A camp in the Bekaa Valley in March. Lebanon hosts 475,000 Palestinian refugee and another million Syrian refugees, and there have been fresh calls to protect them from coronavirus. Photograph: Nabil …
First virus case recorded in refugee camp in Lebanon
A Palestinian woman from Syria has become the first refugee living in a camp in Lebanon to test positive for the coronavirus, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees and …
UN agency: 1st virus case recorded in Lebanon refugee camp
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says that a Palestinian woman from Syria living in a refugee camp in Lebanon has become the first refugee to test positive for the coronavirus …
‘Die From Hunger or Die From the Disease’: Protests Flare in Lebanon
Antigovernment protesters demonstrated in Beirut, Lebanon, as social distancing measures because of the coronavirus have amplified the country’s economic crisis.
Several dead in ‘indiscriminate’ Lebanon mass shooting
Beirut, Lebanon – At least nine people, including two children, have been shot dead by a lone gunman south of Beirut, according to a security source, in what is believed to be Lebanon’s deadliest mass …
Lebanon’s waste crisis worsens amid COVID-19 outbreak
A local NGO is taking care of medical waste produced by health institutions amid the coronavirus crisis in Lebanon, which is already grappling with an acute trash crisis. This prompted major …
Gunman Kills 9 in Lebanon Mountain Town
A gunman went on a rampage in a mountain town in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing four Lebanese and five Syrians before fleeing into the surrounding wilderness, Leb …
Lebanon legalizes cannabis farming for medical use amid financial crisis
Although growing the plant is illegal in Lebanon, cannabis has long been farmed openly in the fertile Bekaa Valley. Parliament’s decision was “really driven by economic motives, nothing else”, said …
No new corona cases in Lebanon in past 24 hours: health ministry
Lebanon recorded no new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours for the first time during the country’s outbreak, the health ministry said in its daily report on Tuesday. It said that after 487 tests …
‘Keep your hands off’ Lebanon’s banks, lenders tell government
Lebanon’s draft plans for addressing its financial crisis puts the bulk of the cost on banks and sends the wrong message to investors the country badly needs, the banking association chief said, …