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Bassil says FPM will file complaint about electoral law Wednesday
Beirut — The head of the Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil said on Tuesday that his party is going to file a complaint on Wednesday before the Constitutional Council about the latest amendments...
16 November 2021
UK advises against all ‘non-essential’ to Lebanon
BEIRUT — Britain advised against all “non-essential” travel to Lebanon on Tuesday due to the “ongoing instability” in the country, which has been suffering from a severe socioeconomic crisis for...
16 November 2021
Kuwait bans dozens of Lebanese citizens from renewing their residencies: Al-Qabas
BEIRUT — The Kuwaiti National Security Bureau has compiled a list of 100 foreign residents in the country who are banned from renewing their residency permits — the majority of them Lebanese, the...
16 November 2021
UNICEF has delivered 97 tons of urgently needed medical supplies to the Lebanese health sector, it announced in a statement. This donation was almost entirely funded by the US government, which contributed $1 million, a US Embassy spokesperson told L'Orient Today
16 November 2021
Army deploys to reopen roads in Khaldeh
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army deployed heavily Tuesday afternoon to reopen roads in the Khaldeh area south of Beirut after they were blocked, reportedly by Sunni tribesmen, the state-run National News...
16 November 2021
Lebanon has registered 1,102 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Eight more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,596
16 November 2021
Economy Minister Amin Salam evoked after the first in a series of virtual conferences to be held with the Lebanese Embassy in Moscow the importance of favoring trade relations between Lebanon and Russia and cooperating in banking and investment, the NNA reports
16 November 2021
The Lebanese Army announced on Twitter that it has received a donation of five tons of food products from Czech Republic. This is the second food donation to the army in a month from the European country
16 November 2021
Egyptian Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla announced from a conference on petroleum and gas in Abu Dhabi that his country will begin to export 1.7 to 1.84 million cubic meters of natural gas to Lebanon by "the start of the next year" at the latest
16 November 2021
Fires break out in Akkar, the Bekaa
BEIRUT — Wildfires erupted on Tuesday in both Akkar and the Bekaa, scorching large green areas and marking the fourth consecutive day of forest fires breaking out in assorted locations around the...
16 November 2021
The Association of Parents of Students Abroad said in a statement that a law criminalizing banks' non-conformance with the student dollar law had been agreed on with the parliamentary education committee head MP Bahia Hariri, the NNA reports
16 November 2021
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said after a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart that he came to Beirut to invite Prime Minister Najib Mikati to Turkey. He added that Turkey is ready to help solve the ongoing diplomatic rift between Lebanon and Gulf countries
16 November 2021
Wednesday’s scheduled Parliament committee session to discuss proposals for a capital control law has been canceled, according to a media spokesperson at Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s Ain al-Tineh residence. She did not give a reason for the cancelation
16 November 2021
Recognition of our fight for quality
Pride and emotion. These are probably the two words that best describe what we all feel today within this group. On Monday evening, our journalist Caroline Hayek was awarded the Albert Londres...
16 November 2021
Our reporter Caroline Hayek, winner of the Albert Londres Prize: This prize is for the Lebanese, the Syrians and L'Orient-Le Jour.
"This Albert Londres Prize is the result of the meeting between a tragic and singular event, the explosion of the port of Beirut, and a great talent, that of Caroline Hayek." These words spoken...
16 November 2021
Prime Minister Najib Mikati from the Grand Serail called on "all parties involved in the government to cooperate" so it can get back to work and "solve as many problems as possible." Mikati also reiterated the need for Lebanon to preserve relations with Gulf countries
16 November 2021
Turkish foreign minister says Lebanon 'will emerge stronger from this crisis'
BEIRUT - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who arrived in Beirut on Monday, asserted during his visit to meet with Lebanese officials that “the country [Lebanon] will emerge stronger from...
16 November 2021
For Hezbollah, the time of compromise is over
Hezbollah believes it has embarked on a new chapter in which “there is no more room” for compromise,” according to several party officials who spoke to L’Orient-Le Jour . The party’s behavior over...
Mounir RABIH, 16 November 2021
The official Energy Ministry-set prices of 20 liters of 95-octane and 98-octane gasoline have decreased by LL2,200 to LL308,600 and by LL1,400 to LL318,200 respectively. However, diesel increased by LL5,200 to LL316,200 and cooking gas by LL5,700 to LL271,700 per cylinder
16 November 2021
Doctor Geagea and Mister Samir
The sky was cloud-covered over Ghodreis, where Samir Geagea resided, on April 21, 1994, although it was springtime. An army unit was there looking for the Lebanese Forces leader in order to take...
Antoine AJOURY , 16 November 2021
Man-made wildfires, third country investigates Salameh, capital control law discussion: All you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Environment Minister Nasser Yassin said yesterday that the wildfires that began over the weekend “are of human origin” and...
16 November 2021
Berri is preparing to pull a rabbit out of his hat
More than a month after the cabinet, led by Najib Mikati, was induced into a coma, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri will reportedly announce in the coming days an initiative designed to resume...
