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General Directorate of Civil Status publishes the preliminary voter list for resident and expatriate Lebanese
The General Directorate of Civil Status published the preliminary voter list for Lebanon’s upcoming parliamentary elections today, containing about 3.97 million names. The list also includes...
Richard SALAME, 15 December 2021
Chainsaw massacre in front of Beirut courthouse
A completely unexpected ecological scandal has shaken the Justice Palace in Beirut. Under the guise of pruning their branches, many hundred-year-old trees planted on the court’s grounds were cut...
Claude ASSAF, 15 December 2021
Amid a rush to register for cash assistance programs, lack of documents presents a hurdle for some applicants
BEIRUT — Since registration opened for a pair of long-awaited social assistance programs on Nov. 30, more than 236,000 applications had been submitted as of Wednesday evening, according to data...
Rana Tabbara, 15 December 2021
Lebanon’s crushing crisis prevents more and more Lebanese from maintaining their cars
Lebanon’s crushing crisis prevents more and more Lebanese from maintaining their cars An increasing number of motorists are finding it hard to maintain their vehicles due to prohibitively...
Lyana Alameddine, Souhaib Jawhar and Sarah Abdallah, 15 December 2021
Mawlawi orders deportation of all non-Lebanese members of Bahraini opposition party al-Wifaq
BEIRUT — Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi has sent a letter to the Directorate of General Security requesting that measures be taken to deport from Lebanon all non-Lebanese members of the main...
Wael Taleb, 15 December 2021
Controversy sparked by sexologist Sandrine Atallah’s online video
BEIRUT — While sex education initiatives in the Middle East continue to struggle beneath societal taboos, sexologist Sandrine Atallah had her TikTok account suspended Tuesday after releasing a...
Tala Ramadan, 15 December 2021
Private generators in Saida to shut down Friday, owners announce
BEIRUT — Generator owners in Taamer, Ain al-Hilweh and the surrounding areas, in Saida, announced Wednesday that they will shut down their generators on Friday morning until further notice due to...
15 December 2021
Hamas’ foreign political bureau chief arrives in Beirut
BEIRUT — The head of Hamas’ political bureau for foreign affairs, Khaled Mechaal, arrived in Beirut on Wednesday morning, three days after armed clashes between Palestinian factions left three dead...
15 December 2021
Roads cut in Tripoli after record depreciation of the lira
Here’s what we know: • Demonstrators on Wednesday morning blocked several roads in the city of Tripoli to protest against the depreciation of the local currency, which reached a...
15 December 2021
The lira strengthened 9.50 percent to LL26,500 to the US dollar on the back of another surprise announcement by BDL yesterday
BEIRUT — Following yesterday’s meeting between Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Finance Minister Youssef Khalil and Banque du Liban Gov. Riad Salameh, held at the request of Mikati, to find solutions...
Kabalan Farah, 15 December 2021
Santa closed: in Beirut, crisis snuffs out Christmas spirit
Beirut in December was once a shopping extravaganza, where day-long traffic jams clogged streets decked with flashing Christmas lights and building-sized billboards advertising champagne and...
15 December 2021
Lira continues to tank, hospitals hit 75 percent COVID-19 capacity, alleged free speech arrest: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The Lebanese lira continued its free fall yesterday, hitting an all-time low of LL29,000 to the dollar on the parallel market....
