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Whatever happened to our alternative modes of transport?

While the combined effects of the currency devaluation and fuel shortage are turning daily life in Lebanon into an obstacle course, many would like to turn to alternative means of transportation,...

Mohamad El Chamaa, 25 September 2021

Lebanon has registered 580 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Nine people have died, raising the death toll to 8,277

25 September 2021

Security forces release five men arrested in connection with ammonium nitrate seizure

BEIRUT — Five men arrested in connection with 20 tons of ammonium nitrate seized on Sept. 18 in the Bekaa were released Saturday, the National News Agency reported. Here is what we know: • The...

25 September 2021

A Syrian national has died at the Al-Khair Hospital in Minyeh, North Lebanon, after swallowing gasoline while syphoning fuel from his car in the town of Bhanin, the NNA reports, adding that security forces attended the scene and opened an investigation into the incident

25 September 2021

Premier Najib Mikati has received at his London residence the UK’s Secretary of State for the Middle East James Cleverly, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. The meeting focused on bilateral relations and UK support for Lebanon, and came a day after Mikati met the French president in Paris

25 September 2021

Relatives of the victims of the Aug. 15 fuel tanker explosion in Akkar have gathered at the site of the blast, which killed more than 30 people and injured almost 100, to mark 40 days since the tragedy and demand justice for their loved ones, L’Orient-Le Jour reports

25 September 2021

Akkar receives first delivery of Iranian fuel

BEIRUT — The Akkar region in North Lebanon on Saturday received its first delivery of fuel procured from Iran by Hezbollah and then shipped to Syria and transported overland to Lebanon. Here’s...

25 September 2021

"5 Years of Presidency," by the Art of Boo

Bernard Hage, illustrator, cartoonist and musician and author of "Anatomy of a Hummus Plate," published in April 2021 by L'Orient-Le Jour and available on www.theartofboo.com, tries to make...

25 September 2021