Lebanon

Dubai - (East): The head of the Lebanese caretaker government, Hassan Diab, said that his government is working to increase the number of beds in intensive care, and while inspecting the progress of work in the disaster management room at…
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The World Bank approved a $246 million loan to Lebanon to provide emergency cash assistance to nearly 800,000 Lebanese reeling under the country’s compounded economic and health crises. The World Bank said in a statement late Tuesday the…
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In a surprise visit, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met one-on-one with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Jan. 8 in Istanbul. The cooperation avenues between the two countries, including boosting economic and business ties,…
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Beirut - (East): The Corona Measures Follow-up Committee in Lebanon recommended a complete lockdown for 7 days with a round-the-clock curfew, to cope with the sharp rise in Corona cases. The committee also recommended that citizens be…
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Israeli military jets carried out several low flying flights over Beirut as reconnaissance drones also buzzed overhead Sunday in what has become a daily occurrence. Israel regularly violates Lebanon airspace, often to carry out strikes…
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Beirut - (East):The random shooting, on Thursday evening, to celebrate the New Year, resulted in the death of a Syrian refugee after she was hit by a stray bullet that penetrated her head in the Taibeh camp for the displaced in Baalbek,…
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An FBI probe into the Aug. 4 explosion at the Beirut port found it was caused by 500 tons of ammonium nitrate, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Tuesday. Diab, who quit following the blast that killed more than 200…
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Lebanon has detected its first case of the new variant of the coronavirus, which has been spreading rapidly in parts of Britain, on a flight arriving from London, it said on Friday. “The detection of the first case of the new…
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There is no reason for delaying the formation of a new Lebanese government, the country’s leading Christian cleric said on Sunday. Efforts to form a new government have been blocked by political factions, with Maronite…
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Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki confirmed that the troubling economic conditions that Lebanon is currently witnessing require action in an exceptional and unconventional manner. Zaki is conducting an official visit to…
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