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Thawra forces gain landslide win in engineers’ syndicate elections
Independent groups from the Naqaba Tantafid (“The Order Revolts”) opposition coalition won an unprecedented landslide victory against mainstream parties in the Order of Engineers and Architects...
Claude ASSAF, 28 June 2021
Reporters Matt Kynaston and Stella Männer have been released after being handed over to authorities following a six-hour detention by Hezbollah for attempting to report from the airport road. SKEyes criticized security forces for not investigating those who detained the reporters
28 June 2021
‘We are really in hell’: With fuel price hike looming, Lebanon descends further into chaos
BEIRUT — Worsening fuel shortages and the anticipation of an impending price hike on gasoline appeared to have pushed Lebanon to the brink of full-on collapse Monday, with one normally optimistic...
Tala Ramadan, 28 June 2021
The international highway in Aley has been blocked by protesters, the NNA reports. Meanwhile, several protesters have been reported injured during scuffles with the Lebanese Army in Sidon’s Martyrs’ square
28 June 2021
The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that all commercial bank branches across the country will close tomorrow in solidarity with employees of the Lebanese Swiss Bank in Hamra, which was stormed by angry depositors form a local NGO earlier today
28 June 2021
MP Mohammad Hajjar (Future/Chouf) tells L’Orient Today that his party doesn’t support the current ration card proposal coming before Parliament this week, lambasting it as an “election card” proposal with little chance of funding due to a failure to follow international practices
28 June 2021
President Michel Aoun has called for a meeting of the Higher Defense Council tomorrow at Baabda Palace to discuss the security situation in the country
28 June 2021
Protesters are blocking roads across Beirut, including in Mar Elias, Qasqas, Verdun and at the Cola roundabout, the NNA reports. Protesters have also blocked the road in front of the Gemmayzeh police station, demanding the release of two detained fellow demonstrators
28 June 2021
Lebanon has registered 66 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Two more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,845
28 June 2021
Angry depositors from a local NGO stormed the headquarters of Lebanese Swiss Bank on Monday afternoon demanding money, two employees of the bank told L’Orient Today
28 June 2021
An explosion at the office of lawyer Sakher El Hachem and Judge Peter Germanos in Furn al-Shubbak has caused extensive damage. No injuries have been reported. The cause of the explosion remains unknown
28 June 2021
Turkish firm Karpowership says it will resume providing electricity to Lebanon ‘out of goodwill’
BEIRUT — Turkish firm Karpowership says its two offshore power barges will resume providing electricity to Lebanon starting today. “This decision is made out of goodwill,” a statement from the...
Ghada Alsharif, 29 June 2021
Cause of blast at office of port detainee’s lawyer remains unknown
BEIRUT — An explosion at the office of lawyer Sakher El Hachem and Judge Peter Germanos in Furn al-Shubbak Monday caused extensive damage but no injuries. The cause of the explosion remains...
Ghada Alsharif, 28 June 2021
Protesters have obstructed roads, demanding a solution to Lebanon’s economic crisis. Roads are blocked in areas including Sur, Saida, Corniche al-Mazraa in Beirut and Barja in the Chouf, local media report. In Tripoli, protesters cut off Abu Ali roundabout with cement blocks
28 June 2021
Lebanon’s economic collapse bites hard in neglected north
TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Taha Riz has worked just three days in more than a month at his Tripoli bakery, in Lebanon’s neglected north where economic meltdown has hit hardest and plunged thousands like...
Dominic Evans and Issam Abdallah, 28 June 2021
The head of the Lebanese Poultry Syndicate has called on authorities to deliver diesel to chicken farms, warning of a “massive disaster” due electricity cuts as a result of fuel shortages, which could prove fatal for live chickens and ruin refrigerated chicken
28 June 2021
Banque du Liban has announced that it will sell dollars to commercial banks to finance 100% of “all types” of fuel imports at the exchange rate of LL3,900 to the dollar as of today. BDL had previously subsidized 90% of fuel imports at LL1,507.5 to the dollar
28 June 2021
Bank to shut after angry depositors storm Hamra branch demanding transfers
BEIRUT — Lebanese Swiss Bank will close its doors indefinitely after three of its employees were injured when angry depositors from a local NGO stormed its headquarters in Beirut’s Hamra...
Wael Taleb, 28 June 2021
Due to protracted electricity cuts, Rafik Hariri University Hospital is turning off air-conditioning throughout its premises except in areas needed for medical purposes, such as operating and examination rooms, the hospital’s head, Firass Abiad, has said
28 June 2021
Operations were paused at the General Security headquarters in Beirut on morning due to power cuts and the shutdown of generators, Al Jadeed reports. Lebanon has been suffering from severe fuel shortages for weeks, leading to worsening electricity cuts
28 June 2021
How Hezbollah infiltrated the Lebanese state — part I of II
Part I: The early days of the “resistance.” Read Part II here. How did a handful of men trained, indoctrinated and funded by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps become, decades later, the...
Mounir RABIH, 28 June 2021
Following a meeting with Hamas’ leader, Ismail Haniyeh, President Michel Aoun praised Palestinians who demonstrated during Israel's recent siege on Gaza, saying that “their sacrifices must be awarded by restoring” their right to their land
28 June 2021
The head of the supermarket owners’ syndicate, Nabil Fahed, told VDL radio (93.3) that some importers have increased their price lists after the lira plunged to new lows this past week and that new prices would be seen on shelves in the next two days
28 June 2021
Christians’ rights, you say?
Talk about Christians’ rights in Lebanon wore out our ears long ago — ever since a bloody fratricidal war ripped through the Lebanese community, upended a vulnerable coexistence and prevented any...
Anne-Marie El-HAGE, 28 June 2021
The public administration employees’ association has announced a strike from Wednesday, June 30 through Friday, July 9 to call for reforms, including adjustments to employees’ “insufficient salaries,” the NNA reports. This would be at least the third such strike in recent months
28 June 2021
On the heels of this weekend’s protests in response to the lira’s rapid depreciation, residents have blocked main roads this morning in Saida, Beirut’s Qasqas and Jnah, as well as Abdul Hamid Karami Square in Tripoli
28 June 2021
Gas prices set to soar, weekend protests, independent engineers win vote: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Gasoline and diesel prices may increase by as much as 30–45 percent this week. The hike would come after officials on Friday...
