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New lira withdrawal restrictions create a cash crunch for depositors as banks blame BDL

BEIRUT — At the beginning of the economic crisis, getting dollars out of the bank became an impossible task. Now accessing cash lira has become the latest challenge for Lebanon’s depositors. In a...

Richard SALAME, 3 September 2021

Lebanon has registered 1,112 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Nine more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,079

3 September 2021

Lawyers’ association attempts to remove acting public prosecutor from the Beirut port investigation, questioning his impartiality

The Beirut Bar Association, which represents a number of people impacted by the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion, filed a request to remove acting public prosecutor Ghassan Khoury from the blast...

Claude ASSAF, 3 September 2021

Delegation of Lebanese officials to head to Syria Saturday to discuss energy deal

BEIRUT — A delegation of high-level Lebanese officials is set to head to Syria on Saturday to discuss a potential deal to import gas from Egypt to Lebanon via Jordan and Syria. The official visit...

3 September 2021

A fire has broken out in Saksakieh, Saida, the NNA reports. Residents called on the Civil Defense to work to extinguish the blaze before it reaches their homes

3 September 2021

Caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni has signed a draft decree which aims to give army, state security and customs personnel a transportation stipend amounting to LL300,000 per month

3 September 2021

Premier-designate Najib Mikati has reiterated that he will not step down from cabinet formation efforts. “If resigning was a good option for the country, I would not hesitate to do so. But, so far, this option is out of the question,” Mikati told Al Arabiya English

3 September 2021

The Economy Ministry has increased the per-gram bread price. The cost of a large, 915-gram bread bundle at bakeries is LL4,500 — a 3.8 percent price rise — and a small, 365-gram bundle is LL2,750, a 4.11 percent rise. Prices at shops and supermarkets are LL500 higher per bundle

3 September 2021

Cabinet hopes diminish, generator meters, attempted self-immolation: Everything you need to know today

Hopes dwindled for formation of a Lebanese government by the end of the week as Najib Mikati and Michel Aoun exchanged accusations, seven days after the two leaders last met. The premier-designate...

3 September 2021