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Lebanon has registered 1,001 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours amid low testing, the smallest count since Dec. 7. Thirty-four more people have died, bringing the death toll to 6,443

5 April 2021

Syrian refugees: 10 years trapped in a surreal reality

Lebanon has collapsed. A pandemic, a “nuclear-like” explosion that has destroyed a third of the capital, and an unprecedented economic collapse mean that more than half of the country’s population...

Nour Shawaf, 5 April 2021

Saudi Arabia will back any plan for “real reform” in Lebanon, no matter who implements it, its foreign minister has told CNN, denying that the kingdom is standing behind Premier-designate Saad Hariri or anyone else in the government formation standoff

5 April 2021

The Kuwaiti tanker carrying gas oil is en route to the northern Deir Ammar power plant where it will begin offloading today, an EDL source told L'Orient Today. The tanker had previously replenished the southern Zahrani power plant, which was also shut down

5 April 2021