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Ogero tweeted that its services, which include internet and landline telecommunications, have been cut in Khaldeh and Beiteddine due to overloaded generators. A maintenance team is working to resolve the issue, the state-owned company said
15 June 2021
Hariri and Bassil, for better or for worse
Gazing at the camera with a smirk on his face, then-Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil appeared proud as a peacock as he straddled the orange motorbike of then-Prime Minister Saad Hariri. The 2015...
Mounir RABIH, 15 June 2021
Lebanon has registered 170 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Three more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,804
15 June 2021
The customs office at Beirut’s airport has seized some 250,000 captagon pills, hidden inside electric water pumps, allegedly intended to be smuggled to Saudi Arabia on June 1, the ISF said, adding that three main smugglers involved in the operation were arrested last Tuesday
15 June 2021
The Lebanese Army said it received 305 tons of food aid from the Egyptian Armed Forces this morning. Army members' salaries have fallen significantly since late 2019 as the lira has lost more than 90 percent of its worth, forcing many of them to take side jobs
15 June 2021
Rights groups call for UN probe into Beirut port blast
BEIRUT — Rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for a United Nations investigation into last year’s port blast in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, in light...
15 June 2021
The gas station owners’ syndicate has issued a statement asking stations to open a special queue for public transport vehicles. Due to limited fuel supplies, drivers are currently forced to wait in line for gas, sometimes for hours
15 June 2021
More than 50 Lebanese and international rights groups have signed onto a letter urging the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigation into the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion. Human Rights Watch said it documented "a range of systemic flaws in the domestic investigation"
15 June 2021
BDL is rejecting requests for foods that are typically subsidized, the head of the foodstuffs importers' syndicate, Hani Bohsali, told L'Orient Today, adding that this hints at an effective, if not official, end to subsidies on foodstuffs
15 June 2021
The head of the petroleum importers' association, George Fayad, told VDL radio (93.3) that 20 liters of gasoline would cost about LL200,000 if fuel subsidies end — or about five times as much as the current price of about LL42,000
15 June 2021
Lira hits record low, BDL approves fuel payments, judicial independence bill: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The lira fell to a new record low against the dollar, as economic grievances sparked small-scale protests in some areas. The...
