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The Middle East Institute’s Lebanon Program is pleased to host its inaugural Lebanon Policy Conference in collaboration with the American Task Force on Lebanon and LIFE. This two-part series of events will take place on May 26-27 and June 1-4 to tackle the urgency and viable paths forward for Lebanon's political, financial and humanitarian crises.
news Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: Turkey's daily COVID-19 cases near 50,000; Iran adds 22,904 infections Wang Zhuolun © Provided by N.C.N. Limited A nurse prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Ankara, Turkey, on April 14, 2021. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua) -- Turkey's daily COVID-19 cases near 50,000; -- Iran adds 22,904 infections; -- Lebanon registers over 1,500 new cases; -- Kuwait's caseload surpasses 264,000. CAIRO, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Turkey on Friday reported 49,438 new COVID-19 cases, raising the tally to 4,550,820. Meanwhile, the Iranian health ministry re...
By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read BEIRUT, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The World Bank threatened to suspend financing for Lebanon’s COVID-19 vaccination drive in its second week after it emerged that some lawmakers would get their shots in parliament on Tuesday. The comments from the World Bank came as frustration grew among some residents and doctors that vaccinations were moving slowly and could be riddled with violations. Lebanon received its first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - about 28,000 doses - this month with aid from the World Bank, which said it would monitor to ensure the shots go to th...
Covid-19 in Lebanon: World Bank threatens to stop funding vaccinations after violations Lebanon’s vaccine committee said on Tuesday that a number of lawmakers had received the jab without its approval People receive Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines at the Lebanese American University Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon, on 16 February 2021 (Reuters) By Published date: 23 February 2021 15:37 UTC | Last update: 4 weeks 1 day ago The head of Lebanon’s Covid-19 vaccine committee, Abdel-Rahman al-Bizri, condemned on Tuesday the vaccinati...
A friend in Lebanon told me on Thursday that he had just bought an oxygen ventilator. It was sort of awkward. For a week he looked for it online and finally got one. It was delivered to his home shortly before I rang him. He paid $1600 for it. I thought it was a bit strange and asked if he was alright. He said yes, “but we will never know when I or my family need it.” He was afraid if he or his wife got the virus, they will not get the care they would need in any hospital. “There are extremely sick people who are being told to go home. They are being told the hospital is unable to help ...