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For some Lebanese, the Palestinian cause recalls the demons of the past; for others, the injustices of the present
Photos from the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem made headlines over the past couple of weeks, triggering a wave of solidarity in the international arena and the Arab World. While a segment of the public...
Jeanine JALKH, 24 May 2021
A $246 million loan from the World Bank to support Lebanon's most vulnerable households will be disbursed in U.S dollars, the bank’s regional director, Saroj Kumar Jha, tweeted after meeting with caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni
24 May 2021
Lebanon has registered 150 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Seven more people have died, bringing the total death toll to 7,684
24 May 2021
Labor unions, including the Syndicate of Workers at EDL and the Saida and South Lebanon Workers’ Union, have said they will go on strike Wednesday over worsening economic, financial and political conditions, in line with a call from the General Confederate of Lebanese Workers
24 May 2021
Caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni has signed an urgent draft law prepared by caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab that would create and fund finance cards for the most vulnerable families, a statement from the Finance Ministry says
24 May 2021
The PSP has condemned attacks on Syrian nationals last week that coincided with voting in the Syrian presidential elections. However, the party’s statement said that pictures of Bashar al-Assad and pro-regime marches were “provocative for a large segment of Lebanese people”
24 May 2021
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called during a speech marking 21 years since the liberation of south Lebanon for “personal considerations” to be put aside in order to form a government, in an apparent reference to President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri
24 May 2021
In a tweet marking 21 years since the withdrawal of Israeli troops from south Lebanon, President Michel Aoun said “just as we fought the enemy and freed the land, we must now join to free the state from corruption”
24 May 2021
Aoun added that true liberation will not be achieved until the return of territory considered to be Lebanese but occupied by Israel, namely the Shebaa farms, Kfar Shuba hills and northern part of the town of Ghajar
24 May 2021
In a speech marking the 21st anniversary of south Lebanon’s liberation from Israel, army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun said that the army’s “compass remains directed towards the Israeli enemy” and his armed forces would continue to defend Lebanon’s borders against Israeli aggression
24 May 2021
BDL’s subsidies on medical supplies are “a huge waste of money,” private hospitals’ syndicate head Sleiman Haroun has said in a statement. He called for a more effective policy that would support public insurance bodies, such as the Health Ministry and the NSSF, instead
24 May 2021
Civil Defense divers have located the body of Mustafa Jawad, who had been missing since Sunday morning when he went swimming near Halat, a statement from the agency says. Civil Defense and army marine commandos are working to retrieve the body, which is 15 meters underwater
24 May 2021
Parliament affirms Hariri’s mandate, US funds army, BDL to inject dollars: Everything you need to know today
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Parliament affirmed Saad Hariri’s mandate after debating Michel Aoun’s letter slamming the premier-designate’s cabinet...