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Firefighters, residents battle blazes for the second day in north Lebanon

BEIRUT — Wildfires raged for a second day in northern Lebanon on Thursday, spreading to Hermel and the border with Syria as firefighters and local residents redoubled efforts to contain the...

Richard SALAME, 29 July 2021

Lebanon’s top prosecutor orders new measures to crack down on fuel hoarding and smuggling

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s top prosecutor, Ghassan Oueidat, ordered new measures to crack down on those hoarding and smuggling fuel, following a meeting with top officials at the Grand Serail on Thursday....

29 July 2021

Lebanon has registered 1,104 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Three more people have died, raising the death toll to 7,900

29 July 2021

Consumer prices double year-on-year as Lebanon’s economic crisis deepens

BEIRUT — Consumer prices doubled from June 2020 to June 2021, according to the latest figures published by Lebanon’s Central Administration of Statistics, a government agency. The consumer price...

Omar Tamo, 29 July 2021

Premier-designate Najib Mikati has left the Presidential Palace after meeting with Michel Aoun regarding cabinet formation. Mikati has visited Baabda every day since being designated this past Monday; he said his next visit would be after the weekend, on Monday

29 July 2021

Tripoli Bar lifts immunity for former Minister Youssef Fenianos in Beirut blast case

BEIRUT — The Tripoli Bar Association on Thursday lifted former Public Works Minister Youssef Fenianos’ immunity as a lawyer with regard to the Beirut port explosion investigation, state media...

29 July 2021

Employees at Rafik Hariri University Hospital begin an “open general strike”

BEIRUT — Employees at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, a leading public hospital in treating COVID-19 patients in Lebanon and a major inoculation center, went on strike Thursday to protest the...

29 July 2021

Parliament ready to lift immunity for Beirut blast probe, Berri says

BEIRUT — Parliament speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday that the legislature was ready to lift the immunity of its members to allow for questioning over last year’s port blast in the capital of...

29 July 2021

Hospital workers report a rise in cardiac cases as crucial heart medications become increasingly scarce

BEIRUT — Admissions to cardiac care units have dramatically increased amid widespread shortages of heart medications, representatives from four hospitals told L’Orient Today . “Patients with...

Tala Ramadan, 29 July 2021

Lebanon has met the conditions necessary for a $246 million World Bank loan meant to provide relief to vulnerable families to take effect

BEIRUT — After missing the original May deadline to meet conditions necessary for a $246 million World Bank loan intended to provide relief to needy families to take effect, the Lebanese government...

29 July 2021

The Civil Defense has extinguished a fire that broke out on Thursday morning at the Beirut port’s wheat and corn silos, the NNA reports

29 July 2021

Bread prices increased slightly by Economy Ministry after falling earlier this week

BEIRUT — The Economy Ministry has slightly increased the per-gram price of small and large bread bundles, after having lowered the cost of bread earlier this week. Here’s what we know:  ...

29 July 2021

Woman shot dead in Baalbeck, father and uncle arrested

BEIRUT — A 20-year-old woman was found shot dead on Thursday in the district of Baalbeck, our sister publication, L’Orient-Le Jour , reports. Here’s what we know:     • The victim,...

29 July 2021

Wildfires in the north, Mikati to Baabda, immunity lifted in port case: Everything you need to know today

Want to get the Morning Brief by email. Click here to sign up. Wildfires broke out in northern Lebanon, claiming the life of a 15-year-old boy who was helping to fight them and sending...

29 July 2021