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A man has died after self-immolating in the Zahle town of Taalabaya due to economic difficulties, a correspondent at our sister publication L’Orient-Le Jour reports. The man, a Syrian, was a father who worked in a vegetable shop
7 January 2021
Two people were killed when a land mine exploded in the mountains above the Bekaa border town of Kfar Zabad, the NNA reports. Teams from Civil Defense and the Lebanese Red Cross responded and transported the bodies from the scene
7 January 2021
Dozens of people marched through Tripoli this evening in protest against COVID-19 restrictions and worsening living conditions, chanting, “Those who starve the people are thugs.” The government has failed to provide adequate support to the vulnerable during successive lockdowns
7 January 2021
The families of those killed in the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion have lashed out at caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan, accusing him of "appointing himself a judge" and undermining the investigation, after he described the victims’ deaths as a matter of “fate and destiny”
7 January 2021
The amendments also say that factories producing medical supplies and equipment will be permitted to open for production, but that distribution will be suspended based on market demand. The caretaker industry minister said yesterday that all other factories will shut from Monday
7 January 2021
Lebanon has registered 4,774 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours — another record. Sixteen more people have died from the virus, bringing the total death toll to 1,553
7 January 2021
Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab's office has issued amendments to the lockdown, including exemptions for those helping restore buildings damaged in the Beirut blast, traffic officers, NGO workers, cinema and TV production companies, and the transport and burial of the dead
7 January 2021
Caretaker Tourism Minister Ramzi Musharrafieh has said that the lockdown measures put in place today are aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 and will be re-evaluated based "on a biweekly assessment of the results on the ground"
7 January 2021
Lebanon's Army Command has announced that an Israeli gunboat yesterday breached Lebanese waters and traveled 370 meters along the coast off the town of Naqoura before firing several rounds at vessels belonging to Lebanese fishermen
7 January 2021
Caretaker Industry Minister Imad Hoballah has said caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab is expected to issue amendments to the lockdown measures that went into effect today, but he stopped short of revealing if these would ease or toughen restrictions
7 January 2021
Security forces have intervened to defuse clashes between ISF retirees and hospital security staff outside Nini hospital in Tripoli, where some 30 ISF retirees are staging a sit-in in solidarity with a colleague they say was overcharged for medical treatment, the NNA reports
7 January 2021
A deal to acquire Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is being held up over a clause releasing the firm from liability for potential side effects, a spokesperson for caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan told L’Orient Today. However, they claimed the issue would not delay vaccine delivery
7 January 2021
Two people died and one was injured in clashes between a gang and an Army Intelligence patrol today at a checkpoint in Zahle, Army Command tweeted. The incident occurred after gang members impersonated money exchangers and lured three men to give them $7,000, VDL (93.3) reports
7 January 2021
Armed men opened fire on and launched shells at several houses and the water and electricity stations in Tfail, a village on the border between Baalbeck-Hermel and Syria, the NNA reports, adding that the men fled towards Syrian territory after the army intervened
7 January 2021
President Michel Aoun met with Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai this morning. Yesterday, Rai urged Aoun and Premier-designate Saad Hariri, currently at odds over shares in a new government, to reconcile. No substantive details of this morning’s meeting were made public
7 January 2021
Lebanon enters lockdown, COVID-19 spikes, no government: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Lebanon enters lockdown today until Feb. 1 as the country grapples with its most severe surge of the novel coronavirus. Stringent measures have been reintroduced, including the odd-even vehicle...
