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Lebanese Army head says situation worsening, urges need for chaos prevention

BEIRUT — The head of the Lebanese Army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, said on Friday that the situation in the country was worsening and would further escalate as a financial crisis stokes political and...

16 July 2021

French antigraft judges probe BDL Gov. Riad Salameh

PARIS — French anticorruption judges have taken over the probe into the personal wealth of Lebanon’s central bank chief, prosecutors said on Friday, raising the likelihood that he may face money...

16 July 2021

Lebanon should install a supervisory commission in the runup to the 2022 parliamentary elections to “ensure a level playing field” in times of crisis, the head of the EU’s election observation mission said on Friday following a meeting with Lebanese officials

16 July 2021

Lebanon has registered 577 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. One person has died, raising the death toll to 7,883

16 July 2021

Protesters have blocked thoroughfares and main intersections across the country as the lira’s value plummeted to record lows following Saad Hariri's resignation, including Nejmeh Square in Saida, Nour Square in Tripoli and Corniche al-Mazraa and the Cola roundabout in Beirut

16 July 2021

At least 30 protesters have been wounded in clashes that erupted on Friday between the Lebanese Army and demonstrators in Tripoli’s Jabal Mohsen area, the Lebanese Red Cross told L’Orient Le Jour.

BEIRUT – At least 30 protesters have been wounded in clashes that erupted on Friday between the Lebanese Army and demonstrators in Tripoli’s Jabal Mohsen area, the Lebanese Red Cross told L’Orient...

Ghada Alsharif, 16 July 2021

BDL’s latest interim balance sheet shows an additional LL463.9 billion in circulation since July 1, bringing the total to LL40.8 trillion. Meanwhile, the bank’s foreign assets, which mainly represent its reserves, have fallen by about $281 million over the same period

16 July 2021

Clashes have erupted between protesters and the Lebanese Army in Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen neighborhood. Videos circulating show the army launching tear gas into crowds of demonstrators. The Lebanese Red Cross tweeted that it transported five wounded protesters to local hospitals

16 July 2021

Lebanon in freefall as France announces aid conference

BEIRUT — Lebanon faced yet more misery on Friday after the failure of former Premier-designate Saad Hariri to establish a government, and as France prepares to host an aid conference on the first...

16 July 2021

Health Ministry announces partial end to drug subsidies

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Health Ministry on Friday released a list of more than 1,500 imported and locally manufactured medicines that will no longer be fully subsidized, adding additional pressure to a...

Ghada Alsharif, 16 July 2021

Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan has announced that subsidies will be lifted from many medications currently priced at less than $8 on the official exchange rate

16 July 2021

Exchangers are selling cash US dollars at LL24,000 today, marking the steepest 24-hour decline in the national currency’s nominal value since the start of the crisis in 2019. The dollar was trading just below LL20,000 yesterday before Saad Hariri stepped down as premier-designate

16 July 2021

French President Emanuel Macron and the United Nations will hold an “international conference to support the Lebanese people” on Aug. 4, the one-year anniversary of the Beirut port explosion, France’s Foreign Ministry has announced

16 July 2021

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Saad Hariri’s stepping down as premier-designate is a “disappointing development,” adding that Lebanon’s “political leaders have squandered the last nine months.” He called for the urgent formation of a government to implement reforms

16 July 2021

Hariri bows out, sharp lira drop expected, pharmacists resume strike: Everything you need to know today

Want to get the Morning Brief by email. Click here to sign up . Saad Hariri gave up the role of prime minister-designate yesterday after nearly nine months of failing to agree with President...

16 July 2021