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Coronavirus

A record number of daily deaths comes as hospitals scramble to redirect resources to fight COVID-19

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s largest public hospital has announced it will overhaul its services to reallocate maximum resources to the fight against COVID-19 as the country grapples with its deadliest wave...

Emily Lewis

18 January 2021 19:29

Coronavirus

Overrun hospitals plead for more staff to confront COVID-19 nightmare

Albin Szakola

17 January 2021 23:09

Coronavirus

Hospitals are scrambling as COVID-19 patients overflow into ERs on the third day of strict lockdown

Georgi Azar

16 January 2021 21:40

Lockdown

Lebanon goes quiet on the first day of a strict lockdown to combat COVID-19

Ghada Alsharif

14 January 2021 21:48

Coronavirus

‘Behind this door, seven out of 10 patients die’: Distress and heartbreak at a COVID-19 ward

Lyana ALAMEDDINE

14 January 2021 12:14

Lockdown

How the state’s COVID-19 lockdown plan fails Lebanon’s most vulnerable

Abby Sewell

13 January 2021 21:59

Coronavirus

Fearful families and friends desperately seek oxygen machines, but they’ve become almost impossible to find

Emily Lewis

12 January 2021 21:04

Coronavirus

On the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, the Lebanese Red Cross faces a new challenge: hospital bed shortages

Lyana ALAMEDDINE

11 January 2021 11:59

Coronavirus

‘The real surge hasn’t even started yet’: Lebanon locks down again, but it may be too little, too late

Emily Lewis

06 January 2021 20:49

Aftermath

After their refugee camp was burned down, aid flowed in. They are the ‘lucky’ ones

Abby Sewell

05 January 2021 20:12

Economic crisis

Almost 90 percent of Syrian refugees in Lebanon now live below the extreme poverty line, a UN assessment reveals

Abby Sewell

22 December 2020 14:51

Report

A man was murdered in broad daylight, shocking the country and sparking calls for a quick investigation

Ghada Alsharif

21 December 2020 23:49

Education

Palestinian children are facing uncertain education prospects as UNRWA’s funding runs dry

Abby Sewell

16 December 2020 12:50

Explainer

Subsidies as we know them are coming to an end, sooner or later. What could replace them?

Abby Sewell

11 December 2020 20:48

Coronavirus

Why the emergency field hospitals donated by Qatar are still sitting in storage

Emily Lewis

11 December 2020 12:06

Wide angle

Domestic workers in Lebanon, silent witnesses of a country on the verge of collapse

Caroline HAYEK

09 December 2020 16:19

Society

Coronavirus

A record number of daily deaths comes as hospitals scramble to redirect resources to fight COVID-19

Emily Lewis

Coronavirus

Overrun hospitals plead for more staff to confront COVID-19 nightmare

Albin Szakola

17 January 2021 23:09

Coronavirus

Hospitals are scrambling as COVID-19 patients overflow into ERs on the third day of strict lockdown

Georgi Azar

16 January 2021 21:40

Lockdown

Lebanon goes quiet on the first day of a strict lockdown to combat COVID-19

Ghada Alsharif

14 January 2021 21:48

Coronavirus

‘Behind this door, seven out of 10 patients die’: Distress and heartbreak at a COVID-19 ward

Lyana ALAMEDDINE

14 January 2021 12:14

Lockdown

How the state’s COVID-19 lockdown plan fails Lebanon’s most vulnerable

Abby Sewell

13 January 2021 21:59

Coronavirus

Fearful families and friends desperately seek oxygen machines, but they’ve become almost impossible to find

Emily Lewis

12 January 2021 21:04

Coronavirus

On the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, the Lebanese Red Cross faces a new challenge: hospital bed shortages

Lyana ALAMEDDINE

11 January 2021 11:59

Coronavirus

‘The real surge hasn’t even started yet’: Lebanon locks down again, but it may be too little, too late

Emily Lewis

06 January 2021 20:49

Aftermath

After their refugee camp was burned down, aid flowed in. They are the ‘lucky’ ones

Abby Sewell

05 January 2021 20:12

Economic crisis

Almost 90 percent of Syrian refugees in Lebanon now live below the extreme poverty line, a UN assessment reveals

Abby Sewell

22 December 2020 14:51

Report

A man was murdered in broad daylight, shocking the country and sparking calls for a quick investigation

Ghada Alsharif

21 December 2020 23:49

Education

Palestinian children are facing uncertain education prospects as UNRWA’s funding runs dry

Abby Sewell

16 December 2020 12:50

Explainer

Subsidies as we know them are coming to an end, sooner or later. What could replace them?

Abby Sewell

11 December 2020 20:48

Coronavirus

Why the emergency field hospitals donated by Qatar are still sitting in storage

Emily Lewis

11 December 2020 12:06

Wide angle

Domestic workers in Lebanon, silent witnesses of a country on the verge of collapse

Caroline HAYEK

09 December 2020 16:19

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