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Dozens of supporters of the radical cleric Ahmad al-Assir demonstrated in Saida this afternoon to demand his release from prison. Assir was sentenced to death in 2017 for his role in killing 18 Lebanese soldiers during clashes in the Saida area of Abra in 2013
8 October 2021
The Public Primary Teachers Association has said it has tentatively agreed to return to school Monday, adding that “negotiations for more considerate salaries are still ongoing.” Last month, the start of the school year was delayed to Oct. 11 to address pay and transport concerns
8 October 2021
MPs and former ministers Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zeaiter have also filed complaints against Judge Tarek Bitar in the Court of Cassation, the NNA reports. The pair, along with MP and former Minister Nohad Machnouk, this week had cases against Bitar rejected by the Appeals Court
8 October 2021
BDL Gov. Riad Salameh has denied reporting in Swiss daily Le Temps that claimed the central bank pressured the IMF to remove language warning about impending financial collapse from a report published in 2017. He said the article was aimed at undermining negotiations with the IMF
8 October 2021
In a news conference marking the end of his visit to Lebanon, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reiterated his country’s willingness to offer additional fuel as well as medicine, medical equipment, food and other assistance to Lebanon
8 October 2021
A State Security patrol reportedly discovered another 20 tons of ammonium nitrate — the same chemical that detonated during the Beirut port explosion — in the Bekaa. The chemical was stored in a warehouse, and a sample of it has been sent for testing, L’Orient-Le Jour reports
8 October 2021
A man has been shot in the Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp during a personal feud, the NNA reports. He has been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment
8 October 2021
The town of Halba, Akkar, has been completely without power for at least two days due to an insufficiency of fuel at the northern Deir Ammar power plant, an EDL source told L’Orient Today. The blackout has led to small-scale protests in the area, L’Orient-Le Jour reports
8 October 2021
Why currency depreciation has proved no boon for Lebanese manufacturers
BEIRUT — The new government’s ministerial statement, like that of Hassan Diab’s government before it, calls for a transition from a “rentier” economy to a “productive economy” to achieve social...
Richard SALAME, 8 October 2021
Former Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk’s attorney has filed a complaint against Judge Tarek Bitar at the Court of Cassation, requesting his removal from the 2020 Beirut port blast probe, the attorney’s law firm told L’Orient Today
8 October 2021
IMF report allegations, Iran offers power plants, new generator meter deadline: What to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The International Monetary Fund reportedly removed more than a dozen pages from a 2017 assessment of the Lebanese financial...
8 October 2021
Fuel prices have risen again. Twenty liters of 95- and 98-octane gasoline now cost 13 percent more — LL233,800 and LL241,400, respectively. Diesel prices also rose by 13 percent, with 20 liters now costing LL207,900. A cooking gas tank now costs LL178,800, a 25 percent price hike
8 October 2021
US calls Hezbollah fuel shipments 'public relations' ploy
WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday denounced Hezbollah's deliveries of Iranian fuel in crisis-hit Lebanon as a public relations stunt and warned that Tehran remained under sanctions....
