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Lebanon’s electricity sector is facing the prospect of complete collapse

Months after the devastating explosion of Aug. 4, the Port of Beirut does not seem to be the only victim of institutional collapse. Amid a severe and ongoing economic crisis combined with an...

Marc AYOUB, 26 February 2021

Lebanon has registered 3,373 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Fifty more people have died, raising the death toll to 4,610

26 February 2021

The head of the Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee said the state is trying to secure 300,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for Palestinian refugees, the NNA reports. Lebanon’s inoculation rollout has been slow to reach refugees, causing concern among health officials

26 February 2021

Why Lebanon’s vaccine rollout is going slower than expected — but faster than the numbers suggest

BEIRUT — A year on from the first recorded cases of COVID-19 in Lebanon, the launch of the vaccination campaign on Feb. 14 was celebrated as the first step on the road out of the pandemic. But...

Emily Lewis, 26 February 2021

Military Investigative Judge Marcel Bassil has ordered the release of three protesters detained in Tripoli last month and referred the file to Assistant Military Tribunal Prosecutor Fadi Akiki, the NNA reports

26 February 2021

The STL has set June 16 as a tentative start date for Salim Ayyash’s trial in relation to attacks in 2004-05 against Marwan Hamade, Georges Hawi and Elias El-Murr. Ayyash, a Hezbollah operative, was convicted in absentia over the 2005 killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri

26 February 2021

Caretaker Interior Minister Mohamed Fehmi has told Al Joumhouria that by-elections for 10 vacant Parliament seats will be held in May at the earliest subject to approval from the president and caretaker premier. Fehmi previously indicated the polls would take place in March

26 February 2021

Vaccination scandals, protests, electricity promises: Everything you need to know to start your Friday

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The agency monitoring Lebanon’s scandal-wracked COVID-19 vaccination plan is expected to issue a report by the end of the week....

26 February 2021