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Samir Geagea, the head of the Lebanese Forces, did not want to negotiate on the government formation or give confidence, Hariri claimed, adding that he had no communication with Hezbollah
15 July 2021
Hariri also said the Future Movement, the political party he heads and the country’s largest Sunni Muslim party, will not nominate a candidate to succeed him, but that it would vote to give confidence to a cabinet it deemed competent
15 July 2021
A timeline of Lebanon’s collapse
BEIRUT — Lebanon has been mired since late 2019 in a deep economic and financial crisis, exacerbated by a political deadlock that intensified on Thursday when Prime Minister-designate Saad...
15 July 2021
In the Al Jadeed interview, Hariri also suggested he would not have been able to implement reforms with the cabinet Aoun wants, adding that a proper government will be able to collaborate with the International Monetary Fund and work on the next parliamentary elections
15 July 2021
In an interview with Al Jadeed following his resignation, Hariri said Aoun was trying to secure a “blocking third” veto power in the cabinet, and that the president claimed that only a couple of MPs from the FPM, which the president founded, would give Hariri's cabinet confidence
15 July 2021
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian described Hariri’s resignation as “one of the more dramatic episodes in the inability of Lebanese officials to find a way out of the crisis,” saying they must form a government to pull the country out of this “cynical self-destruction”
15 July 2021
Exchangers look to exploit lira’s volatility following Hariri’s resignation
BEIRUT — The lira was thrust into further volatility and uncertainty when the market closed on Thursday following Premier designate Saad Hariri’s resignation, rendering it vulnerable to...
Omar Tamo, 15 July 2021
In a statement on Twitter, the presidency accused Hariri of being unwilling to discuss amendments to his most recent cabinet lineup proposal, adding that now that Hariri has resigned, the president will soon set a date for parliamentary consultations to choose the next premier
15 July 2021
Following Hariri’s resignation, residents blocked roads in several areas of Beirut, including Ras al-Nabeh, Beshara Khoury and Mazraa, as well as in the southern city of Sur and northern Tripoli to protest the political class’ continued failure to form a government
15 July 2021
Lebanon has registered 455 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. One person has died, raising the death toll to 7,882
15 July 2021
Hariri steps down as premier-designate, plunging Lebanon into further chaos
BEIRUT — Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stepped down on Thursday after nearly nine months of failing to form a government with President Michel Aoun, plunging the floundering country...
Ghada Alsharif, 15 July 2021
Saad Hariri has stepped down from his position as premier-designate, after nearly nine months of failing to form a government in coordination with President Michel Aoun
15 July 2021
Premier-designate Saad Hariri has arrived at Baabda Palace for negotiations on a cabinet lineup he presented yesterday to President Michel Aoun. Hariri gave Aoun the lineup, which reportedly consists of 24 ministries, following a meeting on Wednesday
15 July 2021
The pharmacy owners’ syndicate has said that pharmacies will resume their open-ended strike from tomorrow, citing the Health Ministry’s failure to meet its deadline to provide a list of drugs it will continue to subsidize and after “repeated attacks” on pharmacists over shortages
15 July 2021
Lira falls to LL19,900 to the dollar with no plateau for the exchange rate in sight
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira tipped ever closer to LL20,000 to the US dollar Thursday, reaching a new record low of LL19,900 amid uncertainty over government formation and relentless worries over...
Omar Tamo, 15 July 2021
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri will head to Baabda Palace this afternoon to discuss with President Michel Aoun a draft cabinet lineup that the former submitted yesterday, Aoun’s office has announced via Twitter
15 July 2021
Baccalaureate students have blocked the road in front of caretaker Education Minister Tarek Majzoub’s house, demanding the cancelation of the official school-leaving exam. The brevet, the state exam for entering high school, has been canceled this year
15 July 2021
No longer just a battle against illness: Cancer treatment is now a fight that takes on an economic crisis
BEIRUT — As a physician treating Lebanon’s youngest cancer patients, Peter Noun always tries to remain positive. The tagline on the website of Kids First, the association he co-founded in 2005 to...
Emily Lewis, 15 July 2021
The Health Ministry has suspended walk-in vaccination drives due to the high number of people rushing to these events. Walk-in appointments will resume when a plan to better organize such events has been agreed, the ministry said
15 July 2021
Employees of two public hospitals have commenced an open-ended strike
BEIRUT — Employees of two public hospitals that earlier this week warned of their imminent closure if government funding was not forthcoming commenced an open-ended strike Thursday. Both...
Tala Ramadan, 15 July 2021
The body of a man has been found on a beach in Saida, the NNA reports. The body has been transferred to Saida Governmental Hospital for forensic examination to determine cause of death
15 July 2021
Fifteen years later, a look back at the war that transformed Hezbollah
“If only I had known …” Nasrallah said on Aug. 26, 2006, admitting that if he knew that the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers on July 12 the same year would lead to a 33-day full-blown conflict...
Mounir RABIH, 15 July 2021
Hariri submits cabinet lineup, fuel prices rise, period poverty worsens: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email. Click here to sign up . Saad Hariri presented a cabinet lineup to the president amid speculation the premier-designate is considering stepping down if...
