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The Future Movement is building its own vaccination program as Lebanon’s public campaign falls short
BEIRUT — The Future Movement is registering residents across Lebanon for COVID-19 vaccines that the party’s president, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, is trying to secure from abroad, Future...
Emily Lewis, 31 March 2021
Iraqi Health Minister Hassan Tamimi has arrived in Lebanon with a shipment of medical aid, including respirators, the NNA reported. During his visit, Tamimi is expected to discuss a deal for Iraq to import fuel to Lebanon in exchange for medical services
31 March 2021
Places of worship can open at up to 30% capacity during the Easter weekend lockdown, according to the disaster risk management unit. Supermarkets and other essential businesses will remain open, with residents needing permits to visit them. Restaurants will be delivery only
31 March 2021
Traditional 'manousheh' leaves tables in poverty-hit Lebanon
BEIRUT — Scattering spinach and hot chili onto fluffy flatbread in Lebanon's capital, 54-year-old Abu Shadi bemoans better times before the economic crisis, when all Lebanese could afford his...
31 March 2021
Lebanon has registered 3,393 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Fifty more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 6,234
31 March 2021
Travelers entering Lebanon will no longer have to take a PCR test if they present a certificate showing they were fully vaccinated for COVID-19 at least 15 days before their arrival, caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan has announced
31 March 2021
A small group of protesters who had gathered in Riad al-Solh Square are now marching toward Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's Beit al-Wasat residence in central Beirut, calling for Hariri, President Michel Aoun, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to step down
31 March 2021
A prisoner was found dead in Roumieh Prison on Tuesday evening, hanging by a towel in the cell where he was held to quarantine upon arriving, the Internal Security Forces said in a statement. The man, identified by his initials, A.K., was a Palestinian born in 1986
31 March 2021
France has donated new equipment to the Lebanese Army worth 4.2 million euros (about $4.9 million), including 50 portable medium-range anti-tank weapons and 100 observation and night-shooting cameras, the French Embassy in Lebanon has announced
31 March 2021
As of April 1, all residents aged 55 and up will be eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, as will some public sector workers, the Health Ministry said. Those aged 16–54 with chronic conditions, people with special needs, caregivers and jail workers will be eligible for AstraZeneca
31 March 2021
Judge Tarek Bitar will hear testimony from former Defense Minister Yaacoub Sarraf next Tuesday, the judicial source said, adding that Sarraf says he has details on the Beirut Port explosion that he wants to share
31 March 2021
Judge Tarek Bitar will interrogate the remainder of those detained after the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion tomorrow, a judicial source told L’Orient Today. Once the sessions end, Bitar will have questioned all 25 people detained in relation to the blast
31 March 2021
The National Human Rights Commission says it will visit Roumieh Prison today amid complaints about deteriorating prison conditions, especially the quantity and quality of medical care and food. Roumieh is Lebanon's largest prison, with cells holding triple their capacity
31 March 2021
More torture allegations, Diab calls for refugees’ return, private sector vaccines: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Human Rights Watch alleged that demonstrators arrested during January’s protests in Tripoli were abused and tortured during...
