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Lebanon
Aoun stresses state role, floats initiative for negotiations with Israel
President Joseph Aoun on Friday said that Lebanon "has grown tired of the state's absence" and "the Lebanese have grown exhausted of the projec...
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Lebanon
Haykal calls on Lebanese to trust army despite 'slanderous campaigns'
Army chief Rodolphe Haykal called Friday on the Lebanese to trust and support the army as they have always done, amid American and domestic pressur...
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Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday said “Lebanon's situation in the anti-coronavirus fight is good due to the efforts of the government, the Health Ministry and people's respect for the measures.”
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The central bank on Wednesday issued a statement clarifying its Tuesday memo, after the circular sparked a storm of controversy.
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Parliament's General Secretariat lashed out Wednesday at the government in a rare stance.
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Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat charged Wednesday that the country is being ruled by what he called a “black operations room.”
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Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil suggested Wednesday that a series of recent developments are a “premeditated plot.”
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Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced Wednesday that Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh is not coordinating with the government when taking key decisions that have an impact on the dollar exchange rate and the financial situation.
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Hizbullah MP Ali Ammar on Wednesday resigned from the Supreme Council to Try Ministers and Presidents.
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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri ended the legislative session on Wednesday after quorum was lost during the debate of a draft law that gives the government LBP 1,200 billion for its coronavirus social aid plan.
TV networks said the session will not resume in the evening or on Thursday.
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A patient from the northern town of al-Dinnieh infected with coronavirus has succumbed to his illness and died at Tripoli’s governmental hospital, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.
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Health Minister Hamad Hassan said Wednesday that more PCR tests will be run in the next fifteen days to prevent a new wave of coronavirus despite the progress achieved in limiting its spread.
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