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Noticeable improvements in the grid power supply remain weeks away: EDL
BEIRUT — Despite the arrival Friday of a ship carrying 31,000 tons of fuel procured through a convoluted deal between Lebanon and Iraq and intended to alleviate electricity shortages, a...
Tala Ramadan, 21 September 2021
Relatives of the Beirut port blast victims are protesting outside Public Prosecutor Ghassan Khoury’s house in Zouk Mikhael, accusing him of serving political interests and demanding he step aside. To date, no top officials have been held accountable for the deadly 2020 blast
21 September 2021
Prime Minister Najib Mikati is due to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in France this Friday over a working lunch, L’Orient-Le Jour reports, citing the Élysée Palace’s agenda
21 September 2021
Hezbollah threat targets port investigator; interrogations for three sitting MPs scheduled
BEIRUT – Port explosion investigator Judge Tarek Bitar on Tuesday summoned three members of Parliament for questioning in relation to the catastrophic Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion, a...
Ghada Alsharif, 21 September 2021
Army Intelligence has dismantled a terrorist cell affiliated with ISIS in Tripoli, the Lebanese Army reported via its Twitter account. The cell reportedly began activity last June and is responsible for the assassination of retired first adjutant Ahmad Mrad in August
21 September 2021
How websites registered to Lebanon’s country code domain almost disappeared from the web
The digital security expert Shakeeb al-Jabri learned from an email sent to his spam folder a few months ago that his cousin’s Lebanon-based company was at risk of having its website deactivated....
Julien RICOUR-BRASSEUR, 21 September 2021
Lebanon has registered 652 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Six more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,246
21 September 2021
The top challenges facing Lebanon’s new government
Lebanon’s new government, approved by Parliament after more than a year of political deadlock, has its work cut out as it seeks to rescue the country from one of its worst-ever economic meltdowns....
21 September 2021
Baalbeck Mayor Fouad Baouk, accompanied by a police patrol, went around giving warnings to local food sellers that haven’t lowered prices following the recent appreciation of the lira’s market value, threatening to issue arrest warrants unless prices are adjusted, the NNA reports
21 September 2021
Gas station owners syndicate spokesperson Georges Brax told the NNA that tankers carrying about a two weeks’ supply of fuel, or over 100 million liters, are expected to offload today, which should lead a number of gas stations to reopen and temporarily alleviate fuel shortages
21 September 2021
Young Lebanese driving crypto ‘revolution’ after banks go bust
BEIRUT — On a recent afternoon, a Lebanese cryptocurrency trader named Mario Awad was sorting out the details of a $2 million deal with a high-profile customer — complete with a hotel stay and...
Timour Azhari, 21 September 2021
‘Rescue’ cabinet wins confidence, Diab hearing rescheduled, Iranian fuel distribution: What to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Parliament gave its confidence to Najib Mikati’s new cabinet and its rescue plan for Lebanon. The vote, which ended more...
