Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, June 21, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Whether or not the Cypriot Embassy in Lebanon begins issuing visas to Lebanese again after the country said it would stop giving visas to Lebanese passport holders for June 20. • The official "opening" of several tourism destinations in Lebanon as the country looks to the summer tourism season for an economic boost despite the ongoing war in the south.• The situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border as worries of a wider conflict have deepened in recent weeks. SOUTH LEBANON: One person killed in southern Lebanon, where clashes continue unfazed by heightened threatsAn Israeli airstrike targeting a car in Deir Kifa (Sour) killed a Hezbollah fighter, raising the number of party...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, June 21, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Whether or not the Cypriot Embassy in Lebanon begins issuing visas to Lebanese again after the country said it would stop giving visas to Lebanese passport holders for June 20. • The official "opening" of several tourism destinations in Lebanon as the country looks to the summer tourism season for an economic boost despite the ongoing war in the south.• The situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border as worries of a wider conflict have deepened in recent weeks. SOUTH LEBANON: One person killed in southern Lebanon, where clashes continue unfazed by heightened threatsAn Israeli airstrike targeting a car in Deir Kifa (Sour) killed a Hezbollah fighter, raising the number of...
Israel continues attacks on southern Lebanon, demolishes buildings in Bint Jbeil