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A vote for the FPM is a vote for Hezbollah, Geagea says
BEIRUT – “Whoever votes for the Free Patriotic Movement votes for Hezbollah,” said head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea on Thursday, two months before the legislative elections set for May 15....
17 March 2022
Alfa and Touch stations burgled in North Lebanon
BEIRUT — Two relay and transmitter stations belonging to state telecom providers Alfa and Touch were broken into and robbed between Wednesday night and Thursday in the town of Daher Rmah in North...
17 March 2022
New IMF mission to visit Lebanon 'before the end of the month'
BEIRUT — A new International Monetary Fund mission will visit Lebanon "before the end of March," the body's spokesman announced on Thursday, noting the important work still to be done even if the...
17 March 2022
As elections approach, Saudi Arabia takes an interest in Lebanon once again
No former prime minister will stand for the parliamentary elections, slated for May 15. Future Movement leader and former premier Saad Hariri bowed out of politics. For their part, Tamam Salam,...
Mounir RABIH, 17 March 2022
Central bank governor's brother, Raja Salameh, arrested in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Raja Salameh, the brother of Banque du Liban governor Riad Salameh, is in state custody, having been arrested Thursday on a warrant issued by Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Ghada Aoun, a...
Abby Sewell and Rana Tabbara, 17 March 2022
Aoun meets with new UNIFIL commander
BEIRUT — Lebanese president Michel Aoun had his first meeting with new United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon commander Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz on Thursday at the Presidential Palace in Baabda....
17 March 2022
Judge Aoun freezes all assets of Creditbank, issues travel ban on chairman
BEIRUT — Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun on Thursday issued a travel ban on Creditbank Chairman Tarek Khalife and froze all the bank's assets, including properties and vehicles, as...
17 March 2022
Fuel distributors and transporters announce strike planned for next week
BEIRUT — The syndicate of fuel distributors, transporters and tanker truck owners called for a strike next Tuesday in a statement released today, the state-run National News Agency reported....
17 March 2022
A village bordering Syria has been isolated for 15 days due to snow
BEIRUT — The village of Tfail in Baalbeck, bordering Syria, has been isolated for 15 days because of heavy snowfall that blocked roads leading into it, our correspondent in the area reported....
17 March 2022
Fire in Bekaa Syrian refugee camp leaves child dead and man injured
BEIRUT — A child was killed and a young man injured following a fire that ravaged a Syrian refugee camp in Marj, West Bekaa, Wednesday night, reports our correspondent in the region. Here’s what...
17 March 2022
Tony Saliba resumes his post like nothing happened
It is as if nothing happened on Aug. 4, 2020. Not only is the investigation into the port explosion led by judge Tarek Bitar completely hampered by judicial and political shenanigans, but the...
Salah Hijazi, 17 March 2022
Two grenades thrown in Ain al-Rummaneh overnight
BEIRUT — Two grenades were thrown by unknown assailants overnight Wednesday in Ain al-Rummaneh, outside Beirut, causing only property damage, reports local news outlet el Nashra. Here's...
17 March 2022
New fuel prices released by Energy Ministry: 20 liters of 95-octane and 98-octane gasoline decreased by LL31,000, reaching LL420,000 and LL430,000, respectively. 20 liters of diesel now cost LL423,000 after a drop of LL56,000. A cylinder of household gas now costs LL292,000, down LL18,000.
17 March 2022
Fransabank shuts branches, greenlight for electricity plan, cold snap explained: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Lebanon’s Fransabank closed all of its branches in the country yesterday after a judicial order froze its assets...
