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The Health Ministry has announced that 8,500 people received a COVID-19 vaccine today as part of this week’s walk-in Pfizer vaccine “marathon” for residents aged 50 and older. The marathon will continue tomorrow
25 June 2021
Hezbollah, the FPM and Amal have agreed on the sectarian makeup of a cabinet, Nasrallah says
BEIRUT — Hezbollah, the Amal Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement have agreed on the sectarian makeup of a 24-minister government, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said during a...
25 June 2021
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah said in a televised speech that Hezbollah, the Amal Movement and the FPM have agreed on the makeup of a 24-minister government, in accordance with an initiative launched by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri
25 June 2021
Lebanon has registered 163 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Four more people have died, raising the death toll to 7,839
25 June 2021
Gas stations in northern Minyeh-Dinnieh announced that they will close “until further notice” after scuffles broke out at several petrol stations in the area amid the worsening fuel crisis, the NNA reports
25 June 2021
Restaurant owners fear losing customers’ trust as power outages compromise food safety
BEIRUT — There was no other choice. Hassan Hammoud knew the power had been out for two full hours and that he just couldn’t be sure the ice cream and meat stored in his restaurant’s freezer and...
Rana Tabbara, 25 June 2021
Internet services are down in the Chouf area of Barouk as a result of power outages, Ogero, the state telecoms company, has announced on Twitter. A similar outage occurred in the Chouf last Friday
25 June 2021
France and the US will act together to increase pressure on politicians responsible for the crisis in Lebanon, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian has said. His remarks came during a press briefing alongside his American counterpart, Antony Blinken, in Paris
25 June 2021
Bakeries will be obliged to close, risking a countrywide bread scarcity, if diesel shortages persist, the bakery owners’ syndicate has warned in a statement. Bakeries, like other businesses, need diesel to power generators to bridge lengthy gaps in the state power supply
25 June 2021
Army units in Bekaa and the North have arrested 28 Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian and Turkish nationals in relation to efforts to smuggle 14,350 liters of diesel, 13,577 liters of gasoline, 246 gas tanks and a quantity of tobacco out of the country, Army Command announced
25 June 2021
Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab has given his “exceptional approval” to allow fuel imports at the exchange rate of LL3,900 instead of the official LL1,507.5 peg to the dollar, the prime minister’s office announced
25 June 2021
Fuel prices may jump 30–45 percent after Diab shifted the subsidy exchange rate to LL3,900
BEIRUT — Residents should expect to shell out at least 30 to 45 percent more for gasoline and diesel after caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab gave his “exceptional approval” for fuel imports to...
Omar Tamo, 25 June 2021
Life in line: Lebanon adjusts to queuing for gas at the country’s pumps
BEIRUT — At the Medco gas station in Beirut’s Tariq al-Jadideh neighborhood, the scene was typical of a fuel line in Lebanon: chaos, barely controlled. Drivers formed long queues that blocked most...
Wael Taleb, 25 June 2021
Fuel subsidies in the balance, lira drops again, depositors’ salaries at risk: Everything you need to know this Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . As traffic continues to snarl roads outside gas stations, senior officials met yesterday to discuss solutions to the ongoing fuel...
