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BEIRUT — Amid prolonged electricity outages on the parts of both state and private providers, residents of Lebanon have been forced to seek coping strategies — some of which were used more than 30...
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Lebanon has registered 1,461 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Six more people have died, raising the death toll to 7,932
6 August 2021
Premier-designate Najib Mikati indicated that his meeting this afternoon with President Michel Aoun was fruitful, saying the two were finalizing the details of government formation. The pair will decide tomorrow when their next meeting will be, he added
6 August 2021
Hezbollah launches rockets against Israel in retaliation for airstrikes
BEIRUT — Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets across Lebanon’s southern border on Friday in retaliation for Israel’s airstrikes earlier in the week. In a brief statement, Hezbollah said it had...
Richard SALAME, 6 August 2021
Lebanon’s army said it arrested four people in Shwaya who had earlier fired rockets at Israel, and seized the launcher. Earlier, Hezbollah confirmed its members were confronted by residents of the village after videos circulated showing angry residents stopping the fighters
6 August 2021
Future Movement leader Saad Hariri has tweeted that “using the south as a platform for regional conflicts ... is a step into the unknown that puts all of Lebanon in the crosshairs of the wars of others,” calling the southern border situation “very, very dangerous”
6 August 2021
Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television reports that Israel’s cross-border shelling in response to Hezbollah’s rocket fire has ceased
6 August 2021
Hezbollah has confirmed in a statement that its fighters were confronted in the Hasbaya village of Shwaya while returning from firing rockets across the border. Videos circulated on social media earlier showing angry residents intercepting a truck with a missile platform
6 August 2021
Hamas has issued a statement congratulating Hezbollah for its retaliation to Israel’s airstrikes on Lebanon, saying it “breaks the the equations [Israel] tried to impose”
6 August 2021
The UNIFIL peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon cautions that the cross-border fire “is a very serious situation” and urged “all parties to cease fire”
6 August 2021
Hezbollah retaliates for Israeli airstrikes
BEIRUT — Hezbollah on Friday announced it retaliated for Israel’s late Wednesday night airstrikes in southern Lebanon with a rocket barrage aimed at the Shebaa Farms, Lebanese territory occupied by...
6 August 2021
After the anniversary: Port victims’ families say politicians’ homes are fair game in campaign for justice
BEIRUT — Families of the victims of the devastating Beirut port blast have vowed to step up their campaign to see justice served following this week’s anniversary of the disaster — including...
Wael Taleb, 6 August 2021
The Israeli army announced that rocket launch sirens sounded in northern Palestine, while a Lebanese security source told Reuters the rockets were fired from southern Lebanon
6 August 2021
UN officials say an estimated 78 percent of Lebanese are now in poverty as they call for $378.5 million in emergency assistance
BEIRUT — The United Nations and partner NGOs have launched a campaign to raise $378.5 million in international funding for an emergency response plan to address the most dire effects of Lebanon’s...
6 August 2021
Mikati cites ‘slow’ progress, meeting over Israeli airstrikes, Hijri New Year: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Najib Mikati said he had made “some progress, albeit slow” in cabinet formation talks with Michel Aoun. The pair’s fifth meeting...
