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Internet connectivity: The latest in a line of services falling victim to Lebanon’s electricity shortages

BEIRUT — On Friday morning, state telecommunications company Ogero announced that telephone and internet services in the Chouf area of Barouk were cut off. The same thing had happened down the road...

Emily Lewis, 18 June 2021

Lebanon has registered 168 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Four more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,815

18 June 2021

EU sets out potential criteria for Lebanese sanctions: document

PARIS/BRUSSELS — Criteria for European Union sanctions being prepared for Lebanese politicians are likely to be corruption, obstructing efforts to form a government, financial mishandling and...

John Irish and Robin Emmott, 18 June 2021

A large quantity of captagon pills allegedly destined for Saudi Arabia has been seized at the Beirut port, caretaker Interior Minister Mohamed Fehmi said after inspecting the haul. Media outlets reported that “millions of pills” had been seized

18 June 2021

Premier-designate Saad Hariri said that stepping down from his post over the government formation stalemate remains an option, though he prioritizes forming a cabinet over resigning. Hariri and President Michel Aoun have failed to agree on a cabinet lineup for over seven months

18 June 2021

The ISF found 16 old RPG rockets and five old shells inside a dumpster in Bani Maarouf, Beirut, the ISF reports, adding that a team of explosives experts has removed the ammunition

18 June 2021

No COVID-19 vaccine "marathon" will take place this weekend, Petra Khoury, the head of the Lebanese Vaccine Executive Committee, told L’Orient Today

18 June 2021

Ogero’s services, including internet and phone lines, have been cut in Barouk, Chouf, because of overloaded generators, the state-owned telecom provider says. On Tuesday, Ogero services were cut in Beiteddine, also in Chouf, as well as in Khaldeh for the same reason

18 June 2021

Banks bag UN aid, subsidies warning, strikers call hypocrite on political parties: Everything you need to know this Friday

Lebanese banks swallowed at least $250 million of United Nations humanitarian aid from 2019 to 2021, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation has found. Banks siphoned away funds intended to...

18 June 2021