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Projectiles were seen in the evening sky of Akkar and sounds of detonations were heard, our correspondent in the area reports. Syrian state media reported that Israeli strikes had targeted central and coastal areas of Syria
8 November 2021
After a meeting between the public administration employees' association and Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the grand serail said in a statement that public employees will work only on Wednesdays for the next two weeks, after which an open strike may begin if demands are not met
8 November 2021
Officials implicated in port blast probe file more lawsuits seeking to invalidate judicial decisions
BEIRUT — Officials implicated in the Beirut port blast investigation filed three lawsuits Monday in relation to the Beirut port probe seeking to invalidate previous judicial decisions in the...
8 November 2021
Lebanon has registered 240 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Five more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,551
8 November 2021
Arab League: Resignation of Lebanon minister could solve Gulf row
The Arab League Monday backed the resignation of Lebanon's information minister whose comments on the Yemen war sparked a damaging diplomatic row with Gulf States. ...
8 November 2021
Russian Ambassador Alexander Radukov met with Maronite League head Neamatallah Abi Nasr and discussed Russia's cooperation in a plan for the return of refugees from Lebanon to Syria and Lebanon's request to Russia for satellite images of the Beirut port blast, the NNA reports
8 November 2021
A parliamentary sub-committee headed by MP Samir Jisr (Future/Tripoli) has discussed a draft law aimed at imposing severe penalties on smugglers of subsidized goods, the NNA reports. The committee will sit with the economy and justice ministries next Monday to finalize the proposal
8 November 2021
The trial of Jaafar al-Attar, the first defendant to face criminal charges under Lebanon's new sexual harassment law, will begin Thursday at the Beirut Justice Palace, the victim's attorney confirmed. In May, seven women filed a lawsuit against him
8 November 2021
ISF head Imad Osman did not execute Judge Tarek Bitar’s arrest warrant against MP Ali Hassan Khalil because the constitution states that while Parliament is in session MPs cannot be prosecuted without the legislature’s permission, the security body has clarified in a statement
8 November 2021
Lebanon’s prime minister says IMF talks progressing well
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday that preliminary talks with the International Monetary Fund were advancing well and a revised financial recovery plan would be complete by the...
8 November 2021
President Michel Aoun welcomes “any Arab League effort to restore fraternal relations with Saudi Arabia,” the Lebanese presidency has said in a tweet, adding that the president says the diplomatic rift must be addressed “through an honest dialogue between the two countries”
8 November 2021
Baalbeck municipality employees hold sit-in to protest salary devaluation
BEIRUT — Baalbeck's municipal employees held a sit-in Monday in front of the municipality’s headquarters to protest the sharp devaluation of their salaries, which are paid in Lebanese lira. The...
8 November 2021
Economy minister tours Beirut to inspect energy-consumption meters’ installation on private generators
BEIRUT — Economy Minister Amin Salam on Monday toured Beirut areas to inspect the installation of energy-consumption meters on private generators. The minister had in October given a one-month...
8 November 2021
Arab League envoy expresses regret that Lebanon has "not taken a single step" to resolve the diplomatic rift with Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT — Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League Houssam Zaki expressed regret on Monday that Lebanese officials have taken "no step towards a solution" in relation to the ongoing diplomatic...
Tala Ramadan, 8 November 2021
FPM to appeal electoral law changes, Arab League visit, upcoming Nasrallah speech: All you need to know today
The Free Patriotic Movement announced Saturday it would file an appeal against amendments to the electoral law, including a change of date for the 2022 parliamentary elections, before the...
