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'Rampant chaos': Lebanon state sector eroded by grinding crisis

Beirut (AFP) - Even as he battles Lebanon's summer heat without air-conditioning, judge Faysal Makki tries not to drink too much water because the toilets at the Justice Palace are broken.

AFP

Hezbollah at 40 stronger than ever but has more enemies

Forty years since it was founded, Lebanon's Hezbollah has transformed from a ragtag organization to the largest and most heavily armed militant group in the Middle East

The Independent UK

Internet Shutdowns Hit Cash-Strapped Lebanon Due to Strike

Internet shutdowns rippled through cash-strapped Lebanon on Tuesday after employees of the country's state-owned telecom company went on strike, demanding higher wages. It was the latest reflection of one of the world's worst economic disasters, which has pulled three quarters of Lebanon's 6 million people into poverty. The Lebanese pound…

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Riyadh Demands Beirut Turn over Suspect Who Threatened its Embassy

Saudi Ambassador to Beirut Waleed Bukhari demanded on Tuesday Lebanese authorities to arrest and turn over to Riyadh a suspect who had made threats to the Saudi embassy earlier this month. Bukhari met with Lebanon’s caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi. The envoy said the suspect, a Saudi national called Ali…

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New Book Narrates Successes, Disappointments of the ‘Battle for Change’ in Damascus

Discussing Sami Moubayed’s book “Tramway: The Road to Modernity Passed through Damascus,” which is scheduled for release by Riad El-Rayyes Books in Beirut in early September, Amin Maalouf said that the new book “awakens nostalgia and some hope.” The release represents the sixth collaboration between Moubayed and El-Rayyes Books.

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Beirut Remembers Arafat’s Departure 40 Years Ago

On this day 40 years ago, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat departed Beirut, which was under Israeli siege, to Tunisia, his first leg on a journey back to a homeland smaller than his dreams. It was the end of an era, in which the Palestinian player was a mainstay and part…

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The Lebanese House; Shattered Glass of Beirut; Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime – review

In all their ruined glory a Beirut house and ancient glassware are recreated or restored, two years after the city’s devastating port explosion. Plus, a magnificent snapshot of postwar Britain’s industrial might

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Ancient glass vessels restored after Beirut blast go on display at British Museum

Eight objects from Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods were shattered in port explosion two years ago

The Guardian - UK

Who is embroiled in US-Iran flare-up in east Syria?

Beirut (AFP) - Two US air strikes in as many days this week on groups in Syria allegedly backed by Iran have raised questions about the actors involved and the tensions stoking the flare-up.

AFP

Who is embroiled in Iran and Washington's east Syria flareup?

Beirut (AFP) - After Washington's latest attacks, AFP unpacks the deployments in a porous border region where the US and its Iran-backed rivals operate in close proximity.

AFP

British Museum Showcases Ancient Vessels Smashed in Beirut Blast

Eight ancient glass vessels shattered in the 2020 Beirut explosion go on display at the British Museum from Thursday, walking visitors through the painstaking international project to piece them back together. The vessels, from the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods, were reconstructed at the world-famous museum's conservation laboratories, and will…

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Lebanon Expresses Solidarity, Orders Probe into Threats against Saudi Embassy

Lebanon’s caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi asked the security authorities on Thursday to run investigations into audio terror threats launched against the Saudi Embassy in Beirut. An audio recording of a reported Saudi national threatening the Saudi Embassy in Beirut with terror acts against it has spread lately. The video…

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British Museum showcases ancient vessels smashed in Beirut blast

London (AFP) - Eight ancient glass vessels shattered in the 2020 Beirut explosion go on display at the British Museum from Thursday, walking visitors through the painstaking international project to piece them back together.

AFP

Lebanon's Electricity Company Obstructs Work of State Institutions

Hallway windows leading to the office of Lebanon’s prime minister in the Grand Serail in central Beirut are covered with curtains of another kind. Wood panels, and pieces of reinforced nylon, are what separates the office from the outside world. Moreover, the hard shutters help air conditioning systems maintain indoor…

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New silo collapse in blast-ravaged Beirut port

Beirut (AFP) - Eight more grain silos at Beirut port toppled Tuesday, succumbing to damage from a devastating 2020 explosion in the third such collapse in a month, AFP correspondents reported.

Evening Standard

Large block of Beirut port grain silos collapses bringing back blast trauma

The remaining ruins of the smouldering Beirut Port silos' northern block collapsed on Tuesday morning into a cloud of dust.The silos' southern block still stands next to the charred ruins.The 50 year-old, 48 metre (157 feet) tall silos had withstood the force of the explosion two years ago on Aug.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Large Section of Smoldering Beirut Port Silos Collapses

Another significant section of the devastated Beirut Port silos collapsed on Tuesday morning in a cloud of dust.

The Independent UK

Large section of smoldering Beirut port silos collapses

Another large section of the Beirut Port silos that withstood a devastating port explosion two years ago has collapsed

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New silo collapse in blast-ravaged Beirut port: AFP

Beirut (AFP) - Eight more grain silos at Beirut port toppled Tuesday, succumbing to damage from a devastating 2020 explosion in the third such collapse in a month, AFP correspondents reported.

Reuters

Northern part of damaged Beirut grain silos collapses - media

The northern section of the grain silos damaged two years ago by a blast at the Beirut port collapsed early on Tuesday after warnings the structure was leaning too far to stay up.

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Public Sector Paralyzed as Lebanon Lurches Towards ‘Failed State’

It's a weekday, but 50-year-old Lebanese finance ministry employee Walid Chaar is not at work and hasn't been since June. He rushes to water the garden at his home in the hills south of Beirut, using the single hour of rationed state power to run the sprinkler. He then phones…

Reuters

Public sector paralysed as Lebanon lurches towards 'failed state'

It's a weekday, but 50-year-old Lebanese finance ministry employee Walid Chaar is not at work and hasn't been since June.

AFP

Lebanese man who held up bank for trapped savings goes free

Beirut (AFP) - A Lebanese man who held bank staff hostage in Beirut last week to demand access to his trapped savings has been released from custody after charges against him were dropped.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Officials Release Beirut Gunman after Bank Drops Charges

Lebanon’s state prosecutor on Tuesday released a man who took up to 10 people hostage in a bank at gunpoint while demanding funds from his locked savings account. In a case that has drawn nationwide attention, food delivery driver Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein, 42, fired three warning shots from a shotgun…

The Independent UK

Officials release Beirut gunman after bank drops charges

Lebanon’s state prosecutor has released a man who took up to 10 people hostage in a bank at gunpoint while demanding funds from his locked savings account

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