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Bou Habib calls for Arab solidarity to weather fallout from Ukraine invasion in Cairo
BEIRUT – Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib on Wednesday, currently on an official visit to Cairo, urged member countries of the Arab League to “unite” in the face of the Russian invasion...
9 March 2022
BDL asks banks to provide names of political figures who did not repatriate funds
BEIRUT — Lebanon's central bank has asked commercial banks to provide it with the names of political exposed people who have failed to comply with a circular ordering them to repatriate funds...
9 March 2022
Residents of Tripoli neighborhood prevent ISF from halting illegal construction works
BEIRUT — Residents of the Abi Samra neighborhood of Tripoli on Wednesday created a roadblock preventing the Internal Security Forces from executing the demolition of illegal construction works...
9 March 2022
Lira plummets after banks curtail sale of dollars at Sayrafa rate
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira on Wednesday depreciated rapidly, hitting LL24,000 to the US dollar on the parallel market, after a number of commercial banks stopped selling US dollars at the central...
Kabalan Farah, 9 March 2022
Rising water and falling snow: A tented settlement’s annual battle against the elements
AL-FAOUR, Bekaa Valley — Raghda al-Khalaf has been displaced for more than a month, since one of the winter’s brutal storms in the Bekaa Valley finally mowed down the wood and tarp shack that had...
Abby Sewell, 9 March 2022
ICJ judge Nawaf Salam confirms he will not run in this year’s parliamentary elections
BEIRUT — Nawaf Salam, judge at the International Court of Justice and ex-ambassador of Lebanon to the UN, announced on Twitter Wednesday that he will not be running in the country’s legislative...
9 March 2022
New fuel prices: 20 liters of 95-octane gasoline increased by LL16,000, reaching LL441,000. 20 liters of 98-octane gasoline increased by LL16,000, reaching LL450,000. 20 liters of diesel now cost LL460,000, up LL33,000. A cylinder of household gas now costs LL280,000, down by LL17,000
9 March 2022
Meat importers warn of potential closures, supply disruptions if central bank fails to pay dues before Ramadan
BEIRUT — The syndicate of traders and importers of fresh, chilled and frozen meat warned in a statement on Thursday of “the closure of farms and meat warehouses and the halt of meat imports, if...
9 March 2022
Three shot during altercation in Sour
BEIRUT — Three Lebanese people were shot and wounded during an altercation on Tuesday evening in Sour, South Lebanon, our correspondent in the area reported. Here’s what we know: ...
9 March 2022
Jad Ghosn announces candidacy, Nasrallah slams Ukraine stance, NSSF stops paying private hospitals: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Former Al Jadeed reporter Jad Ghosn announced yesterday that he will run for Parliament in the Metn district. In a television...
