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Tripoli protesters were allegedly tortured, ‘forcibly disappeared’ by Army Intelligence, Human Rights Watch says

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s military intelligence “forcibly disappeared and allegedly tortured” protesters who took part in dayslong demonstrations against COVID-19 lockdown measures that were exacerbating...

Georgi Azar, 30 March 2021

With scant state support, volunteers cleaning up an environmental disaster in Lebanon struggle to keep apace

BEIRUT — From afar, Beirut’s last public beach, Ramlet al-Baida, seems inviting. But after walking for 20 minutes along the sandy stretch of shoreline, the bottoms of one’s shoes are coated in...

Ghada Alsharif, 30 March 2021

Lebanon has registered 2,668 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Forty-eight more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,184

30 March 2021

With no cabinet, two men are making the most sensitive decisions in Lebanon. Experts warn this is unconstitutional and may have corrosive effects

BEIRUT — In the seven months since Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s cabinet resigned in the wake of the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion, Lebanon has been governed by a caretaker cabinet that has no...

Ghada Alsharif, 30 March 2021

Parliament's health and administration and justice committees have approved a draft law to create a body that would regulate Lebanon's pharmaceutical industry and encourage local drug manufacturing, health committee member MP Fadi Alame (Amal/Baabda) told L'Orient Today

30 March 2021

Speaking during the fifth annual Brussels Conference convened by the European Union and United Nations to raise funds for the Syrian crisis response, caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab called for the international community to support Lebanon's plan for returning refugees

30 March 2021

Judge Tarek Bitar questioned Customs chief Badri Daher for seven hours yesterday over the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion, the NNA reports. It was the first time Daher had appeared before a judicial investigator in the case since his arrest three days after the explosion

30 March 2021

A recent decline in COVID-19 infections among health care workers indicates Lebanon’s vaccine rollout will help accelerate the control of virus cases across the country, RHUH head Firass Abiad said in a tweet, but he warned of another spike if residents ignore preventive measures

30 March 2021

Lebanese Military Intelligence forcibly disappeared and allegedly tortured detainees who participated in protests in Tripoli in January, Human Rights Watch has found. In February Lebanon’s military prosecutor charged 35 people with terrorism in relation to the Tripoli protests

Poland’s Ambassador to the UN Joanna Wronecka will succeed Jan Kubis as UN special coordinator for Lebanon, diplomatic sources have told AFP. Kubis recently took up his post as the UN envoy for Libya

30 March 2021

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Tripoli protesters were allegedly tortured, ‘forcibly disappeared’ by Army Intelligence, Human Rights Watch says

Georgi Azar, 30 March 2021

With scant state support, volunteers cleaning up an environmental disaster in Lebanon struggle to keep apace

Ghada Alsharif, 30 March 2021

Lebanon has registered 2,668 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Forty-eight more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,184

30 March 2021

With no cabinet, two men are making the most sensitive decisions in Lebanon. Experts warn this is unconstitutional and may have corrosive effects

Ghada Alsharif, 30 March 2021

Parliament's health and administration and justice committees have approved a draft law to create a body that would regulate Lebanon's pharmaceutical industry and encourage local drug manufacturing, health committee member MP Fadi Alame (Amal/Baabda) told L'Orient Today

30 March 2021

Speaking during the fifth annual Brussels Conference convened by the European Union and United Nations to raise funds for the Syrian crisis response, caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab called for the international community to support Lebanon's plan for returning refugees

30 March 2021

Judge Tarek Bitar questioned Customs chief Badri Daher for seven hours yesterday over the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion, the NNA reports. It was the first time Daher had appeared before a judicial investigator in the case since his arrest three days after the explosion

30 March 2021

A recent decline in COVID-19 infections among health care workers indicates Lebanon’s vaccine rollout will help accelerate the control of virus cases across the country, RHUH head Firass Abiad said in a tweet, but he warned of another spike if residents ignore preventive measures

30 March 2021

Lebanese Military Intelligence forcibly disappeared and allegedly tortured detainees who participated in protests in Tripoli in January, Human Rights Watch has found. In February Lebanon’s military prosecutor charged 35 people with terrorism in relation to the Tripoli protests

30 March 2021

Parliament funds EDL, blackouts to continue, Ever Given freed: Everything you need to know this Tuesday

30 March 2021

Poland’s Ambassador to the UN Joanna Wronecka will succeed Jan Kubis as UN special coordinator for Lebanon, diplomatic sources have told AFP. Kubis recently took up his post as the UN envoy for Libya

30 March 2021