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Israeli ministers release joint statement on maritime border issue
BEIRUT — Israel's defense, foreign and energy ministers on Wednesday said in a joint statement amid tensions regarding the arrival of a floating production, storage and offloading unit from the...
8 June 2022
The Port of Beirut signs a partnership agreement with the Port of Marseille
BEIRUT — A partnership agreement was signed Wednesday between the President of the Beirut Port, Omar Itani, and the President of the Grand Port Maritime of Marseille, Hervé Martel, with the aim of...
8 June 2022
Fires in North Lebanon "completely extinguished"
BEIRUT — The head of the Federation of Dinnieh Municipalities, Muhammad Saadieh, said on Wednesday that the efforts of the Lebanese Army, Civil Defense, volunteer teams and the town’s forestry...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 8 June 2022
Maritime border: Hezbollah’s calculations
Hezbollah does not seem to want to be on the forefront of the maritime border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel. Naim Qassem, the party’s no. 2 man, confirmed this approach on Monday in an...
Mounir RABIH, 8 June 2022
Complaint filed against Tripoli municipality head Riad Yamak results in investigation
BEIRUT — A legal case concerning the head of the municipality of Tripoli Riad Yamak was transferred on Wednesday to the Financial Public Court by Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi after a complaint...
Wael Taleb, 8 June 2022
Caretaker public works minister announces call for tenders to construct new building at Beirut airport
BEIRUT — Caretaker Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh announced Wednesday an international call for tenders to construct a building to the east of the Beirut international airport to provide...
8 June 2022
Lebanese caretaker energy minister says 'politics' behind delay of US-backed electricity plan
AMMAN — Lebanon's caretaker energy minister said on Wednesday "politics" was behind the delay of a US-backed deal to supply his country with electricity from Jordan via Syrian territory to ease...
8 June 2022
Ayyam Beirut al-Cinema’iyya: Stories of love and displacement
BEIRUT — “My grandfather is from Ramleh and my father was also born in Palestine, in 1948,” says filmmaker Darin Sallam. “He was six months old when they left to Jordan. I was born in Kuwait, but...
Jim Quilty, 8 June 2022
ISF announces arrest of suspect in Metn pharmacist's murder
BEIRUT — The main suspect in the killing of pharmacist Leila Rizk, who was found dead at her pharmacy in the Metn area in April, has been arrested, an Internal Security Forces spokesperson...
Ghadir Hamadi, 8 June 2022
Israeli army opens fire on Lebanese near Shebaa, no injuries
BEIRUT — The Israeli army opened fire Wednesday morning on Lebanese who approached the occupied area of Shebaa in southern Lebanon, without causing injuries, the state-run National News Agency...
8 June 2022
Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose now available without appointment
BEIRUT — Anyone in Lebanon who received a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine more than six months ago can now get a fourth, without an appointment, authorities announced on Wednesday, as the...
8 June 2022
Army deploys helicopters to fight North Lebanon wildfire
BEIRUT — The army has deployed helicopters as it, alongside Civil Defense and volunteer teams, battles to extinguish a wildfire that erupted Tuesday night in the pine forests on the outskirts of...
Ghadir Hamadi, 8 June 2022
Parliamentary committees formed, would-be migrants detained, Hezbollah appoints controversial representative: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Parliament elected members of parliamentary committees yesterday during its second session since legislative elections on May 15. Although most members of the newly elected Finance and Budget...
