Will Aoun stay in the Baabda Palace after Oct. 31?
It would be a first for Lebanon. As Michel Aoun’s term of office nears its end, the prospects of electing a new president on time seem increasingly slim. Under the Constitution, in case a...
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Cancer medications disappear from the Ministry of Public Health at record speeds
Is the Ministry of Public Health a microcosm of Lebanon, or “Ali Baba’s cave” engaged in systematic plundering?This is the accusation that Hani Nassar, chairman of the Barbara Nassar Foundation for...
Fady NOUN, 24 August 2022
Six months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, where does the Arab world stand?
On Feb. 24, the sword of Damocles that Moscow had been waving for months descended upon Kyiv. In response to Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, international support for Ukraine quickly coalesced,...
Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 24 August 2022
Mawlawi calls for 'investigations' after reported threats against Saudi Embassy in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi on Wednesday called on the Internal Security Forces and General Security to carry out the “necessary investigations” after a man, believed to be...
24 August 2022
Fuel sector unions demand higher profit margins following lowered BDL subsidies
BEIRUT —Representatives of several fuel sectors on Wednesday demanded an increase in the profit margin granted to them in the tariffs set by the Ministry of Energy, the National News Agency...
24 August 2022
Walid Sadek’s return to painting and the ‘body odor of humanity’
BEIRUT — “I suppose painting was always there.” Walid Sadek gazes into the distance, as if in reluctant agreement. “Maybe I’ve been turning around something in my head, trying to find ways to...
Jim Quilty, 24 August 2022
Army receives 150 military vehicles from US
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army received 150 Humvee military vehicles on Tuesday from the United States as part of an aid program offered by Washington, according to an Army Twitter post on Wednesday....
24 August 2022
Lebanon's daily fuel consumption drops by 14 percent in first seven months of 2022
BEIRUT — The average amount of fuel consumed daily in Lebanon dropped 14 percent in the first seven months of 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year amid a deepening economic crisis...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 24 August 2022
Nasrallah meets Islamic Jihad chief
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah met with Ziad al-Nakhala, the head of Islamic Jihad, the Palestinian organization targeted by Israel in recent raids on Gaza, on Tuesday...
24 August 2022
Aliya Ogdie Hassen: The elusive ‘Mother of Arabs’
BEIRUT — Activist, poet, community organizer, dancer, private investigator, friend of Malcolm X, dubbed “Mother of Arabs” by the diaspora community in the United States — someone with a life...
Farah-Silvana Kanaan, 24 August 2022
UPDATE: Lebanese Army arrests over 100 people in Akkar trying to migrate by boat
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army arrested Wednesday morning in the locality of Bebnine-Abdeh, in Akkar, North Lebanon, 113 people of Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian nationalities, who were preparing to...
24 August 2022
New fuel prices: 20 liters of 95 and 98-octane gasoline increased by LL1,000 reaching LL592,000 and LL605,000, respectively. Twenty liters of diesel now cost LL710,000, up by LL13,000. A cylinder of household gas remained the same at LL335,000.
24 August 2022
UPDATE: Submarine in search of Tripoli's shipwrecked migrant boat reaches site of sinking
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army on Wednesday afternoon released a video showing the launching of the Indian submarine “Blue Whale” in the believed direction of a migrant boat that sank on April 23 off...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 24 August 2022
Mikati and Aoun meet one week before the start of the presidential election term as government formation stalls
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati met Wednesday morning in Baabda to discuss the Cabinet formation, a mission that has been dragging on for months, with...
24 August 2022
Customs tariff raise to LL20,000 per dollar suddenly stalls
Announced as imminent at the end of last week, the increase in the exchange rate used to calculate customs duties in Lebanese lira from the dollar prices of imported and exported goods — called...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 24 August 2022
Protest after port silos collapse, housing loan deadline extended, judges continue strike: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Families of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion protested yesterday afternoon after the collapse of the last...
