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Lebanon’s Past Echoes Its Grim Present in Exhibition

In a war-scarred Beirut heritage house turned museum, archives of Lebanon's troubled past fuse with artistic depictions of its grim present to portray a country seemingly in perpetual turmoil. Newspaper clippings, film negatives and diary entries from the years before Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war tell a story of government corruption,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 20, 2022

Beirut Protesters Demand Release of Bank Heist Detainees

Protesters scuffled with Lebanese security forces Monday outside the Justice Ministry in Beirut, demanding the release of two people arrested last week during a bank heist. The clash came as a delegation from the International Monetary Fund held meetings in Beirut with officials over the country’s economic meltdown and the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 19, 2022

Beirut protesters demand release of bank heist detainees

Protesters in Lebanon have scuffled with security forces outside the Justice Ministry in Beirut demanding the release of two detainees who were involved in a bank heist last week

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022

Lebanese depositors storm banks amid historic economic crisis

Lebanese depositors, including one armed with a hunting rifle, broke into at least four banks Friday to demand their trapped savings, a sign of growing chaos in the small Mediterranean nation amid a historic economic meltdown.

France 24 · Sep 16, 2022

Depositors storm four banks as Lebanon's cash crisis worsens

Lebanese depositors have stormed at least four banks to demand their trapped savings, signaling growing chaos amid the country's economic meltdown

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

Lebanese banks to close next week after more branches are stormed

At least eight banks were held up by depositors in Beirut and other parts of country demanding access to their money.

Al Jazeera · Sep 16, 2022

Sabra and Shatila massacre: What happened in Lebanon in 1982?

Israeli-backed Phalange militia killed between 2,000 and 3,500 Palestinian refugees and Lebanese civilians in two days.

Al Jazeera · Sep 16, 2022

Lebanese Activists Promise More Bank Raids after Woman Retrieves Locked Savings

A Lebanese activist group on Thursday vowed to organize more bank heists to help people retrieve their locked savings as the country's years-long economic crisis continues to worsen. Activists from Depositors' Outcry group accompanied Sali Hafez into a Beirut bank branch on Wednesday, and she was able to retrieve some…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 15, 2022

People are ‘robbing’ banks in Lebanon – to take their own money

Lebanon is suffering from an economic crisis since 2019, plunging three-quarters of its population below poverty.

Al Jazeera · Sep 15, 2022

A woman with a toy gun grabs her savings from a Beirut bank

She broke into a bank branch, taking $13,000 from her trapped savings amid strict limits on withdrawals set by Lebanese banks. She said she needed the money to fund her sister's cancer treatment.

WEKU · Sep 14, 2022