Land transport unions strike tomorrow canceled: Tlais
BEIRUT — Land transport unions head Bassam Tlais Wednesday announced that he asked his union to cancel tomorrow’s strike, which was planned as part of a three-day action that started today....
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Lebanon has registered 10,760 COVID-19 cases — a new record — in the past 24 hours. Seventeen people have died, raising the death toll to 9,638
2 February 2022
Halabi instructs educational establishments to reopen Thursday
BEIRUT – Education Minister Abbas Halabi announced Wednesday that Thursday would be a “regular teaching day” after schools were instructed to close the previous day due to potential road blockages,...
2 February 2022
Lebanon's savers to bear burden under new rescue plan
DUBAI/BEIRUT — Two years into an economic meltdown the World Bank says is one of the worst recorded, Lebanon’s rulers have proposed a way to plug a huge hole in the financial system they were...
Samia Nakhoul, Tom Perry and Timour Azhari, 2 February 2022
Economy Ministry inspects Beirut supermarket prices, finds they do not align with gains in lira’s value
BEIRUT – An inspection of supermarkets in Beirut on Wednesday showed that “the decrease in [product] prices did not match that of the lira exchange rate,” Economy Ministry Director-General Mohamad...
2 February 2022
Number of new COVID-19 cases will exceed 10,000 today, Abiad says
BEIRUT— Despite the increasing number of new COVID-19 cases daily, which is expected to surpass “10,000 today,” Health Minister Firass Abiad on Wednesday reassured that there remains no need for a...
2 February 2022
Lebanese Dental Association in Bekaa protests the murder of their colleague
BEIRUT – Members of the Lebanese Dental Association in the Bekaa protested on Wednesday the murder of their colleague the day before by holding a sit-in at the Zahle Justice Palace, the state-run...
2 February 2022
'Lebanon should no longer be a platform for external conflicts': Maronite bishops
BEIRUT — The Council of Maronite Bishops said in a statement issued Wednesday following a meeting attended by Vatican envoy Archbishop Paul Gallagher that “Lebanon should no longer be a platform...
2 February 2022
Sayrafa rate becomes standard transaction rate for international, fresh dollar cards used in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Banque Du Liban is further pushing towards making the Sayrafa rate the de facto local and international benchmark for the US dollar to lira exchange rate. The Sayrafa rate will now be...
Kabalan Farah, 2 February 2022
Residents of Nabatieh protest high generator bills
BEIRUT— A number of residents in Khiam in the Nabatieh area carried out a sit-in in front of the municipality building there “to object to the high cost of the unjustified generator subscription...
2 February 2022
Activists ‘cautiously optimistic’ after formation of anti-corruption commission
While Lebanon is regularly ranked among the most corrupt countries in the world in the corruption index conducted by the Lebanese Transparency Association, the Lebanese branch of Transparency...
Claude ASSAF, 2 February 2022
Tribal dispute in Saida results in one death and several injuries
BEIRUT – A dispute between several members of Bedouin tribes in Saida on Wednesday caused the death of a woman, who was stabbed, and several other injuries, reports our correspondent in the region....
2 February 2022
A strike by Ramco workers floods the streets of Metn and Kesrouan
The scene has become so familiar that it no longer alarms many people, especially not the politicians: dumpsters overflowing, with garbage bags in the streets. This time, it is the districts of...
S.B., 2 February 2022
Tripoli port workers stage sit-in in sympathy with striking land transport workers
BEIRUT— Tripoli port workers carried out a sit-in in front of the Union of Port Workers headquarters in sympathy with the land transport unions, which began a three-day strike on Wednesday....
2 February 2022
Loud explosion heard over Kesrouan caused by Israeli jet breaking sound barrier
BEIRUT— An explosion was just heard in the Kesrouan area that appears to have been caused by Israeli aircraft breaking the sound barrier, the NNA reported. Here’s what we know: •...
2 February 2022
Turkey will send 1 million plants, forestry experts to Lebanon
BEIRUT— Agriculture Minister Abbas Haj Hassan met with his Turkish counterpart who promised to provide Lebanon with one million free plants and forestry experts by early next week. Here’s what we...
2 February 2022
The price of 20 liters of 95 and 98 octane gasoline fell by LL3,400 and now cost LL354,400 and LL365,000 respectively. The price of diesel decreased by LL19,600 to reach LL305,400, and the price of household gas fell by LL16,200 to reach LL257,300
2 February 2022
Roads blocked across Lebanon as transport workers begin three-day strike
BEIRUT— Land transportation workers, including bus drivers and truckers, launched a strike action this morning at 5 a.m. to protest the government’s inaction on promised aid to the sector, amid a...
2 February 2022
Financial ‘rescue’ blueprint, Salameh subpoenaed, Vatican envoy slams politicians: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . A government plan aimed at tackling Lebanon’s financial crisis projects a 93 percent devaluation of the Lebanese lira and...
