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Roads blocked as Lebanese worry over fuel and plunging currency
BEIRUT — Small-scale protests and roadblocks broke out in numerous locations across Lebanon on Saturday amid a looming hike in the price of fuel and the continued plunge of the lira to record lows....
Emily Lewis, 26 June 2021
Suspects in past clashes within Lebanon’s Druze community will hand themselves in within days and anyone using a weapon “in the Mountain” area where Druze predominate will be held to account, a joint statement from top Druze political leaders said after a reconciliatory meeting
26 June 2021
Generator owners in the Baalbeck villages of Fakiha, Maalqa, Zeitoun and Ras Baalbeck say in a statement that they will turn off their generators completely starting July 1 because of fuel shortages and price increases, calling on authorities to restore economic stability
26 June 2021
The Directorate of Oil Installations has said in a statement that any closed gas stations that are found to be storing fuel in their tanks will face permanent closure after selling its stock and be cut off from fuel supply. It comes ahead of an expected fuel price hike next week
26 June 2021
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul to discuss regional developments and bilateral relations, a tweet from Hariri’s office says
26 June 2021
Two people were injured in an exchange of gunfire between protesters and a fast food shop owner in Tripoli, the NNA reports. The protesters were allegedly trying to force the shop to close, as many other businesses in the city had done in protest of worsening living conditions
26 June 2021
Protesters are continuing to block roads across the country as the value of the lira falls past LL17,500. Roads are cut off in areas including Saida’s Elia and Marytrs’ squares, Zouk Mosbeh, Akkar’s Halba, Tripoli’s Abu Ali roundabout and Beirut’s Corniche al-Mazraa and Jnah
26 June 2021
Progressive Socialist Party head Walid Joumblatt, Lebanese Democratic Party head Talal Arslan and Arab Tawhid Party head Wiam Wahhab have met at Arslan’s Khaldeh residence for what has been reported as an attempt to reconcile past disputes between the Druze leaders
26 June 2021
Lebanon has registered 126 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Two more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,841
26 June 2021
Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan has announced in a tweet that over the next four days the Health Ministry will be sending 42,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointment invitations to people under 30 years old who registered on the COVAX platform before Feb. 14
26 June 2021
Six protesters were injured in scuffles with Lebanese army troops who were trying to disperse demonstrators blocking a road in Saida’s Martyrs’ Square, L'Orient-Le Jour's correspondent reports. Protesters have blocked roads across the country amid a plunge in the lira’s value
26 June 2021
Starting Monday, only passengers and staff will be allowed into Beirut airport’s arrival and departure halls as a new measure against COVID-19, the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation announced. Family and friends will not be able to enter to greet or say goodbye to travelers
26 June 2021
How Lebanese officials may be exposing Banque du Liban’s gold and foreign currency reserves to bondholder lawsuits
The government of Lebanon defaulted on its eurobonds more than 15 months ago. While government defaults are not rare, the decision to default is not an easy nor riskless one. It carries legal,...
