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In the face of Tripoli’s anger, Sunni leaders are confronting a community at unease

Hariri has cause for concern. While he appears to be failing to win the showdown with President Michel Aoun over the formation of a cabinet, he finds himself facing the fierce anger of the Sunni...

Mounir RABIH, 2 February 2021

How authorities hope to alleviate the occupancy crisis at hospitals with a plan for COVID-19 home care

BEIRUT — With hospitals’ coronavirus wards having been at or near capacity for weeks now, the COVID-19 ministerial committee is studying a plan that would treat patients moderately affected by the...

Rana Tabbara, 2 February 2021

Saudi Arabia has suspended entry for non-citizens from Lebanon and 19 other countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the country’s official news agency. On Sunday, Middle East Airlines halted its flights to the Kingdom until Feb. 8

2 February 2021

Lebanon has registered 2,770 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. A record 81 more people have died from the virus, bringing the death toll to 3,226

2 February 2021

Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan has chaired the first meeting of a newly formed committee that will issue permissions to the private sector to import COVID-19 vaccines

2 February 2021

Judge Nicolas Mansour will question central bank governor Riad Salameh on Feb. 8 in relation to charges of dereliction of duty and breach of trust over the alleged misuse of millions of dollars provided by the central bank last year to fund imports

2 February 2021

Not hungry, but frustrated: Omar Tayba’s family describes the brother and son who was killed in Tripoli’s protests

TRIPOLI — On Wednesday night, 29-year-old Omar Tayba made a fateful decision to go down with a friend to Tripoli’s Al-Nour Square, where protests had kicked off for the third night in a row. The...

Abby Sewell, 2 February 2021

Eight more of the 11 Lebanese nationals to be freed from detention in the UAE have arrived at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport, the NNA reports. The first to be released arrived in Beirut on Sunday, while the remaining two are still in the UAE

2 February 2021

Oueidat has also requested information from the government commissioner to BDL, the Special Investigation Commission and the Banking Control Commission so that he can send a reply to the Swiss request for legal assistance by Thursday

2 February 2021

Judge Ghassan Oueidat has asked central bank governor Riad Salameh to provide him with all information requested by the Swiss authorities in the case of alleged transfers outside of Lebanon via BDL, the NNA reports

2 February 2021

Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan chaired a meeting today to discuss a plan to provide at-home care for COVID-19 patients. According to a draft seen by L'Orient Today, the plan aims to ease pressure on hospitals by expediting patients' discharge and reducing admissions

2 February 2021

During a party press conference on COVID-19 vaccines, MP Pierre Bou Assi (LF/Baabda) called for the establishment of an independent body to monitor the vaccination program, including storage and administration, saying he has "no confidence that such a system has been put in place"

2 February 2021

The impact of Lebanon’s economic crisis can be seen in striking fashion at low-cost health clinics — and it’s catastrophic

BEIRUT — In the courtyard of a one-story concrete building in the Beirut neighborhood of Hay al-Gharbeh, a handful of people wait patiently behind an iron door to be handed medications or invited...

Emily Lewis, 2 February 2021

Caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni has ordered LL50 billion (about $5.7 million at the current black market exchange rate) to be distributed to those affected by the Aug. 4 explosion via the Higher Relief Committee, the Finance Ministry says in a statement

2 February 2021

Lockdown warnings, bread-price hike, political blame game: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . With Lebanon’s COVID-19 lockdown currently set to end Monday, health experts warned against squandering gains from the shutdown...

2 February 2021

The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Red Cross, George Kettaneh, has told VDL Radio (93.3) that despite receiving donations to secure oxygen machines, “they are not enough.” Pressure on ICUs and increased at-home care for COVID-19 has seen a rise in demand for oxygen machines

2 February 2021