Lebanon registered on Monday 3,144 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of cases to 255,956, the Health Ministry reported. Meanwhile, the death toll from the virus increased by 40 to 1,959. The president of […]
The number of newly registered passenger cars in Lebanon dropped by 72 percent to 6,152 in 2020 compared to 21,991 in 2019, Bank Audi’s Lebanon Weekly Monitor reported on Monday. In December 2020, the number […]
Syrian Air conducted its first flight in 10 years between the northern city of Aleppo and Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Friday, resuming a round-trip route that has been suspended since Syria’s conflict began in 2011, […]
Since the early hours in the morning, Wassim Al-Ali starts his day by riding his bicycle to deliver daily necessities from the markets to local residents in his home village Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. Al-Ali, […]
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Wednesday expressed his insistence on investigating the whole truth behind the explosions of Beirut’s port, according to a statement by Hariri’s office. “I assured the Patriarch of our determination […]
The UNICEF announced on Tuesday that it is providing cash assistance for more than 70,000 children across Lebanon, with each to receive 460,000 Lebanese pounds (117 U.S. dollars). The assistance, which is a one-time payment, […]
The General Confederation of Lebanese Workers called on Wednesday for nationwide protests to be held one week later to demonstrate against the central bank’s decision to lift subsidies on basic life items including food, fuel […]
Lebanon’s Higher Defense Council has extended the general mobilization period to the end of March 2021 in light of COVID-19 outbreak with a set of health, economic and security measures. Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab […]
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that Lebanon does not mind resorting to international arbitration if the country fails to reach a fair agreement with Israel on maritime border demarcation, al-Akhbar local newspaper reported on Saturday. […]
Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Friday that Lebanon is in dire need for a social safety net program amid the outbreak of COVID-19, the National News Agency reported. “The country is already suffering […]
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