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Potholes, graffiti, broken streetlights: Lebanon's crumbling capital

BEIRUT: Beirut's roads are riddled with potholes, many walls are covered in anti-government graffiti and countless street lamps have long since gone dark. At night, car drivers creep cautiously...

18 April 2021

Lebanon has registered 1,900 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Thirty-nine more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,925

18 April 2021

A man was shot dead in the middle of the street today in the Laylaki area of Beirut's southern suburbs, in what appears to be a continuation of an ongoing feud between two clans in the area, L'Orient Today's sister publication L'Orient-Le Jour reported

18 April 2021

A man suspected of fuel smuggling reportedly opened fire on an Army Intelligence patrol that was chasing a tanker he was accompanying in Shaath, Baalbeck, the army has said. In an ensuing shootout, the tanker caught fire and its driver fled, while the alleged shooter was arrested

18 April 2021

The Baalbeck Municipality has announced plans to subsidize meat prices for residents. Beginning on Thursday, cow meat will be sold to consumers at the municipal slaughterhouse for LL45,000 per kilogram

18 April 2021

Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab will travel to Qatar this afternoon to discuss "bilateral relations between the two countries" with senior Qatari officials, the NNA reports. The visit is expected to last until Tuesday

18 April 2021