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UNIFIL spokesperson condemns attack on contingent in South Lebanon

BEIRUT — A spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Kandice Ardiel, condemned in a statement Wednesday an attack Tuesday night on UN soldiers in South Lebanon. Here's what we...

5 January 2022

BDL employees' union refuses to hand over names, salaries to forensic audit firm

BEIRUT — The Union of the Central Bank Employees announced in a statement Tuesday their refusal to give “to those in charge of the financial and forensic audit the names and salaries of current and...

5 January 2022

Lebanon has registered 5,818 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Twenty people have died, bringing the death toll to 9,213

5 January 2022

ISF arrests individual filmed dragging a migrant worker by her hair

BEIRUT — An individual seen dragging a migrant worker along the ground by her hair in a video circulated on social media Wednesday has been arrested, the Internal Security Forces announced in a...

Wael Taleb, 5 January 2022

Bakery owners gather at Economy Ministry to demand bread price increase

BEIRUT – Bakery owners gathered outside the Economy Ministry Wednesday at the invitation of the Federation of Bakeries Syndicates to demand an adjustment in the price of bread amid the devaluation...

5 January 2022

Interior minister announces application period for those wishing to run in 2022 legislative elections

BEIRUT — Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi on Wednesday issued a circular announcing that those who wish to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections may apply to do so between January 10 and...

5 January 2022

More than 1,000 fines for COVID-19 restriction violations issued since Dec. 17: ISF

BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces announced Wednesday that it has issued 1,081 fines since Dec. 17 against people breaking COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the ministerial committee tasked...

5 January 2022

Schools will reopen for in-person classes, say education and health ministers

BEIRUT – Education Minister Abbas Halabi and Health Minister Firass Abiad held a joint press conference today to announce the return to schools and educational institutions as of Jan 10 with strict...

Rana Tabbara, 5 January 2022

Distributors are worried: a tank of gasoline will soon cost LL400,000

Driven by the continued depreciation of the national currency, whose rate on the parallel market reached a new record yesterday exceeding LL30,000 to the US dollar, and the upward trend in world...

Economic Service, 5 January 2022

Parents of Lebanese students abroad urge Aoun to sign amendment that would allow them to continue transferring money at the official exchange rate

BEIRUT — The Association of Parents of Lebanese Students Abroad asked President Michel Aoun in a statement “to embrace students and provide them with the hope of steadfastness abroad, by signing...

5 January 2022

Mikati: Budget coming within two days, cabinet meeting invitation to follow

BEIRUT— Prime Minister Najib Mikati informed President Michel Aoun in a meeting in Baabda that “the general budget for 2022 is ready and will be received within the next two days, and as soon as it...

5 January 2022

Lira hits LL30,000 mark, Abiad weighs schools reopening, Mikati vows to support army: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday.

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . For the second consecutive day, the Lebanese lira slid to an all-time low, reaching LL30,000 to the US dollar on the parallel...

5 January 2022