By Maya Gebeily and Karamallah Daher BEIRUT (Reuters) – As the Lebanese Christian village of Rmeish marks its first Easter since the Gaza war erupted, residents say a parallel confrontation…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli military positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms on Sunday, saying it was acting “in solidarity” with the Palestinian people after an…
CAIRO (Reuters) -Lebanon’s embattled central bank chief Riad Salameh said on Sunday he would leave his post once his latest term ends in July even if he is asked to…
AMMAN (Reuters) – Lebanon’s top Christian cleric called on Sunday for the judge struggling to investigate the Beirut port explosion to be able to pursue his work and get help…
By Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) – Unemployed and unable to support his family of four, Hussein Hamadeh, 51, now spends his days trying to find help to…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s economy, hit by one of the world’s most severe crises, continues to contract although the pace of that contraction has somewhat slowed, the World Bank said…
BRYEN: Will A Key US Deal Make Lebanon’s Problems Even Worse? Shoshana Bryen on October 12, 2022 The White House is taking a bow for success in achieving U.S.-Israel…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Savers held up two banks in Lebanon on Wednesday to demand access to their own deposits frozen in the country’s paralysed financial system, underlining desperation among citizens…
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s top Christian cleric said on Sunday it is “shameful” that politicians have yet to form a new cabinet nearly three months after elections, blaming their chronic feuding…
BEIRUT – Lebanon marks the second anniversary on Thursday of the Beirut port explosion that killed 215 people and is widely seen as a symbol of corruption and bad governance…
By Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT – When Halime El Kaakour enters Lebanon’s parliament as a newly elected lawmaker next week, she will step past the same concrete barriers…
BEIRUT – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Lebanon for a four-year extended fund facility that would only get full approval…
BEIRUT – A hole in Lebanon’s financial system estimated at $69 billion in September is expected to grow to $73 billion, and losses in the central bank reserve will increase…
BEIRUT – Complying with a London court order requiring Lebanon’s Bank Audi and SGBL to pay a depositor $4 million of money stuck in the nation’s crisis-hit banking sector will…
By Edmund Blair and Laila Bassam BEIRUT – Lebanese school teacher Sara Wissam and her husband were comfortably off before a run on the local currency decimated the value of…
BEIRUT – Lebanon is suffering an economic meltdown that began in 2019 when the financial system collapsed under colossal state debts and the unsustainable way they were funded, while politicians…