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After the Tayyouneh shootings, Hezbollah launches a political battle against the Lebanese Forces
In Hezbollah’s rhetoric, there is no such thing as defeat. Its victories are proof of its military superiority. Its setbacks serve to fuel beliefs in martyrdom, glorifying men who die in combat — a...
Mounir RABIH, 22 October 2021
Year-on-year transportation costs skyrocket more than 350 percent in September
BEIRUT – Inflation in Lebanon had increased by 144.12 percent year over year as of September, the most recent data from Lebanon’s Central Administration of Statistics show. Here’s what we...
Ghada Alsharif, 22 October 2021
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called for a joint committee meeting on Tuesday morning to discuss proposed amendments to the electoral law, the NNA reports. Earlier today President Michel Aoun vetoed MPs’ decision to move the parliamentary elections up from May 8 to March 27
22 October 2021
Lebanon eyes IMF progress despite new turmoil, economy minister says
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new government aims to make progress toward starting full negotiations for an International Monetary Fund deal by the end of this year or early next, but is not expecting...
Maha El Dahan, 22 October 2021
In a Twitter statement, Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat denied reports that he impeded the Military Tribunal’s attempts to question Lebanese Forces head Samir Geagea in connection with last week’s violence in Tayyouneh
22 October 2021
Aoun declines to ratify MPs’ decision to hold early parliamentary elections
Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Friday sent a law amending legislative election rules back to Parliament for reconsideration, the presidency said in a statement. The development could affect...
22 October 2021
Speaking with Al Jadeed, Civil Aviation Director General Fadi El-Hassan has denied reports that the Beirut international airport is at risk of having to suspend nighttime activity due to a shortage of air traffic controllers
22 October 2021
The Court of Cassation has affirmed decisions from the interior minister and the Higher Judicial Council to refuse to allow Judge Tarek Bitar to question General Security head Abbas Ibrahim and State Security Director General Tony Saliba, respectively, the NNA reports
22 October 2021
The ISF has arrested a man who confessed to murdering his brother and disposing of his body in connection with a missing persons case in Aley, the agency reported on Twitter
22 October 2021
What lies behind Parliament’s decision to allow expats to vote for all 128 MPs?
Since preparations for the 2022 legislative elections began, the question of the diaspora voters has sparked several debates. Specifically, civil society has been fighting on two fronts: first, to...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 22 October 2021
GCLW head calls for daily transportation allowance of LL100,000
BEIRUT — General Confederation of Lebanese Workers president Bechara Asmar on Friday issued a list of reforms, including a daily transportation allowance of LL100,000, that he says the Lebanese...
Abbas Mahfouz, 22 October 2021
Putin ready to provide satellite images of Beirut port, but sees no need
BEIRUT — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he is ready to provide Lebanon with satellite images of the Beirut port, in order to help the country move forward with its...
22 October 2021
‘Like slaves’ — Lebanon’s delivery riders struggle as crisis bites
BEIRUT — His motorbike’s tank almost empty, Ahmad had barely enough fuel to make one more delivery and get home for the night. When the 24-year-old Syrian's phone pinged with a food order in a...
Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily, 22 October 2021
The Lebanese University’s full-time professors’ committee has issued a statement reaffirming that their strike, which jeopardizes the futures of “nearly 100,000 students,” will continue until their remuneration and employment-term demands are met, the NNA reports
22 October 2021
The body of a man shot in the head was found this morning in the Mina area of Tripoli behind the Saba Zreiq school, L’Orient-Le Jour reports, adding that the man was found with a gun in his hands and that security forces have opened an investigation into the death
22 October 2021
The Association of Parents of Lebanese Students Abroad has appealed in a statement to Prime Minister Najib Mikati to “compel banks to implement” a law 193, which allows them to transfer funds abroad to pay tuition fees and living expenses. The law was passed in October 2020
22 October 2021
Social Affairs Minister Hector Hajjar has issued a statement clarifying that the World Bank funded social assistance program — not the government ration card — will be sent back to Parliament for amendment. The program will be discussed at a legislative session next Thursday
22 October 2021
US mediator says Lebanon-Israel maritime talks need to be quick: Al Hadath TV
CAIRO — The US mediator for indirect talks on border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel said on Thursday that the negotiations he was hoping to revive should be concluded in a short period...
22 October 2021
Geagea on Tayyouneh violence, cabinet still suspended, veterans’ protests: All you need to know today
Samir Geagea rebutted reports that he has been summoned before a military court in relation to the Tayyouneh clashes . Speaking during a televised interview, the Lebanese Forces leader proffered...
