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Lebanon has registered 1,182 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Twenty-six more people have died, bringing the death toll to 7,197
27 April 2021
Syrian refugees face Ramadan penury amid Lebanon's economic ruin
BARR ELIAS, Zahle — Hussein al-Khaled and his family have lived in a makeshift hut in Lebanon for a decade, since fleeing the war in neighboring Syria, but this year COVID-19 and economic collapse...
27 April 2021
Saudi Ambassador Waleed Bukhari wrote on Twitter that the kingdom has seized over 57 million narcotic substances hidden in Lebanese produce shipments since the beginning of 2020. A recent shipment of Captagon-laden pomegranates prompted the country to ban Lebanese produce imports
27 April 2021
The army has announced that it arrested three Lebanese and six Syrians for allegedly attempting to smuggle 32,000 liters of gasoline and 9,000 liters of diesel from Lebanon into Syria
27 April 2021
Lebanese composer Samir Sfeir has “disappeared” during a visit to Saudi Arabia, several local media outlets report, with some saying authorities in the kingdom arrested him days ago. No official statement on the matter has as yet been issued by either Saudi or Lebanese authorities
27 April 2021
Anti-corruption crusader or political lackey? The controversial judge at the heart of Lebanon’s latest judicial saga
BEIRUT — Amid the raft of mid-level appointees who make up the Lebanese judiciary, Judge Ghada Aoun has established herself as a widely recognizable public figure. The Mount Lebanon public...
Emily Lewis, 27 April 2021
A Lebanese national who holds a Brazilian passport was arrested early this morning at Beirut airport for smuggling 11kg of cocaine from Brazil to Lebanon aboard a Qatar Airways flight. The individual has been referred to the relevant judicial authorities, the NNA reports
27 April 2021
Ibrahim Tarshishi, head of Bekaa Farmers Association, has told NBN that between the Beirut and Jeddah ports “40 trucks of fruits and vegetables are held up” in addition to trucks travelling to Saudi Arabia overland via Jordan. A Saudi ban on Lebanese produce is causing the backup
27 April 2021
Saudi ban reversal efforts, COVID-19 cases drop, locusts swarm: Everything you need to know this Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Michel Aoun conscripted caretaker ministers to put mitigation measures in place to curb drug trafficking as he asked Saudi Arabia...
