Four injured in fire at Syrian refugee camp in Saida
BEIRUT — Four people were injured Thursday in a fire at a Syrian refugee camp fire near the southern entrance of Saida, South Lebanon, a security source and eyewitnesses told L'Orient Today....
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No risk of wheat supply interruption to Lebanon
BEIRUT — With the end of the Ukrainian grain export agreement between Russia and Ukraine, fears about the consequences for imports from Lebanon are resurfacing. But Hani Bohsali, president of the...
Chloé Lavoisard, 20 July 2023
ABL announces 'precautionary measures' following return of bank hold-ups
BEIRUT — The Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) announced Thursday that banks will resume strict "precautionary measures" starting on Friday, following a series of bank hold-ups in recent...
20 July 2023
BDL audit report: Kataeb file appealed to the State Council
BEIRUT — Kataeb party leader Samy Gemayel has lodged an appeal with the State Council to compel caretaker Finance Minister Youssef Khalil to hand over the forensic audit of Banque du Liban (BDL)...
Web department with Yara ABI AKL, 20 July 2023
Two abandoned infants found in box under Jbeil bridge
BEIRUT — Two infants, aged three months and one year, were found abandoned in a box under a bridge near Nahr Ibrahim, Jbeil, on Wednesday night, priest Majdi el-Allawi told L'Orient Today ....
Wael Taleb, 20 July 2023
Hezbollah says 'deviance' threatens Lebanon's stability
BEIRUT — Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc issued a statement on Thursday that appeared to condemn homosexuality. The statement denounced "the growing phenomenon of deviance, decadence,...
20 July 2023
The National Anti-Corruption Commission finally exists, but work remains
BEIRUT— Under an October 2020 law, all Grade One, Two, and Three civil servants — roughly corresponding to managers and supervisors — all elected politicians and all civil servants whose work has...
Richard SALAME, 20 July 2023
Renewed tension in Kafr Shuba between Lebanese Army, Israeli soldiers
Tensions rose along the Blue Line again on Thursday, in the town of Kafr Shuba, between the Lebanese Army and Israeli soldiers, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported. A tense...
20 July 2023
UN rights chief asked to help halt looming Iran execution
Dozens of rights experts and NGOs have asked the UN rights chief to urgently intervene to prevent the execution of an Iranian boxing champion sentenced over his role in 2019 protests....
20 July 2023
Barbie release date postponed in Lebanon cinemas
BEIRUT — Lebanon fans of the long-awaited Barbie film, which is scheduled to be released on July 21 in American theaters, will have to wait another six weeks after the film's release date was...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 20 July 2023
Former Lebanese ambassador faces rape and assault investigation, retains ambassadorial status
Rami Adwan, the former Lebanese ambassador to France, has been summoned to address the accusations filed against him by two former embassy employees, who were also his mistresses. The complaints...
Claude ASSAF, 20 July 2023
ISF arrests seven people for organizing illegal entries into Lebanon
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced Thursday that it had arrested several individuals in northern Lebanon who were operating as part of a network to smuggle Syrians into the...
20 July 2023
Electricité du Liban's daily workers stage sit-in
BEIRUT — The daily workers of the public power supplier Electricité du Liban on Thursday staged a sit-in in front of the facility's headquarters in Corniche al-Nahr, Beirut, to demand improved...
20 July 2023
Stepping from prints to painting, monochrome to color
BEIRUT—The auditorium of Metro al-Madina has been transformed, briefly, into an exhibition hall. On the terraces where the audience is meant to be entertained, an installation has been built that...
Jim Quilty, 20 July 2023
Two depositors fail to retrieve their deposits after Byblos Bank employees 'escape'
BEIRUT —Two depositors failed to retrieve their savings after holding up a branch of Byblos Bank in Sin al-Fil, east of Beirut, on Thursday morning, a spokesperson of the Cry of the Depositors...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 20 July 2023
Israel forces kill Palestinian in West Bank: Palestinian ministry
Israeli forces shot dead Thursday a Palestinian near a Jewish shrine in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian officials said, as the army claimed troops had come under attack....
20 July 2023
Swedish foreign minister says torching of embassy in Baghdad 'totally unacceptable'
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom on Thursday said the storming of the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad earlier on Thursday was "totally unacceptable." "It is clear that the Iraqi authorities...
20 July 2023
Abandoned infant found, Mar Mikhael project in jeopardy, arrest warrant for Garderêve staff: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. An abandoned infant girl found overnight yesterday in Tripoli, North Lebanon, has been hospitalized for minor injuries, a...
