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Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati has arrived at Baabda Palace to meet with President Michel Aoun in what is expected to be a turning point in government formation efforts
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Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati has told Lebanon24 that a new government will be announced Friday afternoon
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Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati and President Michel Aoun will hold a meeting this afternoon, the Lebanese presidency confirmed on Twitter. Local media outlets are reporting that the pair are edging closer to government formation
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Lebanon has registered 900 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Thirteen more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,157
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A fire broke out on land belonging to a garage owner behind the Ridani Bakery in Beddawi, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. Members of the Civil Defense intervened to put out the flames as clouds of black smoke rose over the area
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PORT INVESTIGATION Scores of women march on Nabih Berri’s Beirut residence to demand justice in 2020 Beirut port explosion probe
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The Lebanese Army has announced that it received 8 tons of medical and food products in aid from Jordan. The army has recently received in-kind assistance from several countries, including Qatar and France, as the economic crisis has imperiled the institution’s longevity
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Lebanese naval forces intercepted a smuggler boat carrying 23 Syrians and five Lebanese off the coast of Tripoli early this morning, the Lebanese Army said in a statement
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Al Janoub Hospital in Saida said in a statement it would close down this afternoon due to diesel shortages which have forced it to suspend even kidney dialysis operations. Hospital officials could not be immediately reached for further details
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At the 156th meeting of the Council of the League of Arab States taking place in Cairo today, caretaker Defense Minister Zeina Akar spoke to her Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts regarding the plan for transporting natural gas via the Arab Gas Pipeline, L'Orient-Le Jour reports
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