Lebanon Set to Toughen Anti-coronavirus Measures as Tally Rises

The Cabinet is set to meet next week to take stringent preventive measures in a bid to stem a frightening surge in the coronavirus infections as daily tally was exceeding 100. 168 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said ...

Israeli Army Spokesman: Drone Crashes while Flying over Lebanese Territory

An Israeli drone crashed into Lebanese territory on Sunday evening, an Israeli military spokeswoman said. The Israeli military said that no classified information was compromised as a result of the crash. “There is no concern that any information was leaked,” the spokeswoman said. Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the drone ...

Lebanon Coronavirus Updates: 3579 Infections, 47 Deaths, and 1671 Recoveries

The Lebanese ministry of public health issued Saturday its daily report in which it announced 175 new coronavirus cases, 144 of them for locals and 31 for arrivals, raising total to 3579. The report added that 9576 PCR tests were conducted during the past 24 hours, adding that the number ...

Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon: US Must Be Held Legally Responsible for Interception of Mahan Plane

The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Jalal Firouznia, stressed that Tehran is going to carry out all the necessary steps to denounce legally the US aerial assault on the Mahan passenger plane. A number of US war jets intercepted the Iranian passenger plane heading into Lebanon in the Syrian airspace over ...

Hezbollah Elite Forces Will Invade Galilee: Israeli Military Estimations

Israeli Walla News Website pointed out that Hezbollah has accumulated military expertise and capabilities during its fight along with the Syrian and Russian armies in Syria. The Israeli army did not engage in ground battles during the same period, but was just arresting people in the West Bank and distributing ...

Lebanon’s Health Minister Urges Residents to Abide by anti-Coronavirus Measures, Says Pandemic Has Taken Serious Turn

Public Health Minister, Hamad Hassan, warned Saturday that measures would be tightened, as people continue to ignore the government’s COVID-19 guidelines. “Citizens are neither committed nor being cautious regarding the Coronavirus,” Hassan said during his inauguration of a new section for Corona patients in the Baalbek Governmental Hospital, adding that ...

Lebanese Presidency Clarifies Position towards Law Defining Appointment Mechanism

“Since the issuance of the Constitutional Council’s decision to nullify the law in force by virtue of No. 7 related to determining the appointment mechanism in the first category in public administrations and in higher positions in public institutions, voices objecting the decision and linking it to political reasons or ...

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