Blackouts across Lebanon: A heavy blow to business
Dozens of messages were sent. Some announced the shutdown of air conditioners, reduction of working hours or even temporary closure. Other messages communicated neighborhood generators’ power...
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Iranian fuel shipments to Lebanon purchased by Lebanese businessmen, Iranian news outlet says
DUBAI — Iranian fuel shipments to Lebanon to help ease a crippling fuel shortages were all purchased by a group of Lebanese businessmen, Iran’s semi-official Nournews said on Thursday....
19 August 2021
Diesel shortages brought down telecommunications exchanges in Mreijeh, Wadi Khaled and Husseineh today, leaving customers in those areas without telephone and internet services, state telecoms company Ogero said in a statement
19 August 2021
Lebanon has registered 1,993 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Six more people have died, raising the death toll to 7,999
19 August 2021
US Ambassador Dorothy Shea called Lebanese President Michael Aoun to inform him that the US is working to secure electricity for Lebanon from Jordan via Syria, the president's office said. The move comes on the heels of Hezbollah's announcement of a shipment of diesel from Iran
19 August 2021
Three people who were severely injured in last weekend’s explosion in Akkar have been evacuated to the UAE for treatment, the NNA reports. Five others have reportedly been flown to Turkey this week
19 August 2021
Coral said its gas stations will close due to an inability to acquire fuel. The issue is industry-wide, Georges Brax, a spokesperson for the station owners’ syndicate, told L’Orient Today, with most stations likely to close next week due to BDL’s refusal to subsidize more imports
19 August 2021
Alaa Salem Kbeidat, a 34-year-old soldier, has died of injuries sustained in last weekend’s fuel tanker explosion in Akkar, the NNA reports. The blast has claimed at least 35 lives
19 August 2021
Rafik Hariri University Hospital, one of Lebanon’s main public hospitals, has not had power since Monday, the facility’s chief said. The hospital has been operating on generators, he added, but donated diesel is running out and officials have not responded regarding the matter
19 August 2021
Iranian fuel tanker will sail for Lebanon, Hezbollah says
BEIRUT — A shipment of diesel will set sail from Iran to Lebanon within hours and more will follow, Hezbollah said Thursday morning, warning its US and Israeli adversaries that the ship...
19 August 2021
In a speech marking the 10th day of Ashoura, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said a ship loaded with diesel will set off from Iran toward Lebanon “within hours,” adding that other ships will follow
19 August 2021
Akkar explosion burials, electricity protests, Ashoura: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Four members of a single family were laid to rest in Akkar yesterday, as communities in the impoverished northern region...
