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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said in a statement on the growing diplomatic crisis between Lebanon and the Gulf states that the "current government majority is called upon to take a quick, decisive and clear decision to spare the Lebanese people more tragedies"
29 October 2021
Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in statement that he is "sorry" about the measures taken by Saudi Arabia and reiterated that "position of Information Minister George Kurdahi, which he announced before assuming his ministerial duties, does not represent the government's opinion"
29 October 2021
Saudi Arabia dramatically escalates dispute over Lebanese minister’s Yemen remarks
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Beirut, ordered the Lebanese ambassador in the kingdom to leave the country within 48 hours, and banned all imports from Lebanon. Here’s...
29 October 2021
Saudi Arabia has issued an order to recall its ambassador from Beirut, called for Lebanon's ambassador to depart the kingdom within the next 48 hours, and has decided to stop all imports from Lebanon, reports Saudi Press Agency, the official Saudi news agency
29 October 2021
The Ministry of Health announced that citizens 60 years of age and older are eligible to receive a third dose of the COVID vaccine six months after their second dose. The Ministry of Education also announced a vaccination campaign for students born after 2010 and their parents
29 October 2021
President Michel Aoun issued a statement explaining why by-elections to fill 11 empty seats in Parliament have not been held, which the Amal bloc has said is unconstitutional. Aoun cited the COVID-19 pandemic, the port blast's destruction of voting centers and ministerial delays
29 October 2021
Lebanon has registered 680 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Eight people have died, raising the death toll to 8,488
29 October 2021
Advocates cry foul after education support bill overlooks children of Lebanese mothers and non-Lebanese fathers
BEIRUT — Children whose mothers are Lebanese but whose fathers are not were excluded from a bill approved by the Lebanese Parliament on Thursday, which allocated LL500 billion to support families...
Tala Ramadan, 29 October 2021
Lebanese Forces threatens legal action against Al-Akhbar over article on Tayyouneh clash investigation
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Forces issued a statement denying allegations that appeared in an Al-Akhbar article that alleges the party caused the Tayyouneh clashes based on purportedly leaked army...
29 October 2021
The Saudi-owned MBC Group, the Arab world's largest private media conglomerate, will close operations in Lebanon, Saudi media reported, after Lebanese Information Minister George Kurdahi criticized the kingdom's involvement in the war in Yemen
29 October 2021
President Michel Aoun has asked Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib to contact the US embassy in Lebanon and the Lebanese embassy in the US to investigate the circumstances of sanctions on MP Jamil al-Sayyed and businessmen Jihad al-Arab and Danny Khoury, Aoun said in a statement
29 October 2021
Hajjar said the Impact platform will be ready to launch registration for the ration card and a separate World Bank funded social assistance program within 10 days but noted that the World Bank ESSN program has been delayed because Parliament has not approved required amendments
29 October 2021
After an interview on Sawt Beirut International wherein the ministers of social affairs and economy appeared to point fingers at each other for delays in the ration card program, Social Affairs Minister Hector Hajjar issued a statement saying Parliament is the source of the delay
29 October 2021
The Future Movement has ‘had enough’ of Hezbollah’s ‘arbitrary politics’: statement
BEIRUT — The Future Movement, led by former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, issued a statement on Friday saying it has “had enough of Hezbollah’s arbitrary politics,” and condemning the party for...
29 October 2021
President Aoun officially asks Russia for satellite images
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun officially asked Russia on Friday to provide Lebanon with satellite images of the Beirut port to supplement the investigation into the Aug. 4, 2020, explosion there....
29 October 2021
The League of Public Technical and Vocational Teachers and the Contract Professors Committee have announced they will protest outside the Education Ministry on Tuesday to demand wage increases and inclusion in government support programs for the education sector, the NNA reports
29 October 2021
MP Jamil al-Sayyed denounces US sanctions against him, asks for proof of financial wrongdoing
BEIRUT — MP Jamil al-Sayyed (Ind./Baalbeck-Hermel) responded Friday to accusations from the US government, which had targeted him with sanctions Thursday, describing the country as “a party trying...
Rana Tabbara, 29 October 2021
How Hezbollah lost the Christians’ support
At the end of August 2017, the towns of al-Qaa and Baalbeck were celebrating. The jihadist specter, which had been hovering over these Christian towns bordering Syria since the radical groups of...
Jeanine JALKH, 29 October 2021
A Syrian national was found shot dead near the village of Rahbeh in Akkar this morning, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. Security forces were deployed to the scene and forensic experts have been summoned to investigate the case
29 October 2021
Over 4,000 bank employees have been dismissed from their jobs since the start of the economic crises in 2019, some without proper compensation, the head of the Syndicate of Bank Employees told L’Orient Today. Banks in Lebanon continue to employ just over 22,000 people, he added
29 October 2021
Parliament meeting cut short, more port probe lawsuits, electricity deal: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Parliament failed to consider dozens of proposals yesterday when its session was cut short after a number of MPs walked out...
