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Fayyad Says Grid Restored, BDL's $100 Million to Boost Supply

Lebanon’s national electricity grid has been restored following a total blackout and power supply will increase at the end of the month, Energy Minister Walid Fayyad announced on Sunday.

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Al-Rahi Warns of 'Consequences' if Polls Delayed, Urges U.N. Monitoring

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday issued a stern warning against any "tampering" with the spring parliamentary elections.

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EDL Turns to Army for Fuel, Iraqi Shipment Expected Next Week

Lebanon's two main power plants have been forced to shut down after running out of fuel, leaving the small country with no government-produced power.

Lebanon is grappling with a crippling energy crisis made worse by its dependency on fuel imports. Erratic power supplies have put hospitals and essential services in crisis mode. The Lebanese increasingly depend on private operators that also struggle to secure supplies amid an unprecedented crash of the national currency.

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Lebanon's National Electricity Grid Totally Collapses

Lebanon's national electricity grid totally collapsed on Saturday, after the al-Zahrani and Deir Amar power plants stopped operating due to a lack of diesel, LBCI television said.

The two power plants' separation from the grid lowered national power production to below 200 megawatts forcing the collapse.

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Hizbullah Plane Hijacker Wanted by FBI Dies of Cancer

A Lebanese man who is wanted by the FBI for his involvement in a 1985 plane hijacking died of cancer on Friday, a relative told AFP.

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Iran FM: Tehran to Keep Sending Oil to Lebanon, Ready to Provide Medicine

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Friday announced that Tehran will continue to send fuel shipments to Lebanon via Hizbullah, while noting that his country is also ready to provide Lebanon with medicine and other needs.

“We will help brotherly Lebanon overcome its crisis,” Abdollahian said at a press conference at the end of a two-day visit to Lebanon.

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Mashnouq, Khalil, Zoaiter File New Lawsuits against Bitar

MP and Ex-minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq’s lawyer Naoum Farah filed on Friday morning a lawsuit before the Criminal Court of Cassation in Beirut to dismiss lead investigator into Beirut’s port blast, Judge Tarek Bitar, from the probe due to so-called "legitimate suspicion."

The Court of Appeals had turned down Monday requests to replace Bitar following a week-long suspension after al-Mashnouq, suspected of negligence leading to the tragedy, filed a lawsuit to replace the judge.

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Nasrallah Meets Abdollahian, Says Iran is 'True Ally, Loyal Friend'

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah met Friday with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and discussed the latest political developments in Lebanon and the region.

“Abdollahian has confirmed the firmness of Iran’s position and its support for Lebanon on all levels,” Hizbullah said in a statement.

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UNIFIL Head Urges Lebanon, Israel to 'Use Liaison and Coordination Mechanisms'

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col on Friday chaired a special Tripartite meeting with senior officers of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israeli army at a U.N. position in Ras al-Naqoura.

Major General Del Col tackled the "serious breaches" in the cessation of hostilities on 4, 5, and 6 August, a UNIFIL statement said.

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Miqati Briefs al-Rahi on Govt. Rescue Plan, Says Measures Are Taken for Bitar’s Safety

Prime Minister Najib Miqati heading a ministerial delegation met Friday with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki.

The delegation included the ministers of information, justice, telecom and tourism -- the four Maronite ministers in the new government.

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