Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026 Some key things to watch today:09:30 a.m.: Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh welcomes Director-General of UNESCO in Paris, Khaled El-Anany at the National Library.11 a.m.: Ministers of Agriculture and Energy visit the Wadi Khaled region in Akkar.11:30 a.m.: The Director-General of the Ministry of Public Health, Wa’am Abu Hamdan, will receive a consignment of medical aid donated to Lebanon by Turkey, in the presence of a representative from the Turkish Embassy at the Beirut Port.12 p.m.: Arrival of the tenth batch of the relief aid campaign organised by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, comprising 24 lorries delivered to the Lebanese Republic via the High Relief Commission at Al-Masna’a Border Crossing1 p.m.: Imad Martinos, President of the Beirut Bar...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026 Some key things to watch today:09:30 a.m.: Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh welcomes Director-General of UNESCO in Paris, Khaled El-Anany at the National Library.11 a.m.: Ministers of Agriculture and Energy visit the Wadi Khaled region in Akkar.11:30 a.m.: The Director-General of the Ministry of Public Health, Wa’am Abu Hamdan, will receive a consignment of medical aid donated to Lebanon by Turkey, in the presence of a representative from the Turkish Embassy at the Beirut Port.12 p.m.: Arrival of the tenth batch of the relief aid campaign organised by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, comprising 24 lorries delivered to the Lebanese Republic via the High Relief Commission at Al-Masna’a Border Crossing1 p.m.: Imad Martinos, President of the Beirut...
