Thursday, 22 Oct 2026 22 Shawwal 2026 AH Beirut
📰 3 sources 8 articles · 22 Oct 2026, 17:26 → 59 minutes ago

Lebanese Cabinet Decisions: Medicines, Railways and the Explosives Case Investigation

Successive articles covered the Lebanese Cabinet's decisions as announced by Information Minister Paul Morcos. The decisions included halting the use of similar medicines imported from non-reference countries and restricting medicine purchases to reference countries, appointing members to the Railways and Public Transport Authority, and stressing the completion of the investigation into the explosives case and discussion of the Justice Ministry's request to refer it to the Judicial Council.

📍 Where things stand: The decisions were announced by Information Minister Paul Morcos and include measures on medicines, appointments to the Railways Authority, and follow-up on the explosives case investigation.

⏱️ Timeline

  1. 22 Oct 2026, 17:26 Lebanese Information Minister Paul Morcos read out the Cabinet's decisions, without the available text including details on their content.
  2. 22 Oct 2026, 19:44 Information Minister Paul Morcos announced that the Cabinet decided to halt the use of similar medicines imported from non-reference countries and to restrict medicine purchases to reference countries.
  3. 22 Oct 2026, 19:46 Morcos announced that the Cabinet appointed Joseph Aqiki, Walid Saad, Fadi Makhlouf and Musa Awada as members of the Railways and Public Transport Authority.
  4. 22 Oct 2026, 19:49 Morcos announced that the Cabinet stressed the completion of the investigation into the explosives case and the continued examination of the Justice Ministry's request to refer the case to the Judicial Council.
Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.
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lebanon debate 20:37
Explosives file enters a new phase... what Marqus announced about referring it to the Judicial Council
Marqus announced that the explosives file has been referred to the Judicial Council, moving the case into a new phase of the judicial track, according to lbdb.co via the Lebanon De…
MTV Lebanon 20:34
Watch: Justice Minister Warns Explosives Threaten National Security
Justice Minister Adel Nassar warned that explosives pose a threat to national security, noting that the danger begins as soon as any party admits that the explosives belong to it. …
MTV Lebanon 20:01
Justice Minister: Explosives breach national security
Justice Minister Adel Nassar affirmed that explosives breach national security as soon as a party acknowledges ownership of them, following the end of a Cabinet session, according …
lebanon debate 19:55
Marcos: The decision to refer the case to the Judicial Council came after discussion and is not necessarily faster
Marcos said that the decision to refer the case to the Judicial Council came after discussion, noting that the Judicial Council is not necessarily faster than other courts.
lebanon debate 19:49
Marqus: Cabinet Stressed Completing the Investigation and Continuing to Examine the Justice Ministry's Request to Refer the Explosives Case to the Judicial Council
Marqus stated that the Cabinet stressed the completion of the investigation into the explosives case and the continued examination of the Justice Ministry's request to refer the ca…
lebanon debate 19:46
Marcos: Cabinet appoints members of the Railway and Common Transport Authority
Marcos announced that the Cabinet appointed Joseph Aqiki, Walid Saad, Fadi Makhlouta and Moussa Awada as members of the Railway and Common Transport Authority.
lebanon debate 19:44
Morcos: Cabinet suspends similar drugs imported from non-reference countries and restricts purchases to reference countries
Minister of Information Paul Morcos announced that the Cabinet decided to suspend the use of similar drugs imported from non-reference countries and to restrict the purchase of dru…
aljadeed 17:26
Information Minister Paul Morcos Reads Out Cabinet Decisions
Lebanese Information Minister Paul Morcos read out the Cabinet's decisions, according to Al Jadeed. The available text did not include details about the content of these decisions.