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Unidentified persons in a black car abandoned a 3-year-old child on the side of the road in al-Manqaa town in Arsal, the NNA reports, adding that an army patrol subsequently placed the child in care
6 May 2021
Standup comedian Shaden Fakih says she has been summoned to appear before the ISF Cybercrimes Bureau for questioning tomorrow without being informed of the reason. Fakih was first summoned to appear in March, but the meeting was postponed, reportedly due to a scheduling conflict
6 May 2021
The Lebanese Army on Wednesday arrested eight people and seized three fuel tanks, a pickup vehicle, a motorcycle, 23,000 liters of diesel, 1,024 liters of gasoline and 2,321 vegetable ghee boxes allegedly intended to be smuggled to Syria, the army has said in a statement
6 May 2021
As Lebanon falls deeper into crisis, innovators shift their focus abroad
BEIRUT — Amid a brain drain catalyzed by Lebanon’s worst economic crisis in decades, young entrepreneurs are joining doctors, academics and other professionals who are shifting their sights for a...
Rana Tabbara, 6 May 2021
Lebanon’s state electricity provider says that due to the suspension of a $200 million allocation for fuel purchases amid limited fuel stocks, it will now be forced to reduce production by 200 megawatts, leading to power rationing across the country
6 May 2021
Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Ghada Aoun has arrived at the offices of security and cash transport company Pro Sec in Baabda, Al-Jadeed reports, after being unable to obtain the files and data she was looking for during a raid on the offices on Wednesday afternoon
6 May 2021
President Michel Aoun told Jean-Yves Le Drian that he would continue working to form a government despite the failure of “those concerned” to follow the principles of cabinet formation, a statement from Aoun’s office said, in apparent reference to Premier-designate Saad Hariri
6 May 2021
The Education Ministry says it has submitted a document to cabinet that would waive the requirement for foreign students to have legal residency to take official exams. Human Rights Watch said this week that Syrian students without residency were being blocked from the exams
6 May 2021
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian briefly met with President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace and left without giving a statement. He is the most senior French official to visit Lebanon pushing for government formation since President Emmanuel Macron in September
6 May 2021
Ghattas Khoury, adviser to Saad Hariri, told L’Orient Today that the Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccines imported by the PM-designate were swapped for Sputnik V after the Health Ministry refused to approve the one-shot vaccine. The Future Movement is administering jabs in Saida today
6 May 2021
Pro Sec said it will comply with a judicial order from Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat or the Higher Judicial Council, criticizing “inconsistencies” in information on judicial authority. Oueidat ordered Aoun’s removal from financial cases last month, which she said was illegal
6 May 2021
Security and cash transport company Pro Sec has said “chaotic acts” outside its premises could damage its reputation and viability. Judge Ghada Aoun raided the company on Wednesday as part of her investigations into transfers of dollars abroad
6 May 2021
Le Drian vows ‘great firmness,’ darkness looms again, power barge seizure order: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . France’s foreign minister vowed to send a “message of great firmness” to Lebanese figures blocking cabinet formation. Jean-Yves...
