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Judicial spat spills into streets as Judge Ghada Aoun refuses to step aside from high-profile financial crime cases

BEIRUT — A public spat between two leading Lebanese judges saw supporters from both sides take to the streets Monday in the latest incident highlighting the increased politicization of the...

Georgi Azar, 19 April 2021

Lebanon is sick with a health system that is as costly as it is inefficient

Lebanon has long prided itself on its health care system, and with good reason. Until recently, at least, the country could count on an impressive number of doctors (three doctors per 1,000...

Fahad al-SUDAID, 19 April 2021

Lebanon has registered 995 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Thirty-four more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,959

19 April 2021

A parliamentary subcommittee has met to discuss two legislative proposals for calculating the hours and payments to contracted teachers and teaching assistants during the COVID-19 school closures, the NNA reports. The committee agreed to work on melding the two into one proposal

19 April 2021

A school has been damaged by a rocket propelled grenade that was fired as part of a funeral in Baalbeck, the NNA reports. The grenade fell on the Scientific Excellence High School, causing broken glass and “material damage” to the building

19 April 2021

Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan has launched a campaign to inoculate public sector employees with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine. China donated 90,000 doses of Sinopharm — 50,000 went to the Lebanese Army, with the rest designated for media workers and public servants

19 April 2021

Oueidat has asked Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim to follow up on alleged violations by the Mecattaf group, the NNA reports. The wholesale money exchanger has been accused of money laundering by Judge Ghada Aoun, who tried to raid the group's Awkar office over the weekend

19 April 2021

The Supreme Judicial Council has invited Judge Ghada Aoun to attend a session on Tuesday morning to discuss her refusal to comply with Oueidat's dismissal order, a judicial source told L’Orient Today

19 April 2021

The Supreme Judicial Council has convened and is expected to make a statement about Judge Ghada Aoun’s refusal to comply with Oueidat's dismissal order, local media report. On Saturday, a day after Oueidat's decision, Aoun had raided a wholesale money changer in Awkar

19 April 2021

Protesters have amassed near Beirut's Justice Palace in support of Judge Ghada Aoun, local media report — the newest episode in a politicized feud sparked by Aoun's dismissal from financial cases by Lebanon's top prosecutor, Ghassan Oueidat. Oueidat's supporters are also present

19 April 2021

Caretaker PM Hassan Diab has begun talks with Qatari officials, meeting with the country's foreign affairs minister and minister of state for defense affairs, the NNA reports. Diab arrived in Doha on Sunday for a visit focused on Lebanon and Qatar's bilateral relations

19 April 2021

In-person schooling to restart, top judges spar, BDL’s new lira exchange platform: Everything you need to know today

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Caretaker Education Minister Tarek Majzoub has called for a gradual return to in-person classes beginning on Wednesday, but...

19 April 2021