 2021

Lebanon has registered 510 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Seven people have died, raising the death toll to 8,413

15 October 2021

Former premiers Fouad Siniora, Saad Hariri and Tamam Salam issued a statement mourning the victims of yesterday’s violence in Tayyouneh, which they described as an attempt to distract the Lebanese from “what would save them from their tragedies,” the NNA reports

15 October 2021

What can Lebanon’s opposition learn from the Iraqi elections?

Voting is a means to an end, not an end in itself. It can catalyze and then bolster the legitimacy of a political transition, just as it can serve as an instrument to reinforce or even rehabilitate...

Anthony SAMRANI, 15 October 2021

Independents dominated the American University of Beirut student elections Thursday, with the Secular Club and the student group Change Starts Here winning 18 of 20 possible seats. Lists affiliated with Hezbollah and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party won the other two seats

15 October 2021

Beirut violence: Who was involved?

BEIRUT — At least seven people were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday when violence erupted during a protest staged in front of the Justice Palace in the Lebanese capital, Beirut....

15 October 2021

Lebanon on edge after deadly sectarian flare-up

BEIRUT — Lebanon prepared to bury the victims of its deadliest sectarian unrest in years on Friday after gunfire gripped Beirut for hours and revived the ghosts of the Civil War. At least seven...

15 October 2021

A dispute between two families in Halba, Akkar, yesterday evening over a parking space escalated into gunfire and left two people mildly injured, while one of the family’s homes was set on fire, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. The two people were taken to a local hospital for treatment

15 October 2021

The price of a domestic gas tank has risen to LL220,200 — a 13.7 percent increase since the beginning of the week — the Energy Ministry has announced

15 October 2021

Another person has died as a result of injuries sustained during yesterday’s shooting in Beirut’s Tayyouneh area, a Bahman Hospital emergency room staffer confirmed to L’Orient Today. This raises the total death toll to at least seven

15 October 2021

The bodies of two men who were on board a plane that crashed off Lebanon’s coast on Wednesday have been found, Samir Yazbek, who heads the Civil Defense’s marine rescue unit, told L’Orient Today. The plane was also found, and a team is working to remove it from the sea, he added

15 October 2021

Deadly Tayyouneh shooting, US support to army, 2019 uprising anniversary: Everything you need to know today

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. At least six people were killed and more than 30 others wounded after shooting erupted in Beirut’s Tayyouneh area during a...

15 October 2021