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In a press conference, caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan said Turkey had taken in another two people who were severely injured during the Akkar explosion for medical treatment. The Turkish ambassador said Turkey had also sent Lebanon the “necessary supplies and medicines”
18 August 2021
The Finance Ministry is paying the consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal $150,000 to terminate its previous contract to carry out a forensic audit of BDL, a ministry representative told L’Orient Today, adding that the government expects to sign a new contract with the firm soon
18 August 2021
Two Lebanese Army soldiers were among those confirmed killed in the Akkar fuel tanker explosion; another four are missing, likely dead; and 11 were wounded severely and seven wounded less seriously, an army spokesperson told L’Orient Today. At least 34 people died in the blast
18 August 2021
Ending subsidies: The story of the standoff between Aoun and Salameh
Ending subsidies: this is the decision the ruling power has been trying to avoid, while the opposition groups are pushing for it. It is the decision that President Michel Aoun wanted to avoid at...
Mounir RABIH, 18 August 2021
A fire broke out on Wednesday in a pine forest in Ayyat, Akkar, the NNA reports. The Civil Defense is working on extinguishing the blaze, the latest in a string of fires to break out in the impoverished northern region in recent weeks. No casualties have been reported
18 August 2021
Lebanon buries victims of the Akkar fuel tank blast
DAOUSEH, Akkar — Families laid to rest on Wednesday victims of a fuel tank blast that killed at least 34 people in northern Lebanon amid anger and sorrow over the crisis-hit country ’ s...
18 August 2021
No collective funeral for Akkar blast victims
BEIRUT — At the request of victims’ families, there will be no collective funeral for those killed in last weekend’s explosion in Akkar, state media reported. Here’s what we know: ...
18 August 2021
Demonstrators attempted to breach the offices of EDL in Saida in protest of power cuts, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. More than 250 attended the protest, which had been called for by the Popular Nasserite Organization, marching to EDL before moving toward the city’s serail
18 August 2021
Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun has departed on a visit to Cyprus, the army announced. He will discuss the issue of those fleeing Lebanon for the island nation with his Cypriot counterpart and sign a military cooperation agreement
18 August 2021
The bank’s foreign assets, which mostly represent its reserves — critical to remaining subsidies for fuel, wheat and medicine imports — have fallen by about $270 million over the same period. BDL Gov. Riad Salameh said on Saturday that the bank holds $14 billion in its reserves
18 August 2021
BDL’s latest interim balance sheet shows an additional LL253.2 billion in circulation since Aug. 1, bringing the total to LL40.8 trillion. This marks a smaller biweekly increase than this year’s average of LL660 billion, reflecting BDL’s efforts to bolster the lira’s value
18 August 2021
A large fire that broke out late last night at an EDL substation in the Qasqas area of Beirut was brought under control, the NNA reported. The cause of the fire has not been publicly identified
18 August 2021
Protesters released, gas station shootout, fuel shipments arrive: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. All of the protesters who were detained in relation to the storming of Akkar MP Tarek Merhebi’s residence in the fallout from...
