Nasrallah promises more Iranian fuel shipments
BEIRUT — In a televised address, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the party has agreed with Iran to start loading a third ship containing fuel to Lebanon, with more to come in the future....
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Lebanon has registered 1,124 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Four people have died, raising the death toll to 8,035
27 August 2021
Regarding the prospect of Lebanon receiving Iranian fuel, Mikati said, “We will not allow anyone to drive us into a series of sanctions" and called on the Arab countries to to give Lebanon "'a candle,' as we cannot say no to the Iranian ships when we do not have any alternative"
27 August 2021
In an interview with Al Hadath, Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said that government formation is not an easy process, “but I will not resign, and the government will be formed.” He did not give a timeframe
27 August 2021
Beirut Municipality announced that a team of municipal employees has been formed to help waste collection contractor Ramco, as trash has begun piling up on the streets due to the fuel crisis and Ramco's inability to obtain enough fuel to fill the tanks of its vehicles
27 August 2021
Riad Salameh: a bargaining chip in the government formation talks
The head of state does not give up. Just when we thought we had gotten to a final sprint in the cabinet formation process, President Michel Aoun pulled out a tremendous weapon in his standoff with...
Jeanine JALKH, 27 August 2021
Grand Mufti Abdel-Latif Derian has described Beirut port blast probe head Judge Tarek Bitar’s demands that caretaker Premier Hassan Diab appear for questioning in the case as “reprehensible,” saying they are “an offense to the way of behaving with a prime minister”
27 August 2021
What are SDRs and how might Lebanon use them?
BEIRUT — Lebanon has received an allocation of Special Drawing Rights worth $860 million from the International Monetary Fund, upon which many are pinning their hopes to strengthen the country’s...
Ghada Alsharif, 27 August 2021
Lebanese security chief warns crisis could be prolonged
BEIRUT — The head of one of Lebanon’s most powerful security agencies ordered his officers to stand firm in the face of a national crisis that could be protracted, warning of the chaos that...
27 August 2021
Invoking the Constitution and law 13/90, Parliament Secretary-General Adnan Daher has asked the public prosecutor’s office “to take appropriate steps” against Beirut blast probe head Tarek Bitar as it exceeds Bitar’s remit to demand outgoing PM Hassan Diab appear for questioning
27 August 2021
Clock ticking for Lebanese cancer patients as shortages bite
BEIRUT — Christine Tohme had already been diagnosed with ovarian cancer when Lebanon’s financial system began to unravel in 2019. She never expected that two years later her country’s economic...
Maha El Dahan and Alaa Kanaan, 27 August 2021
Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hasan has asked drug importers to distribute their stocks to the market following the central bank’s approval of 1,800 invoices for medications. He also warned that inspections of drug warehouses will continue in an effort to deter stock hoarding
27 August 2021
Phone and internet services in Tripoli and its neighboring areas are down again due to fuel shortages, the state telecoms company Ogero said on Twitter. The services will remain suspended until the company’s generators in the area are resupplied with diesel
27 August 2021
The Civil Defense says it has extinguished, with the help of the Lebanese Army, a large wildfire that spread over wide area between Anjar and Majdal Anjar, adding that firefighters battled the blaze from 11 p.m. yesterday until 7 a.m. this morning
27 August 2021
Criminal charges in Akkar blast, Bitar confronts Diab, Iraqi fuel deal progresses: All you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Three people were criminally charged yesterday in connection with the deadly Aug. 15 explosion in Tleil, Akkar. The Military...
