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Northern Ireland healthcare workers going to Beirut to help care for Syrian refugees

"What we can provide for them in a short trip is really a drop in the ocean"

Belfast Live · Jul 14, 2022

Victims of Beirut Blast File Lawsuit against US Firm

Victims of Lebanon's deadly 2020 port blast have filed a quarter-billion-dollar lawsuit against a US firm for its suspected links to the tragedy, a Swiss foundation assisting the plaintiffs said Wednesday. The nine plaintiffs are all US citizens and include Sarah Copland, the mother of two-year-old Isaac Copland, who was…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 14, 2022

Foundation: $250 million lawsuit filed over Beirut blast

A Swiss foundation says the families of some of the victims of Beirut’s deadly port blast have filed a $250 million lawsuit against an American-Norwegian firm

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Lebanese Govt Ends Official Boycott of Damascus to Facilitate Return of Refugees

Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of the Displaced Issam Sharafeddine is set to visit Damascus after the Eid al-Adha holiday, ending Beirut's official boycott of the regime. The minister will make the first official visit by a Lebanese official to the war-torn country since 2011. He will discuss with officials means to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 7, 2022

Yemeni FM: Lebanon’s Vowed Measures against Houthi Channels Remain Mere Ink on Paper

Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak has heavily criticized Lebanon-based Hezbollah’s interference in the Yemeni crisis and demanded that the country take effective measures to shut-down Houthi satellite channels broadcasting from Beirut’s southern suburbs. “Lebanon has announced a policy of disassociation towards the Yemeni crisis.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 3, 2022

Arab Foreign Ministers Renew Confidence in Lebanon's Stability, Future

The Arab foreign ministers reaffirmed Arab support and solidarity with Lebanon, reflecting "confidence in Lebanon's stability and future," announced Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. Arab foreign ministers arrived in Beirut to participate in the consultative meeting in preparation for the Arab Summit that will be held in Algeria in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 3, 2022

Qatar Donates $60 Million to Lebanon’s Army During Crisis

Qatar has donated $60 million to the Lebanese army, hard hit by the Mediterranean nation's unprecedented economic meltdown, Qatar News Agency reported Thursday. The announcement came shortly after Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani arrived in Beirut, where he is expected to meet senior Lebanese officials. Lebanon's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 30, 2022

Saudi Ambassador Visits Southern Suburbs, Underlines Lebanon’s Pluralism

Saudi Ambassador to Beirut Walid Bukhari visited on Monday Scholar Ali Fadlallah at his home in the southern suburbs of Beirut, offering condolences on the 12th anniversary of the passing away of his father, Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. The two officials touched on recent developments in Lebanon and the region.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 30, 2022

Families of Beirut Port Blast Victims Seek Compensation from MPs Close to Berri

The legal representatives of the families of the Beirut port explosion victims have resorted to a civil court to demand financial compensation from two MPs close to parliament Speaker Nabih Berri for their involvement in the 2020 disaster. The families turned to Judge Zalfa al-Hassan to demand that MPs Ali…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 30, 2022

Israel Accuses Hezbollah of Trying to Hack UN Lebanon Peacekeepers

Israel accused the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah party on Wednesday of conducting a cyber operation designed to disrupt a UN peacekeeping mission on the border between the countries, and threatened harsh Israeli retaliation against enemy hackers. The allegation - to which there was no immediate response from Beirut, Tehran or the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 29, 2022