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Lebanon’s top prosecutor, Judge Ghassan Oueidat, has asked security forces to investigate and pursue “manipulators, exchangers and illegal speculators of the national currency.” The move comes as the lira slides to record lows
6 March 2021
Lebanon has registered 3,158 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Forty-two more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 5,013
6 March 2021
The fourth batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, containing 32,760 shots, arrived in Lebanon this afternoon, the Health Ministry announced
6 March 2021
Scores of people have gathered in front of Banque du Liban’s headquarters in Hamra protesting the deterioration of living conditions as the lira’s value continues to depreciate in the market. Exchange shops are selling US dollars for over LL10,500, a record
6 March 2021
In a televised address, caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he is ready to “retreat” from work if that would accelerate the formation of a new cabinet. Lebanon has been without a functioning government since Diab resigned in the wake of the Aug. 4 Beirut port blast
6 March 2021
More than a ‘Hezbollah stronghold’: The complicated past and present of Haret Hreik
HARET HREIK, Baabda — Looking out the window of his office in the Haret Hreik municipality building, Mustapha Qomati recalled the view of the same street when he was a boy. “This area here that...
