FIFA President Gianni Infantino has pledged to fully fund a new international-standard football stadium in Lebanon, offering the project to the state and the Lebanese Football Association as a long-awaited national arena. Beyond the headlines, the plan raises big questions about location, timing and how it could reshape Lebanon’s struggling sports infrastructure.
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Roads blocked in Lebanon
The Traffic Management Center reported Monday that the roads blocked: Qob Elias bifurcation, Jeddita, Marj, Saadnayel, Jiyeh, Nehme, Zouk Mosbeh, Jal el Dib, Koura, Beirut, Hasbaya,Sidon, South Lebanon, Jbeil, Dora, Abbassieh Tyre, Hamat, Martyrs Square, Minieh, Bhenine,
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The arrival of the second batch of Pfizer vaccine at Beirut airport
A Middle East Airlines flight coming from the Belgian capital, Brussels, loaded with approximately 31,500 doses of the “Pfizer” vaccine, arrived at 5:00 pm today at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, being the second batch to arrive in Lebanon after the first batch arrived last Saturday, NNA correspondent at the airport reported
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The United Nations in Lebanon supports women’s participation in Beirut’s Port Explosion response and recovery process
The Beirut Port explosions on 4 August 2020 created significant immediate humanitarian needs and severe long-term consequences. A rapid gender assessment of the Beirut Port Explosion recommended, among other things, increasing the meaningful participation of women and marginalized groups in the decision-making for the design, implementation, management and evaluation of national and international response and...
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The Beirut Port Explosion
The explosions that ripped through the port of Beirut in 2020 devastated the city, leaving as many as 300,000 homeless. Following calls by city residents and survivors for an independent investigation, we’re releasing our models of the sequence of the incident as a free resource for investigators and civil society.