The Latest Breaking News from Hamra

Displacement Boosts Commerce In Beirut's Hamra Street

Discover how Beirut's Hamra Street has become a refuge for displaced individuals amid conflict, facing challenges and opportunities.

Top News · Oct 24, 2024

Survivors of Israel’s siege of Beirut see history repeating itself in Gaza

Residents of Beirut see parallels with Israel’s tactics 42 years ago and today’s campaign on the Palestinian enclave.

Al Jazeera · Jan 2, 2024

Brit dad in emotional speech after wife and two daughters shot dead by gunman

Rabbi Leo Dee, 51, criticised the gunman who killed his wife and two daughters with a Kalashnikov rifle near the Hamra settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday

Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023

Lebanese Bank Hostage Situation Ends after Partial Funds Payout

A hostage standoff in which a gunman demanded a Beirut bank let him withdraw his trapped savings so that he could pay his father's medical bills ended seven hours later with the man's surrender Thursday. No injuries were reported. Authorities said Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein, a 42-year-old food-delivery driver, entered the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 11, 2022

Lebanon: Judicial Report Lists Judge Aoun’s Violations in Raiding Central Bank

Wide political and judicial criticisms arose on Thursday after the latest raid conducted by Lebanese investigative judge Ghada Aoun against the country's Central Bank headquarters in Beirut’s Hamra area, in an attempt to arrest its governor, Riad Salameh. The incident triggered dismay among employees of the Central Bank who went…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 21, 2022