The Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement that, based on a decision by Minister of Public Health Faras Al-Abyad and following an on-site inspection conducted by ministry monitors, and under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer of the Tyre district, Dr. Wissam Ghazal, with the support of the State Security Office in Tyre, "two cosmetic clinics in the Shabia and Houche areas were closed for conducting medical activities in violation of the law without having the required legal license from the Ministry of Health."