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Rai makes rare one-day tour of Lebanon's top three politicians
BEIRUT — Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai on Tuesday made separate visits to Lebanon’s top three politicians. Sources at the Grand Serail told L’Orient Today that at each visit Rai proposed...
26 October 2021
Transport sector suspends general strike after meeting cabinet representatives
BEIRUT — After meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati and other cabinet representatives, the land transport unions and the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers suspended their general strike...
Wael Taleb, 26 October 2021
Representatives of the detainees allegedly involved in the Tayyouneh clashes have filed a request for the removal of Military Court judge Fadi Akiki from the case before the Beirut Appeals Court after he failed to register their earlier request for him to resign, the NNA reports
26 October 2021
Lawyers for LF leader Samir Geagea have submitted documents to Judge Fadi Akiki, who yesterday summoned Geagea to give testimony in the probe into the Oct. 14 Tayyouneh clashes, claiming the summons is illegal, an LF spokesperson told L’Orient Today without elaborating further
26 October 2021
Lebanon has registered 527 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Six people have died, raising the death toll to 8,465
26 October 2021
The Amal-FPM altercation strains the political landscape
The political war of words that the Amal Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement engaged in on Saturday after Amal accused the FPM of torpedoing the legislative elections, added tension to an...
Jeanine JALKH, 26 October 2021
Transport sector announces plans for “day of anger” protests
BEIRUT — The land transport unions announced that Wednesday a series of marches will take place in and around Beirut as part of a planned general strike to denounce skyrocketing fuel prices amid...
Wael Taleb, 26 October 2021
The non-medical personnel of Bint Jbeil Governmental Hospital in South Lebanon have announced an open-ended strike until salary demands, including increased wages and transportation allowances, are met, the NNA reports
26 October 2021
A women-led protest at the Ministry of Interior has called on Minister Bassam Mawlawi not to impede the summoning of officials in connection with the port blast, the NNA reports. Earlier this month, the minister shielded General Security and State Security heads from investigation
26 October 2021
Grand Mufti Abdel-Latif Derian alluded to Judge Tarek Bitar’s questioning of former Prime Minister Hassan Diab scheduled for Thursday in a press release after meeting with the ex-premier, stating that legal action against Diab could only happen through the Supreme Council
26 October 2021
MPs stick by early election date in joint parliamentary committee session
BEIRUT — In a joint parliamentary committee session Tuesday, MPs voted to maintain their recommendation to hold the upcoming legislative election on March 27, 2022, despite President Michel Aoun’s...
Tala Ramadan, 26 October 2021
An army intelligence patrol in the al-Qasr area in Hermel arrested a fugitive attempting to cross the border into Syria after he had been accused of stabbing two people, one fatally, in Aley on Friday, amid "family problems and financial disputes," the army said in a statement
26 October 2021
President Aoun tweeted that while the committees for preparing negotiations with the IMF are still operating, an agreement with the IMF would only be possible after cabinet meetings resume. The cabinet has not met since Oct. 12 due to a deadlock over the Beirut port blast probe
26 October 2021
Premier Najib Mikati said at a conference at the Grand Serail that “we look forward to resuming cabinet sessions as soon as possible.” The government hasn’t convened since Oct. 12 due to political differences over the 2020 Beirut port explosion investigation led by Tarek Bitar
26 October 2021
FPM leader Gebran Bassil tweeted that dropping a quota for female parliamentary representation from the proposed amendments to the electoral law is a blow to reforms needed for strengthening democracy. Parliament last week referred the quota issue back to parliamentary committees
26 October 2021
Hariri, Gemayel and Jumblatt side with Geagea over military court summons
BEIRUT - A trio of political leaders criticized the summoning of Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea to appear on Wednesday before the military court as a witness in the investigation into the...
26 October 2021
Geagea summoned in Tayyouneh investigation, retired soldiers’ sit-in, upcoming Parliament session: What to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Lebanese army intelligence yesterday summoned Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea to give testimony on the Tayyouneh clashes....
