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Hezbollah deputy leader launches electoral campaign in four constituencies
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Thursday launched the party’s electoral campaign in four constituencies during a speech in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Echoing remarks...
3 March 2022
Health Ministry announces closure of UAE-donated health center for treatment of COVID-19
BEIRUT — The Health Ministry on Thursday announced the closure of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Hospital Center, which was donated by the United Arab Emirates and opened earlier this year to assist...
3 March 2022
Beirut heritage buildings selected for World Monument Watch list
The Beirut Heritage Initiative has succeeded in getting Beirut’s heritage buildings on the 2022 World Monument Watch list. They are among a selection of 25 sites of “great cultural significance”...
May MAKAREM, 3 March 2022
The ground is ripe for corruption and clientelism in the May parliamentary polls, election monitors say
BEIRUT – Two and a half months before its parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 15, Lebanon has not yet taken necessary measures to ensure a clean election, the Lebanese Association for...
Wael Taleb, 3 March 2022
Why Nawaf Salam could be the missing piece for Hezbollah’s defeat
No one can confirm today whether or not the legislative elections slated for May 15 will actually take place. Not even President Michel Aoun, not Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri or Hezbollah’s...
Anthony SAMRANI, 3 March 2022
Economy minister seeks to assuage fears of wheat shortages
BEIRUT — Following fears of wheat shortages in Lebanon due Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one of the country’s main wheat suppliers, Economy Minister Amin Salam reassured that Lebanon has sufficient...
3 March 2022
Strong winds cause damage in North Lebanon
BEIRUT – Strong winds caused material damages in Tripoli, L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the area reported. Here’s what we know: • A utility pole located on the street...
3 March 2022
Beirut International and Arab Book Fair kicks off today after three-year break
BEIRUT — After a three-year forced hiatus, the Beirut International and Arab Book Fair comes back to life today, although not without controversy — some consider the holding of the event to be in...
Farah-Silvana Kanaan, 3 March 2022
Hezbollah calls Aoun to order
After having maintained a rather ambiguous position over the demarcation of the maritime border with Israel, Hezbollah has recently made sure to convey a clear-cut message: it has the upper hand in...
Jeanine JALKH, 3 March 2022
Amal MP Yassine Jaber will not run in May's elections
BEIRUT — Amal Movement parliamentary bloc member MP Yassine Jaber Wednesday said he won’t be running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 15, after 30 years in Parliament due...
3 March 2022
New fuel prices: 20 liters of 95-octane gasoline increased by LL28,000, reaching LL397,000. 20 liters of 98-octane gasoline increased by LL28,000, reaching LL407,000. 20 liters of diesel now cost LL375,000, up LL41,000. A cylinder of household gas now costs LL288,000, up by LL15,000
3 March 2022
IMF to return with full team, EDL workers’ strike, Beirut book fair is back: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . A full delegation from the International Monetary Fund is expected to come to Lebanon in mid-March to “finalize talks”...
