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The Hasbaya district commissioner has ordered the city's public high school to close for 14 days after a teacher tested positive for COVID-19, the NNA reports. Public high schools opened last week for the start of an academic year thrown into disarray by the pandemic
13:12
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai has criticized the delays to forming a government, four days after President Michel Aoun postponed consultations on designating a new prime minister until Oct. 22
11:53
Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan told Ad-Diyar that the geographically limited lockdowns on towns have not succeeded in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and that it’s necessary to expand measures to large cities
11:51
The ISF says that it rolled up what it dubbed "one of the most dangerous robbery gangs" in the Bekaa, with one of the alleged criminals shot and injured by security forces when he tried to lob a grenade at them during his arrest
20:44
Lebanese soldiers have surrounded a small group of protesters gathered on the side of the highway leading through Zouk, north of Beirut
20:03
Lebanon has recorded 1,405 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of active cases to 33,570. Eight more people have died from the virus, raising the death toll to 517
19:39
The protest march in Saida has ended
19:38
ISF riot police have mostly cleared Martyrs’ Square of protesters, pushing them back to the vicinity of the Kataeb Party headquarters
19:25
Security forces are pushing protesters near the Beirut Souks back toward Martyrs' Square with tear gas
19:16
Activists have gathered on the highway leading through Zouk Mikael, north of Beirut, the NNA reports. The area has been the scene of numerous protests since Oct. 17, 2019
19:05