One person has been killed and others wounded in a Lebanese Army raid and subsequent fighting in the Sharawna neighborhood of Baalbeck, the army confirmed. The person killed was the target of the raid, a correspondent for our sister publication L’Orient-Le Jour reported 27 March 2021
Lebanon has registered 2,957 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Forty-five more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,058 27 March 2021
A marathon and half-marathon in solidarity with the victims of the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion will take place tomorrow morning, closing coastal roads from the port to Manara, the ISF said in a statement 27 March 2021
Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered near the Presidential Palace in Baabda, protesting against deteriorating living conditions and demanding accountability for the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion. The army is deployed throughout area 27 March 2021
An unidentified group stole electrical wires from an Électricité du Liban distribution station in Dinnieh, causing power cuts in the area, the NNA reports. Earlier this week, theft of metal contributed to the collapse of a pylon, destabilizing the national grid 27 March 2021
General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim traveled this morning to visit his French counterpart in Paris, the NNA reports 27 March 2021
Those aged between 55 and 65 will start receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine under the Health Ministry program starting Monday, Firass Abiad, the general manager of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, tweeted 27 March 2021
