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Death toll in Beirut’s heavy gunfire rises to 6 as violent protests against port blast judge sweep capital, Lebanese army deployed

Violent clashes involving heavy gunfire have claimed at least six lives in Beirut amid protests against the lead judge investigating last year’s deadly port blast. The Lebanese army has been deployed to quash the unrest. On Thursday, scenes of unrest uploaded to Twitter showed people running frantically throughout the Justice Palace area of Beirut, with […]

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Cairo ‘weeks’ away from finalizing deal to supply gas to Lebanon, minister says, as Beirut’s energy crisis rolls on

Ministers from Cairo and Beirut have said they’re close to finalizing a deal that will see Egyptian gas flow through Jordan and Syria to Lebanon as Beirut seeks to contain an energy crisis that has persisted for months. On Tuesday, energy ministers from Lebanon and Egypt met in Cairo for talks and agreed on a […]

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Lebanon at risk of complete blackout by end of September, Beirut’s electricity company warns

Lebanon’s state electricity company has said that the country is at “high” risk of being plunged into a total blackout by the end of the month as the Middle-Eastern nation’s fuel supplies shrink rapidly. In a statement released on Thursday, Electricite Du Liban revealed that it was down to its last remaining stocks, delivering the […]