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Live updates: Elections 2022

Lebanese citizens are heading to the polls on Sunday to cast their ballots in the first parliamentary elections after the October 17, 2019 anti-establishment uprising. Follow our live updates and our journalists on the ground throughout the day.

Thursday of rage

A general strike of public transportation workers against deteriorating living conditions has stopped traffic on main routes across the country, as schools and banks were closed.

Lebanon - KSA diplomatic crisis

Saudi Arabia said Friday it was recalling its ambassador to Lebanon, stopping all imports from the country and giving Beirut's envoy 48 hours to leave Riyadh, days after "insulting" remarks made by a Lebanese Information Minister on the Yemen war.

Beirut Protests

Gunfire kills one, wounds 8 at Beirut protest.

North Lerbanon explosion

At least 22 people were killed and nearly 80 others injured when a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon Sunday, burning crowds clamoring for gasoline.

Renewed unrest

Lebanese take to the streets a day after the Central Bank of Lebanon lifts subsidies on fuel.

Israel-Hezbollah border crisis

Hezbollah said on Friday morning that it fired dozens of rockets at open ground near Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms border district.

One year

August 4th. A date that has hung over every date since. A date that carries with it a weight of immeasurable loss, unfathomable betrayal and seething anger.

Hariri resigns

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stepped down on Thursday after failing for months to agree with President Michel Aoun on forming a new government.

Lebanon in crisis

Lebanon is facing an unprecedented economic crisis, street protests demanding the demise of the old sectarian system, as people make effort to recover after the devastating Beirut port blast. Follow NOW’s live blog for more updates Lebanon’s multiple crises.