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Lebanese authorities say they have foiled 3 militant attacks

Lebanon's interior minister says authorities have thwarted attempts by members of the Islamic State group to carry out three attacks near the capital Beirut that would have inflicted a large number of civilian casualties

The Independent UK

Lebanon Foils 3 Planned Suicide Attacks, Interior Minister Says

Lebanese security forces have foiled plans by militants linked to ISIS to carry out three suicide attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs, the interior minister said on Wednesday. The plans for the attacks involved rocket-propelled grenades and gun fire as well as suicide vests rigged with explosives that would have killed…

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Lebanon Cracks Down on 2 Houthi-Affiliated TV Stations

Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi requested that the General Security and Internal Security Forces probe two television stations affiliated with the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen that are operating from Beirut. He ordered the probe to determine from where the al-Masira and al-Sahat channels are being broadcast so that the…

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Beirut blast survivors say demolishing grain silos an ‘injustice’

The 50-metre tall grain silos shielded several Beirut neighbourhoods from the blast that killed more than 200 people.

Al Jazeera

‘Sending a message’: Lebanese act out their pain in a play

Get to Know Each Other is a play but also part of a wider social programme that includes group psychological support.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon's 'Zombie Banks' Downsize to Weather Crisis

Once the economy's crown jewel, Lebanon's banks are shutting branches and laying off employees in droves, resizing to the bleak reality of a crisis they are widely blamed for. Before the onset in 2019 of a financial collapse deemed one of the world's worst since the 1850s by the World…

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Hezbollah Slammed by Lebanese Officials after it Flies Drone over Israel

The Iran-backed Hezbollah party's flying of a drone from Lebanon over to Israel this week was widely condemned by officials. The party said on Friday that it flew the aircraft over northern Israel, where it hovered for 40 minutes, crossing 70 kilometers before returning to Lebanon. The move triggered Israel's…

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‘Listen to our pleas’: Beirut blast victims demand global support

Relatives call for international inquiry to help push forward a floundering local investigation into the explosion.

Al Jazeera

Loud sound heard, Israeli jets seen over Beirut -security source, witness

A loud sound in Beirut probably was caused by Israeli warplanes flying over the Lebanese capital, according to a security source and a Reuters witness.

Reuters

French shipping company wins Beirut port containers contract

Lebanon's minister of public works says a giant French shipping company has won a 10-year contract to run the containers terminal at Beirut’s port that suffered wide damage in a massive blast in 2020

The Independent UK

French firm gets contract to run Beirut port container terminal

CMA CGM will manage, operate and maintain the container terminal at Beirut’s port for the next decade.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon Awards CMA CGM Contract for Beirut Port Container Terminal

Lebanon has awarded France's CMA CGM (CMACG.UL) a contract for the management, operation and maintenance of the container terminal in the port of Beirut for 10 years, Public Works and Transport minister Ali Hamie told Reuters on Thursday. A huge explosion at the port in 2020 killed more than 200…

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Clash Erupts in Beirut over Hezbollah Posters

A clash erupted Wednesday over Hezbollah slogans and party leaders outside the campus of the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut’s Qureitem area, leaving several people wounded. LAU’s administration clarified in a statement that the clash occurred outside and not inside the university and that all political events are banned…

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Lebanon's Interior Minister Slams Hezbollah for Hosting Event Offensive to Bahrain

Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi indirectly criticized on Tuesday Hezbollah for hosting a Bahraini group that Manama has designated as a sponsor of terrorism. The Iran-backed party's move defied the Lebanese authorities' order to ban the event, which was initially going to be held at a hotel, because it harms…

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Lebanon Holds Muted Hariri Assassination Commemoration

In contrast to previous years, Lebanon held a muted commemoration of the anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. His son and former PM Saad Hariri, several political figures, officials and Mustaqbal supporters converged on the late premier's grave in downtown Beirut to commemorate him. Commemorations in…

Los Angeles Times

In praise of Anissa Helou, one of my culinary heroes

LOS ANGELES — I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the life and career of Anissa Helou, the cookbook author (among many titles) who is one of my favorite people on the planet. She turned 70 on Feb. 1.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon: Politicians mobilise in Sunni districts after Hariri

Analysts say there is a ‘political void’ in the country’s Sunni community after former PM Saad Hariri suspended career.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Once Lebanon’s Center of Glamor, Hamra Street Goes Dark

From his small music shop on Beirut’s Hamra Street, Michel Eid witnessed the rise and fall of Lebanon through the changing fortunes of this famed boulevard for more than 60 years. Hamra Street was the center of Beirut’s glamor in the 1960s and 1970s, home to Lebanon’s top movie houses…

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The Independent UK

Lebanon's crash snuffs out Beirut's fabled Hamra Street

Hamra Street at one time represented everything that was glamorous about Beirut

The Independent UK

Once Lebanon's center of glamor, Hamra Street goes dark

Hamra Street at one time represented everything that was glamorous about Beirut

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Lebanon: Int’l Pressure to Hold Parliamentary Elections on Time

The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) has openly joined forces to push the Lebanese authorities to hold the parliamentary elections on their scheduled date on May 15. The ISG met in Beirut on Friday to review preparations for the upcoming polls. Echoing the recent Security Council press statement on…

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US Pointman for Lebanese-Israeli Maritime Border Talks Conducts Shuttle Diplomacy

Lebanon has shown great optimism regarding the path of maritime border negotiations with Israel after the US Senior Adviser on Global Energy Security Amos Hochstein has conveyed "new ideas" to Lebanese officials. Negotiations had witnessed a breakthrough but then stumbled into a stalemate before Hochstein returned to the Lebanese capital,…

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Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Urges IMF Deal, Elections on Time

Lebanon’s senior Christian cleric called on Wednesday for the government to agree a plan with the International Monetary Fund to save the country from financial collapse and said elections should be held on time later this year. The Lebanese government began a new round of talks with the IMF last…

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Lebanon Gets German Query on Cenbank Governor Finances

Lebanon has received a letter from Germany asking for information relating to the finances of Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Lebanese Justice Minister Henry Khoury confirmed to Reuters that he had received two German letters and had handed them to…

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Army Busts Drug Factory in Eastern Lebanon

The Lebanese army announced on Monday that it has busted a drugs and captagon factory in eastern Lebanon. Suspects involved in smuggling drugs to Syria were also arrested as part of an intense campaign that was launched last week to crack down on the drug trade. The Lebanese government had…

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