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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said in a TV interview that he was not summoned before a military court in relation to the deadly Tayyouneh shootings, but that he would be willing to give a statement if Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is summoned to testify before him
21 October 2021
Lebanon has registered 700 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Three people have died, raising the death toll to 8,441
21 October 2021
Social Affairs Minister Hector Hajjar said an amended draft law to establish a ration card for vulnerable Lebanese families was sent to Parliament for review, the NNA reports. He spoke during a ministerial committee meeting today about the government’s financial crisis response
21 October 2021
Cabinet source: No solution yet to government standoff over blast probe
BEIRUT — After a brief meeting today between Prime Minister Najib Mikati and President Michel Aoun, a cabinet source told L’Orient Today that Mikati has so far been unable to resolve a standoff...
Wael Taleb, 21 October 2021
Lebanese abroad are preparing for battle in the upcoming parliamentary elections
Lebanese abroad are “jubilant” as Antoine Menassa, the president of the Association of French-Lebanese Businessmen put it. Parliament has approved a decision allowing expat voters to cast their...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 21 October 2021
The forensic audit of Banque du Liban by the consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal began today, the president’s office said on Twitter
21 October 2021
After blocking the road in front of the Energy Ministry headquarters in Beirut earlier today, a group of bus and taxi drivers blocked the road in Saifi and then moved to Ring Bridge in Beirut to protest the recent drastic increase in fuel prices, the NNA reports
21 October 2021
French President Emmanuel Macron, via his country's ambassador to Lebanon, Anne Grillo, has sent a verbal message to President Michel Aoun reiterating France's commitment to "standing by Lebanon's president, government, and people," the NNA reports
21 October 2021
How Hezbollah’s electronic army is ‘assassinating’ Tarek Bitar
The lead investigator in the Beirut port explosion probe, Tarek Bitar, has been the target of a cabal on social media after the judge attempted to question a number of senior Lebanese officials,...
Marie Jo SADER, 21 October 2021
During a visit to the Beirut airport, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi promised to step up measures to combat trafficking of drugs and other illicit cargo. In April, Saudi Arabia banned the import of Lebanese fruits and vegetables, citing an alleged increase in trafficking
21 October 2021
The National Federation of Worker and Employee Trade Unions in Lebanon has called for civil disobedience and protests to demand the resignation of the current government, an increase in the minimum wage and transportation allowances, and the launch of the ration card program
21 October 2021
After a brief meeting with President Michel Aoun in Baabda, Prime Minister Najib Mikati left without making a statement. Cabinet meetings have been on hold since last week amid a political dispute over the future of the Beirut port blast probe and its head, Judge Tarek Bitar
21 October 2021
A group of taxi and bus drivers have blocked the road in front of the Energy Ministry headquarters in Beirut to protest the recent substantial increases in fuel prices
21 October 2021
Fuel prices climb again, BDL audit resumes, dismal agricultural figures: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Twenty liters of fuel now cost almost half the monthly minimum wage after the Energy Ministry again hiked fuel prices by almost...
