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Lebanon has registered 664 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Seven people have died, raising the death toll to 8,495

30 October 2021

The UAE has decided to withdraw its diplomats from Lebanon and ban its citizens from visiting the country, Reuters cites UAE Minister of State Khalifa Shaheen Almarar as saying. The decision follows similar moves from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait

30 October 2021

Lebanon says government can't afford to resign as Saudi rift widens

BEIRUT —  Lebanon’s government cannot afford to resign over a growing diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia and some Gulf states, a member of a Lebanese crisis group of ministers said...

Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam, 30 October 2021

President Michel Aoun has said in a tweet that he is “keen to establish the best relations” and “sign bilateral agreements” with Saudi Arabia a day after the kingdom expelled Lebanon’s ambassador, withdrew its envoy from Lebanon and banned all Lebanese imports

30 October 2021

After a meeting of a crisis cell set up yesterday to work to resolve the spiraling diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib indicated that Lebanon’s international partners oppose the resignation of Najib Mikati’s cabinet over the incident

30 October 2021

Lebanon: Adjustment without reforms?

There are three reasons for skepticism about carrying out real economic, administrative or political reforms in Lebanon. These reasons are related to the regional geopolitical landscape, the local...

Fouad Khoury Hélou, 30 October 2021

Kuwait has ordered Lebanon’s charge d’affaires to leave the country and recalled its ambassador from Beirut in protest over comments made by Lebanese Information Minister George Kurdahi criticizing the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, its official news agency KUNA reports

30 October 2021

A Palestinian from the armed group Jund al-Sham has been assassinated in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Saida, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. With tensions high after the killing, schools in the camp closed their doors this morning as armed men moved through the streets

30 October 2021

Lebanon needs an independent board to manage the upcoming elections

The countdown has begun — or has it? For the second time, Parliament adopted on Thursday an amendment to the electoral law setting March 27 as the date for the parliamentary elections, six weeks...

Houssam EL-EID, 30 October 2021

Following Saudi Arabia, Bahrain has asked the Lebanese ambassador to leave within 48 hours, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, adding that other Lebanese residents of Bahrain would not be affected by the decision

30 October 2021

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said in a statement that "the responsibility, first and foremost" for Lebanon's isolation from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states "lies with Hezbollah," adding, "You want a state with sovereignty and national dignity, take Iran's hand off Lebanon"

30 October 2021

Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in a statement that after speaking with President Michel Aoun he had called Information Minister George Kurdahi and asked him to "assess the national interest and make the appropriate decision to repair Lebanese-Arab relations"

30 October 2021