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Dozens injured in lockdown protests in Tripoli
Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 10:46pm on January 27, 2021
Overnight clashes in northern Lebanon between security forces and demonstrators angered by a coronavirus lockdown injured at least 45 people, the Lebanese Red Cross said...
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Medics warn of coronavirus ‘catastrophe’ in Lebanon
Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 10:24pm on January 02, 2021
Lebanon’s hospitals are being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases, medics warned Saturday, as infection rates surge in the wake of end of year holidays. The national...
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Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon set ablaze after row
Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 10:35am on December 27, 2020
A Syrian refugee camp in northern Lebanon was set on fire Saturday night following a fight between members of the camp and a local Lebanese...
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Pope offers Christmas messages for Lebanon, South Sudan
Agence France-Presse . Vatican City | Updated at 09:37pm on December 24, 2020
Pope Francis expressed his desire to visit crisis-hit Lebanon and urged political leaders in South Sudan to continue working for peace in Christmas Eve messages....
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Syrians in Lebanon in extreme poverty: UN
Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 10:03pm on December 19, 2020
Nine out of 10 Syrian refugee families in Lebanon are living in extreme poverty, according to a United Nations report released Friday, citing ‘compounded crises’...
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Dozens at large after Lebanon jailbreak
Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 05:37pm on November 21, 2020
Over 60 people fled a detention centre in Lebanon on Saturday, including six who later died in a car accident on a nearby road, a...
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UN agency chief fears disaster in Gaza as funding runs dry
Agence France-Presse . Gaza City | Updated at 10:18pm on November 16, 2020
The ‘worst financial crisis’ ever faced by the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees could lead to ‘disaster’ in the Gaza Strip and insecurity in Lebanon,...
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‘Let women cook’: Lebanese mock minister over sexist comment
Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 09:03pm on November 16, 2020
Lebanese have poked fun at outgoing interior minister Mohamed Fahmi after he suggested the solution to a ban on deliveries during a COVID-19 lockdown was...
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Lebanese footballer dies of bullet wound
Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 06:13pm on September 18, 2020
A prominent Lebanese footballer has died of a bullet wound sustained last month during a funeral for one of the victims of the Beirut port...
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Hopes dim for timely Lebanon govt as French deadline looms
Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 10:21pm on September 14, 2020
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate on Monday updated president Michel Aoun on talks on forming a new government, but did not submit proposals for a cabinet despite...