BEIRUT: Lebanon for the second consecutive day Friday saw the number of coronavirus cases surge, with the Health Ministry confirming 59 new local COVID-19...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army Wednesday arrested two soldiers for assaulting an on-duty doctor in a north Lebanon hospital the previous evening. Dr. Louay Shalabi...
BEIRUT: The Internal Security Forces’ Criminal Investigations Bureau Monday summoned journalist and media personality Dima Sadek to appear for...
BEIRUT: Lebanon will return to a cautious reopening of the country Monday after going through a second period of intensive lockdown measures designed counter...
BEIRUT: Restaurants, hair salons and car showrooms in Lebanon cautiously reopened their doors Monday after the government issued new guidelines to ease...
BEIRUT: A 26-year-old man died Tuesday of wounds suffered during overnight clashes between protesters and the Lebanese Army in the northern city of...
BEIRUT: Lawmakers Wednesday rejected a raft of draft laws and reforms as hundreds of protesters gathered across the country to condemn the deteriorating...
BEIRUT: Lawmakers gathered Tuesday at UNESCO Palace in Beirut for a three-day legislative session in which MPs are expected to ramp up pressure on the...
BEIRUT: A week after the government’s draft economic rescue plan was leaked, Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s Cabinet has lost control of the...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army announced that it will begin Tuesday distributing emergency aid to poor families disproportionately affected by coronavirus...
BEIRUT: Social Affairs Minister Ramzi Musharrafieh clarified Wednesday some aspects of the ministry’s proposed plan to support poor Lebanese families as...
BEIRUT: As Cabinet gears up once again to extend Lebanon’s lockdown by a further two weeks, public health experts warned Tuesday that there must be a...
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun called upon the international community to assist Lebanon financially, as coronavirus exacerbates the country’s worst financial...
BEIRUT: Seven activists, including a journalist, were detained by security forces Thursday after demonstrating in Beirut against the closure of banks. Videos...
BEIRUT: As Cabinet convened Thursday for what was slated to be a discussion on a new round of senior banking sector appointments, Prime Minister Hassan Diab...
BEIRUT: The repatriation of up to 20,000 Lebanese expatriates could rapidly overwhelm the country’s health care system, a leading Lebanese epidemiologist told...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese are finding new ways to maintain the daily rituals and traditions that give young children a sense of normality while coronavirus wreaks...
BEIRUT: For almost two weeks, essential service workers have been keeping Lebanon’s cities, towns and villages stocked and ticking over while the rest...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s current lockdown measures are sufficient to rein-in the spread of coronavirus, epidemiologists told The Daily Star Wednesday....
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Hassan Diab Tuesday warned that the state is struggling to keep up with the rapidly increasing number of coronavirus cases in Lebanon,...
BEIRUT: Growth in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Lebanon showed no sign of abating Monday, as the official tally hit 267.Meanwhile, the U.N....
BEIRUT: Whether a woman playing tic-tac-toe with her cat, or neighbors singing together from their balconies, we’ve all seen videos of how people are...
BEIRUT: One additional person died from coronavirus and 13 new cases were recorded in Lebanon, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday. The person who died...
BEIRUT: Any international support to help extract Lebanon from a crippling financial and economic crisis must be free of conditions that hurt the poor or the...
BEIRUT: Lebanon saw its first death from coronavirus (COVID-19) and 11 new cases Tuesday, as the government announced $39 million of additional funding to...