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Drowning just below the surface: New research reveals the magnitude of socio-economic impacts of the pandemic on Lebanon, among other countries

BEIRUT – Amid multiple emergencies occurring in Lebanon, many have “struggled to purchase basic necessities and access basic health care,” a newly released report by the International Federation...

Tala Ramadan, 22 November 2021

Demonstrators are staging a sit-in in front of Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s residence in Tripoli to protest deteriorating living conditions and the removal of subsidies on medicine and other essential items, local media report

22 November 2021

Mikati comes under fire after comparing Lebanon's Independence Day to a divorced woman celebrating her wedding anniversary

BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati has come under fire after saying that Lebanon’s Independence Day celebrations are similar to a “divorced woman celebrating her wedding anniversary...but let’s...

22 November 2021

Hundreds of protestors have gathered in front of the Beirut port as activists called for civil marches to take place at a nationwide level to mark Lebanon's Independence Day, with protesters asserting that the country is not truly independent

22 November 2021

Lebanon has registered 556 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. 10 people have died, raising the death toll to 8,592

22 November 2021

"On this national day, I share with you my best wishes for a sovereign and united Lebanon in facing all the challenges it faces today," Anne Grillo, Ambassador of France to Lebanon tweeted on Monday on the occasion of Independence Day

22 November 2021

Russia has sent Lebanon the satellite images it has of the Beirut port before and after the Aug. 4, 2020 explosion, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told his Lebanese counterpart on Monday, the NNA reports

22 November 2021

Beirut residents heard heavy gunfire on Monday afternoon during the funeral of Nemr Khalil, an official in the Amal Movement who died yesterday for health reasons

22 November 2021

After meeting at Baabda Palace with President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the officials had held a "serious dialogue, and God willing, it will lead to good." The cabinet has not met in more than a month amid political tensions

22 November 2021

Following a military parade at the Ministry of Defense to mark Lebanon's Independence Day, President Michel Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati left in a car headed to Baabda Palace, Aoun's office said in a statement

22 November 2021