A shipment of 47,970 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines has arrived in Lebanon, bringing the total number of Pfizer doses received so far to 439,920, the Health Ministry announced 24 April 2021
President Michel Aoun has called a meeting with officials and stakeholders for Monday to discuss Saudi Arabia’s ban of Lebanese fruits and vegetables following the discovery by Saudi customs officials of 5.3 million captagon pills hidden in pomegranates imported from Lebanon 24 April 2021
Lebanon has registered 1,511 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Twenty-eight more people have died, bringing the death toll to 7,118 24 April 2021
Marking the 106th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, President Michel Aoun said, “We affirm the necessity of achieving justice on this disgraceful issue.” Up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed in the Ottoman program of massacres and ethnic cleansing 24 April 2021
The army says it has arrested 15 people and seized 1,100 liters of diesel and 28,000 liters of gasoline allegedly intended to be smuggled to Syria. The seizure comes amid a campaign to prevent the smuggling of subsidized goods 24 April 2021
The Lebanese Army says it is continuing to spray insecticide from helicopters to combat locust swarms in the Labweh area of Baalbeck. Caretaker Agriculture Minister Abbas Mortada yesterday warned of a possible increase in the number of locusts in certain regions of the country 24 April 2021
Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil said in a speech that the “problem of naming Christian ministers” in a new government had been dealt with and asked why there was a delay from the prime minister-designate in presenting a cabinet lineup 24 April 2021
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