Demonstrators block roads in the north and Saida
BEIRUT — Demonstrators on Monday evening blocked the road leading to Beddawi in north Lebanon and one leading to Saida in the south to protest deteriorating living conditions. What we know:...
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Lebanese lira strengthens against the dollar in an easily swayed market
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira traded as strongly as LL16,500 to the US dollar on the parallel market Monday morning, having progressively strengthened against the dollar since the middle of last week...
Richard SALAME, 26 July 2021
Economy Ministry lowers the price of small and large bread bundles
BEIRUT — The Economy Ministry has lowered the price of small and large bread bundles at bakeries. What we know: • Large bread bundles will now be sold at LL3,750 at...
26 July 2021
Lebanon has registered 341 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Two people have died, raising the death toll to 7,894
26 July 2021
Generator owners in Tripoli demand diesel
BEIRUT — Generator owners held a sit-in Monday in front of oil installations in Beddawi, north of Tripoli, to demand that they be supplied with diesel necessary to keep their generators running,...
26 July 2021
Parliamentary consultations to designate a prime minister have ended. Najib Mikati will be tasked with forming a new government after receiving 72 votes against 1 for Nawaf Salam and 42 blank votes
26 July 2021
The Free Patriotic Movement’s parliamentary bloc has withheld support for Mikati, voting for no one in parliamentary consultations to designate a prime minister. Mikati will be tasked with forming a cabinet regardless
26 July 2021
Billionaire and former premier Najib Mikati designated to form next government
BEIRUT — The task of addressing Lebanon’s spiraling crises will fall to billionaire former Premier Najib Mikati — if he can form a government. The Tripoli MP clinched the support of 72...
Benjamin Redd, 26 July 2021
Who is Najib Mikati?
BEIRUT — Billionaire telecoms tycoon and two-time former premier Najib Mikati, who was tapped Monday to replace Saad Hariri as prime minister-designate, is a familiar face in Lebanese politics....
Abby Sewell, 26 July 2021
Najib Mikati will be designated prime minister after the Amal Movement’s bloc voted in his favor, giving the two-time former premier an outright majority of support from MPs
26 July 2021
MP Jihad al-Samad (Ind./Dinnieh) has voted to designate Mikati as prime minister, bringing the former premier’s vote tally to 56
26 July 2021
MP Jamil al-Sayyed (Ind./Baalbeck-Hermel) has voted for no one in today’s consultations to name prime minister
26 July 2021
MP Jean Talouzian (Ind./East Beirut) has voted for Mikati to be designated prime minister. The tally now stands at 55 votes for Mikati, 1 for Nawaf Salam and 18 blank votes
26 July 2021
MP Chamel Roukoz (Ind./Kesrouan) has voted for no one in consultations to choose a new prime minister
26 July 2021
MP Fouad Makhzoumi (Ind./West Beirut) has voted for jurist Nawaf Salam to be designated prime minister. This is the first vote for someone other than Mikati
26 July 2021
MP Michel Daher (Ind./Zahle) has cast his support for Mikati to be named prime minister. Mikati now has 54 votes
26 July 2021
MP Osama Saad (Ind./Saida) did not support anyone in today’s consultations to choose a prime minister. Mikati has received support from 53 MPs so far, versus 17 blank votes
26 July 2021
MP Eddy Demerjian (Ind./Zahle) has voted for Mikati to be named Lebanon’s next prime minister. Mikati’s vote tally now stands at 53–16
26 July 2021
Parliamentary consultations to designate a new prime minister have resumed with the Lebanese Forces’ parliamentary bloc, which supported no one. Mikati’s vote tally now stands at 52-16
26 July 2021
President Michel Aoun has told a delegation of French senators that Lebanon’s next government will supervise the 2022 parliamentary elections, the NNA reports. The EU’s election observation mission had called for a supervisory commission to be installed ahead of the vote
26 July 2021
A man in Tripoli set himself on fire to protest the country’s deteriorating living conditions and his inability to provide food for his family, L’Orient-Le Jour’s local correspondent reports. The man was rescued by the Islamic Medical Association and taken to a local hospital
26 July 2021
The MPs of the Consultative Gathering bloc have split their vote, with two supporting Mikati and the other two nominating no one. The blank votes from MPs Faisal Karami and Walid Sukkarieh are the first today not to support Mikati, whose vote tally now stands at 52–2
26 July 2021
The parliamentary bloc of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party has cast its support for Mikati to become prime minister, bringing his vote tally to 50
26 July 2021
Mikati’s parliamentary bloc has cast its support for the former premier to return to the Grand Serail, bringing Mikati’s vote tally to 47. No opposing votes have been cast thus far
26 July 2021
The Progressive Socialist Party’s parliamentary bloc has voted for Mikati to become prime minister, bringing his vote tally to at least 44
26 July 2021
President Michel Aoun has told the UN undersecretary-general for peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, that Lebanon supports renewing the mandate for the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon. Lebanon regularly votes to renew UNIFIL’s mandate, which expires in August
26 July 2021
The bloc led by the Marada Movement has cast its support for Mikati to become prime minister, bringing his vote tally to at least 37
26 July 2021
Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc has cast its support for Mikati to become prime minister, bringing his vote tally to at least 32
26 July 2021
The Future Movement’s parliamentary bloc has voted for Mikati to be designated prime minister, bringing his tally to at least 20 votes
26 July 2021
Deputy Parliament Speaker Elie Ferzli (Ind./W. Bekaa-Rashaya) has voted for Mikati to become prime minister, bringing the latter’s vote count to at least three
26 July 2021
Money changers are selling and buying US dollars for less than LL17,000, several exchangers told L’Orient Today. This marks a significant strengthening in value compared with the record low the lira has traded around in recent weeks, as MPs convene to appoint a new premier
26 July 2021
MP Tammam Salam (Future ally/West Beirut) has voted for Mikati to be designated prime minister, bringing the Tripoli MP’s vote total to two. A candidate must receive a plurality of MP votes to be named prime minister
26 July 2021
MP Saad Hariri (Future/West Beirut) has voted for Mikati in parliamentary consultations to choose a new prime minister. Hariri resigned as premier-designate 11 days ago after failing to form a government
26 July 2021
MP Najib Mikati (Azm/Tripoli) has finished his meeting with President Michel Aoun, kicking off parliamentary consultations to choose a new prime minister. Mikati is seen as the front-runner for the position; he made no comments upon leaving the Presidential Palace
26 July 2021
Juicy contract, suspicious call for tenders — in the murky waters of Lebanon’s floating power plants (part I of II)
This is the first part of a two-part investigation. Read Part II here. Purchases from power barges have cost Lebanon more than $1.5 billion since the government signed an agreement in 2013 with...
Nada Maucourant Atallah, 26 July 2021
Vote for the next premier, Iraqi fuel deal, NSSF strike: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email. Click here to sign up. Parliamentary blocs are set to head to Baabda today to select a new prime minister. Local media reports indicate that former...
