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Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab's office has announced Monday as a national mourning day for those who were killed in the early hours of this morning when a fuel truck exploded in Akkar
15 August 2021
An army intelligence patrol has arrested in Tripoli the owner of the land on which a fuel tanker exploded early this morning in Akkar, killing at least 28 people, the army announced in a statement
15 August 2021
Demonstrators have stormed the Beirut house of MP Tarek Merhebi (Future/Akkar) to protest the circumstances surrounding a fuel truck explosion in Akkar this morning that killed 28 people. Videos circulating on social media show an assault rifle lying in Merhebi’s living room
15 August 2021
Four arrested after protesters attempt to storm Mikati’s Beirut residence
BEIRUT — Protesters gathered outside the Beirut residence of Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati amid a heavy security forces deployment Sunday evening. Earlier in the evening, security forces...
15 August 2021
Lebanon has registered 1,515 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Four more people have died, raising the death toll to 7,976
15 August 2021
Army seizes more than 300,000 liters of diesel and gasoline in the Ras Baalbeck area
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army on Sunday continued operations launched the day before to seize illegal stocks of hoarded fuel and ensure gas stations sell their reserves to customers at the official...
15 August 2021
AUB Medical Center has secured enough diesel to run its generators for the next five days, a source at the hospital told L’Orient Today. Yesterday, AUBMC issued a stark statement, warning that if it did not get diesel by Monday dozens of patients at the hospital would die
15 August 2021
Burns, tears as Beirut medics treat fuel blast victims
BEIRUT — Anger and grief collided in a crowded Beirut hospital Sunday as relatives of burn victims from a fuel tanker explosion in north Lebanon waited breathlessly for news of loved ones. ...
15 August 2021
Tragic fuel crisis culmination kills 28, lays bare overstretched health sector
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s worsening fuel crisis came to a tragic — and perhaps inevitable — climax Sunday, when a tanker holding tens of thousands of liters of illegally stored fuel that had been...
Abby Sewell, 15 August 2021
EDL says it has lost control of eight transformers
BEIRUT —The state power utility has announced that it has lost control of eight transformers after residents across the country hijacked its infrastructure. Here’s what we know: •...
15 August 2021
Kuwait is sending a plane to evacuate 4-6 of the people severely injured in the Akkar fuel truck explosion, while Jordan is also prepared to provide assistance with treating the injured, caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan has announced
15 August 2021
So far 10 people injured in the Akkar explosion have been transported to the burn unit at the Lebanese Hospital Geitawi in Beirut, Sister Hadia Abi Cheblithe, a member of the hospital’s board, tells L’Orient Today, adding that they expect a further 12 victims to arrive shortly
15 August 2021
Following today’s explosion, the president’s son-in-law and FPM leader MP Gebran Bassil tweeted that Akkar “should be declared a military zone to protect its security and its people.” Bassil called on the caretaker government to convene to make a decision on this matter
15 August 2021
During the Higher Defense Council meeting, Aoun called on the judiciary to investigate the cause of the fuel truck explosion in Akkar and prosecute those responsible. The president asked that the tragedy “not be politicized” and called for “solidarity in these difficult moments”
15 August 2021
A Higher Defense Council meeting chaired by President Michel Aoun to discuss the explosion in the town of Tleil in Akkar is underway. The meeting started with a minute of silence for those who were killed, the president's office said
15 August 2021
General Federation of Lebanese Trade Unions head Maroun al-Khouli has called on the caretaker cabinet to hold an emergency meeting to hand over control of the fuel sector to the army. Twenty people were killed and 79 injured when a gasoline truck exploded in Akkar overnight
15 August 2021
Death toll rises to 28 in Akkar fuel truck explosion: Health Ministry
BEIRUT — Dozens are dead and injured after a gasoline tanker exploded in the town of Tleil in Akkar early Sunday morning. Here’s what we know: • Twenty-eight people were...
