Lebanon has registered 307 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Eighteen more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,620 16 May 2021
Lebanon’s public sector employees’ union has called for a two-day strike on Tuesday and Wednesday to demand a pay increase on the grounds that the average civil servant’s salary “no longer allows them to meet their basic needs” amid the ongoing economic crisis 16 May 2021
At a Future Movement gathering in the southern border town of Marwahine to show solidarity with the Palestinian people, MP Bahia Hariri (FM/Saida) denounced “the killing and brutal assault on people in Gaza” and called for the international community to intervene 16 May 2021
A man identified as Khaled Alloush was accidentally killed during an army raid in Akkar aimed at detaining three men accused of killing a soldier, the NNA reports. The three suspects, as well as Alloush’s wife and son, were wounded in the raid, the NNA adds 16 May 2021
Lebanon-Israel truce stalls over withdrawal zones; US plans Hormuz transit levy: Everything you need to know this Tuesday
