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Lebanon has registered 702 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Eight people have died, raising the death toll to 8,341

2 October 2021

Security forces have intercepted a van between the areas of Shadra and Khalissa in Akkar with 14 Syrians allegedly being smuggled into Lebanon on board, the General Directorate of State Security announced in a statement, adding that the van was being driven by a Lebanese national

2 October 2021

It’s been 16 days since Iranian diesel started arriving in Lebanon. Where’s it been going?

BEIRUT — Just over two weeks have passed since Iranian fuel deliveries announced by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah started arriving in Lebanon. So far at least 10 million liters have been...

Wael Taleb, 2 October 2021

This time, Lebanon will not be saved by outsiders

Every time Lebanon endures a crisis, it is common to hear its people, and outsiders too, speak of Lebanon’s “resilience”: ever since the 1975-90 Civil War, the Lebanese have believed in their power...

Jana J. JABBOUR, 2 October 2021

A shepherd, named in local media as Mohamad Imad Atwi, who was detained last night on the southern border by Israeli security forces has been “returned to Lebanon” following the intervention of a UNIFIL liaison team, the spokesman for the UN peacekeeping force told L’Orient Today

2 October 2021

EDL has issued a statement again calling on security forces to prevent theft from its infrastructure in the Baalbeck-Hermel area so that it can re-establish full functionality to its high-voltage power lines there. Such theft has caused one electricity tower to collapse, EDL said

2 October 2021