Lebanon’s only English-language daily was shut down by a court ruling on Thursday.

The Daily Star closed its doors after a financial dispute between the paper’s management and a bank over a debt.

The daily’s editor-in-chief Jamil Mroueh told his staff, "The execution of the sentence came faster than was expected, as I was about to contact the plaintiff, and then the newspaper’s offices were closed with red wax,” according to the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily. 

Mroue was also quoted as saying contacts with the plaintiff were ongoing.

-NOW Staff