How the Syrian war transformed Hezbollah
“Pray for Mohammad and for Ahli Mohammad. At your command, ya Hussein! Yes, Hezbollah!” three young blond men in oversized military fatigues shouted in patchy Arabic, in response to commands by...
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A new currency exchange platform is on the way and will include banks, but the question begs: what will the rate be?
BEIRUT — Central bank Gov. Riad Salameh will launch an electronic platform next week that records all currency exchange transactions and will become the reference point for the lira’s market value,...
Omar Tamo, 19 March 2021
Education Minister Tarek Majzoub has suspended the return of some students to in-person classes, originally scheduled for Monday, awaiting the Health Ministry, the World Bank, the WHO, UNICEF and the Lebanese Red Cross to secure conditions for a safe return to schools
19 March 2021
Lebanon has registered 3,588 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Fifty-five more people have died, raising the death toll to 5,664
19 March 2021
The union of truck owners at Beirut port will suspend its strike for 48 hours after an initial solution was reached for a new transport tariff, a spokesperson told L’Orient Today. The union is set to meet with the caretaker transport minister on Monday to discuss demands
19 March 2021
Hundreds of protesters marched from Martyrs’ Square in Saida to Elia junction in opposition to deteriorating living conditions and the depreciation of the lira
19 March 2021
Authorities have announced details of the next round of reopening from Lebanon’s COVID-19 lockdown. Starting Monday, restaurants and day cares will open from 6 a.m. till 7 p.m., gyms will open at 30% capacity from 6 a.m. till 7 p.m., and Casino du Liban will open round the clock
19 March 2021
Protesters have gathered in front of the Energy Ministry calling for a transitional government. They plan to march through Mar Mikhael, Gemmayzeh and Martyrs’ Square before reaching Riad al-Solh, local media outlets report
19 March 2021
Machinery operators at the Beirut port have announced an open-ended strike starting Monday, saying the exchange rate of LL1,500 to the dollar used to pay them is insufficient to maintain and operate their machines in light of the currency's rapid depreciation
19 March 2021
Taxi drivers have blocked the highway in both directions in front of ABC mall in Dbayeh, the NNA reports
19 March 2021
The army has tweeted that it engaged in an exchange of fire with several suspects in the Brital area while carrying out raids to detain them
19 March 2021
Firass Abiad, the head of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, has warned of an uptick in COVID-19 related hospitalizations as case numbers rise. Some 959 coronavirus patients were in ICUs yesterday, one patient less than the record ICU occupancy of 960.
19 March 2021
Hariri and Aoun meet, pharmacies and truckers strike, Russian vaccine on the way: Everything you need to know this Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Saad Hariri met with Michel Aoun in a bid to break the monthslong government deadlock, but with no concrete results. After...
