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Lebanon recorded 244 coronavirus cases and seven deaths over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Saturday.

Lebanon registers 244 COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths in last 24 hours

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun congratulated Syria’s President Bashar Assad on winning a fourth term in office, saying he looked forward to developing bilateral ties between the two countries.

The Pfizer vaccine is slightly less effective but appears to still protect against the more transmissible Indian strain of the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a study by France’s … Read More

Lebanon’s health authorities Saturday launched a COVID-19 vaccination “marathon” to speed up inoculations around the country, including areas where turnout has so far been low.

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun congratulated Syria’s President Bashar Assad on winning a fourth term in office, saying he looked forward to developing bilateral ties between the two countries.

Iraq has agreed to transfer $125 million of frozen Iranian funds to a European bank for the purchase of 16 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian was … Read More

Where is Sheikh Jaber? Kuwait was abuzz with the question as citizens on social media demanded to know the whereabouts of their 79-year-old former prime minister.

An Iranian-flagged tanker seized by Indonesia in January over the suspected illegal transfer of oil has been released, an Indonesian official and Iranian state media said on Saturday.

The Lebanese pound rose against the dollar Saturday, trading at LL12,700 on the black market, after the Central Bank offered to sell the greenback at a lower rate to banks … Read More