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After an Israeli army spokesperson said in a tweet that an Israeli drone had fallen down in Lebanese territory, Hezbollah's media office released a statement saying that their soldiers had shot the drone down this afternoon in the village of Yater in south Lebanon
30 September 2021
Elections accountability group warns against early elections
BEIRUT — Responding to a statement by Prime Minister Najib Mikati that elections would be held on March 27 of next year, the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE) warned that there...
Ghada Alsharif, 30 September 2021
‘Cautiously optimistic’: First criminal case filed under Lebanon's sexual harassment law is closely watched
BEIRUT — Earlier this year, more than 20 Lebanese women took to social media with allegations of sexual harassment against Jaafar al-Attar, a well-known local activist, journalist and director. A...
Rana Tabbara, 30 September 2021
Amnesty International calls on General Security not to deport Syrians detained at Beirut airport
BEIRUT – Amnesty International called on Lebanon's General Security on Thursday not to deport three Syrian men who were arrested earlier this month at Beirut International airport and have been...
30 September 2021
Lebanon has registered 621 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Nine people have died, raising the death toll to 8,325
30 September 2021
The prime minister and ministers of social affairs and economy have agreed upon a mechanism and criteria for the ration card and to open "an exceptional additional credit for its financing," the NNA reports. The officials did not give any further details regarding the mechanism
30 September 2021
Lebanon’s political arena: The graveyard of technocrats
In a consociational system marked by sharp political differences, the emergence of independent voices is almost impossible. “A government, any government”: that was the French position on the...
Salah Hijazi, 30 September 2021
Aoun asks Lazard to continue advisory role ahead of IMF talks
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun on Thursday asked Lazard to continue its financial advisory role in preparation for a resumption of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....
30 September 2021
Premier Najib Mikati and Jordanian Premier Bisher Al Khasawneh discussed ways of speeding up the delivery of Egyptian gas to boost Lebanon’s electricity output via a pipeline that runs through Jordan and Syria, they said in a news conference held after meeting Thursday morning
30 September 2021
Several detainees escaped from a police station in Niha, Chouf, around dawn, an ISF spokesperson told L’Orient Today. Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi has asked the ISF’s director general to step up search operations and find the fugitives
30 September 2021
Members of the Civil Defense intervened this morning to put out a fire that broke out in the southern area of Bisri around dawn, the NNA reports
30 September 2021
Less mayhem at the gas pumps, but for how long?
For the first time in several weeks, the lines at gas stations appear to have eased, and are now just a few cars long instead of spilling out onto the streets. The about-face at the pumps comes a...
Magaly ABBOUD, 30 September 2021
Cabinet gets to work, port blast protest, Jordanian premier visits: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Najib Mikati’s government made a spate of decisions at its first substantive cabinet meeting, including naming a team that will...
