The lockdown, ordered after some hospitals started to run out of intensive care beds, includes a 24-hour curfew until January 25th

Lebanese have been scrambling to stock up on essential supplies for days in readiness for the strict new lockdown under which supermarkets will offer delivery services only

Lebanon enters full lockdown to stem virus uptick

Pope Francis expressed his desire to visit crisis-hit Lebanon

In a message to cardinal Bechara Rai, the patriarch of the Maronite Church, the 84-year-old pontiff said Thursday he hoped to visit Lebanon "as soon as possible"

Lebanon enters full lockdown to stem virus uptick

Pope offers Christmas messages for Lebanon, S. Sudan

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Lebanon enters full lockdown to stem virus uptick

Pope offers Christmas messages for Lebanon, S. Sudan