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Mansour Labaky: A priest faces the demons of the past

The sky was cloud-covered over the mountain of Broumana. At the top of a hill lined with pine trees stood an austere white building. At the reception desk, a woman behind the counter picked up the...

Caroline HAYEK, 9 November 2021

Foreign minister warns of problems meeting legal deadlines for diaspora vote

BEIRUT — Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib warned of an “inability to hold elections abroad with the current legal deadlines” in a letter sent to Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi. Here’s what...

9 November 2021

Mohamed Choucair, head of the national federation of chambers of commerce, warned in a tweet that factories might close as a result of the Saudi import ban, as facilities had imported more than $100 million worth of raw materials for contracts in KSA, which they now cannot fulfil

9 November 2021

The land transport unions complained to Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi regarding ridesharing app Bolt’s use of vehicles not licensed for public transport, the NNA reports. Union head Bassam Tlais said in a statement that Mawlawi had vowed “to do what is necessary” in response

9 November 2021

Health minister announces that subsidies on drugs for chronic diseases will be 'partially lifted'

BEIRUT — Health Minister Firass Abiad announced Tuesday that “subsidies on drugs for chronic diseases will be partially lifted” but will remain in place on some medications, including those for...

9 November 2021

Lebanon has registered 909 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Five more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,556

9 November 2021

Court of Appeals Judge Habib Mezher has been suspended from the case against Beirut blast probe Judge Tarek Bitar after he was notified of a suit filed by the anti-corruption alliance "United for Lebanon" for exceeding his jurisdiction

9 November 2021

The UN World Food Program plans to double the number of its aid beneficiaries in Lebanon in “the next few months,” expanding from 800,000 to 1.6 million people, WFP executive director David Beasley said after meeting Premier Najib Mikati this afternoon, the NNA reports

9 November 2021

Activists seal office of judge whose ruling suspended port probe

BEIRUT — A dozen activists affiliated with the Noun organization, a women’s group inspired by the Oct. 17, 2019, uprising and born after the 2020 Beirut port explosion, on Tuesday used red wax to...

Tala Ramadan, 9 November 2021

Kuwait arrests eight citizens accused of transferring funds to Hezbollah

BEIRUT — An investigation by the Kuwaiti State Security Bureau led to the arrest Monday of eight Kuwaiti citizens accused of “transferring enormous sums” to finance Iran-backed and Lebanon-based...

9 November 2021

Lebanese priest Mansour Labaki was sentenced in absentia yesterday to 15 years in prison for rape and sexual assault on minors by the Calvados criminal court in Caen, western France, AFP reports. The 81-year-old priest was found guilty after nearly two hours of deliberation

9 November 2021

Garbage collection has been suspended for five days in Hermel due to an ongoing municipal workers' strike to demand a wage increase, the NNA reports. The strike has caused trash to pile up in the area's streets

9 November 2021

Lebanon-Gulf rift, IMF talks progress, priest’s sex abuse case goes to trial: All you need to know today

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The Arab League appeared yesterday to back the resignation of Lebanon ’ s information minister after his comments criticizing...

9 November 2021