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Mikati issues statement distancing ‘majority of Lebanese’ from Hezbollah chief’s criticism of Saudi Arabia

BEIRUT — Prime minister Najib Mikati said in a statement late Monday that comments made by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah about Saudi Arabia earlier in the evening “do not represent the Lebanese...

3 January 2022

Lebanon has registered 2,994 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Twenty people have died, bringing the death toll to 9,174

3 January 2022

Nasrallah reiterates commitment to Mar Mikhael agreement with FPM, expresses willingness ‘to improve it’

BEIRUT – Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Monday that his party “is committed to the Mar Mikhael agreement and is willing to improve it in line with the national interest.” Nasrallah’s...

Wael Taleb, 3 January 2022

Ogero services go down across Akkar

BEIRUT — The state-owned telecommunications company Ogero announced Monday a cut in its services across the Akkar district of North Lebanon. Here’s what we know:     • “Our technical...

3 January 2022

National vaccine committee head ‘not leaning’ toward lockdown as it’s only a ‘temporary solution’

BEIRUT — The head of the national committee on COVID-19 vaccines Abdul Rahman Bizri said Monday that despite the growing numbers of COVID-19 cases, he “does not lean towards a lockdown because it...

3 January 2022

Lira hits new low of LL29,100 to the dollar

BEIRUT — The lira hit a new record low Monday of LL29,100 to the US dollar on the parallel market, having traded in a tight range — LL26,200 to LL28,300 to the US dollar — for the duration of the...

Kabalan Farah, 3 January 2022

Cable theft causes power outage in north

BEIRUT — An unidentified group stole electrical wires from an Electricité du Liban distribution station Monday in the Al Borj neighborhood located in the Minyeh-Dinnieh district in North Lebanon,...

3 January 2022

Aoun calls for prosecution of those who engaged in celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve

BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun on Monday called on security forces and the judiciary to prosecute those who shot in the air during New Year’s Eve celebrations, a tweet from the president’s official...

3 January 2022

Ali Hassan Khalil hits back at Bassil, defending Hezbollah partnership

BEIRUT – “We are proud of the national partnership with Hezbollah, which bore the responsibility of defending Lebanon and defending the establishment of the state and its institutions,” Amal...

3 January 2022

ISF announces the seizure of 1,772 kilograms of cocaine

BEIRUT – The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Monday that it had seized 1,772 kilograms of cocaine and arrested three men alleged to be behind a drug trafficking network on Dec. 22....

3 January 2022

Lockdown decision in balance, IMF negotiations to step up, Nasrallah to speak: Everything you need to know to start your Monday

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Health Minister Firass Abiad warned that Lebanon is “ready to make the decision to close the country” if the rate of the spread...

3 January 2022