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Lebanon: LF Leader Says Open to All Solutions to Avoid Disrupting Presidential Elections

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea affirmed his openness to all solutions to avoid disrupting the presidential elections, including negotiating with the deputies who did not name anyone in the last session if they had a serious proposal. He criticized the lawmakers who did not vote for any candidate, accusing them…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Stay or Go: Palestinians in Lebanon Plunged into Poverty

Nasser Tabarani, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, has tried twice to migrate by sea to a better life in Europe but was detained by troops both times and brought back to shore. He’d do it all over again, he said, since life has become unlivable for most Palestinians in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Stay or go: Palestinians in Lebanon plunged into poverty

Nasser Tabarani, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, has tried twice to migrate by sea to a better life in Europe but was detained by troops and brought back to shore

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Lebanon Finance Minister: Repaying Depositors Should Not Just Be the State’s Responsibility

Lebanon's finance minister Youssef Khalil said on Friday that the burden of repaying depositors whose funds have been frozen by the economic crisis should not fall solely on the government. Lebanon's financial system is estimated to have suffered from $72 billion in losses, but a recovery plan laying out how…

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Cholera Outbreak Hits Syrian Refugees Sheltering in Camps in Lebanon

Syrian refugees in displacement camps are falling victim to a cholera outbreak in Lebanon, already suffering from an economic meltdown that has slashed access to clean water and strained hospitals. Lebanon recorded its first cholera case in early October -- signaling the return of the bacteria for the first time…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cholera outbreak hits Syrian refugees sheltering in camps in Lebanon

Syrian refugees in displacement camps are falling victim to a cholera outbreak in Lebanon, already suffering from an economic meltdown that has slashed access to clean water and strained hospitals.

Reuters

US Negotiator Briefs US Jews On The Israel-Lebanon Maritime Deal

“This is not a peace deal. This is an agreement that allows the two countries to have a normalized boundary in the water,"

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Lebanon fails to elect president for third time amid financial meltdown

Lebanon's parliament failed to elect a president for the third time on Thursday, bringing the country closer to institutional deadlock amid a deep financial crisis.

Reuters

Berri to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Want a President Who Preserves Taif Agreement

Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri underlined the importance to elect a new president who would preserve the Taif Agreement. As Lebanon’s parliament is holding a third session this Thursday to choose a successor to President Michel Aoun, Berri told Asharq Al-Awsat that efforts to agree on a “consensual president” were…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon warns deadly cholera outbreak ‘spreading rapidly’

Health officials blamed the country’s poor sanitation and crumbling infrastructure, as the disease spreads from Syria.

Al Jazeera

US Envoy in Lebanon Next Week with Maritime Deal to Sign

US energy envoy Amos Hochstein will be in Beirut next week carrying a copy of the maritime agreement with Israel for Lebanese officials to sign, Lebanese negotiator Elias Bou Saab told Reuters on Wednesday. "Hochstein will be in Beirut next week with the agreement that we will sign," Bou Saab…

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U.S. envoy in Lebanon next week with maritime deal to sign

U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein will be in Beirut next week carrying a copy of the maritime agreement with Israel for Lebanese officials to sign, Lebanese negotiator Elias Bou Saab told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Riyadh Refrains from Interfering in Lebanon’s Presidential Nominations, Respects Lebanese Will

Saudi Ambassador Walid Al-Bukhari held meetings and talks to refute all rumors about the Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Lebanese political scene. Sources close to the ambassador noted that Saudi Arabia considered itself part of the international community, which is striving to secure the safety net for a sister Arab country,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Power Plant Sparks Cancer Fears

After losing four relatives to respiratory illness, Zeina Matar fled her hometown north of Lebanon's capital where she says a decaying power plant generates little electricity but very deadly pollution. Thick black smoke sometimes billows from its red-and-white chimneys, leaving a grey haze in the air above the Zouk Mikael…

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Lebanon approves some banking law changes demanded by IMF

Lebanon's parliament has approved amendments to a banking secrecy law, a key demand of the International Monetary Fund before agreeing to a bailout program

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon MPs Pass Second Attempt at New Banking Secrecy Law

Lebanon's parliament on Thursday passed another round of amendments to a banking secrecy law after the International Monetary Fund said a previous draft retained key deficiencies. The IMF has laid out a list of reforms, including amending its banking secrecy law, that Lebanon must implement before it can gain access…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hamas Delegation to Visit Syria after Shunning Assad for Years

Hamas leaders will visit Syria on Wednesday, in a move by the Palestinian group to rebuild ties after shunning President Bashar al-Assad for years over his violent crackdown on protests. Normalizing ties with Assad's government could help restore Hamas's inclusion in a so-called "axis of resistance" against Israel, which also…

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Lebanese President Calls on TotalEnergies to Start Drilling after Deal with Israel

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on TotalEnergies to quickly start drilling in block 9 in the Mediterranean Sea. The Lebanese Presidency said Aoun met with a delegation from the company and called for a start to drilling to offset the time spent in indirect negotiations with Israel to demarcate the…

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At War for Decades, Lebanon and Israel Agree a Rare Compromise

Oct. 18 - Lebanon and Israel have agreed to a US-mediated agreement ending a decades-old dispute over their maritime boundary on Tuesday, a landmark compromise between countries with a history of war. Here is a timeline of conflict between the states: 1948 Lebanon fights alongside other Arab states against the…

Reuters

At war for decades, Lebanon and Israel agree a rare compromise

Lebanon and Israel have agreed to a U.S.-mediated agreement ending a decades-old dispute over their maritime boundary on Tuesday, a landmark compromise between countries with a history of war.

Reuters

Looped in 'line by line', Hezbollah shows pragmatic side in Lebanon-Israel deal

(This Oct. 18 story has been corrected to reflect that only the northern part of Karish lies within what Lebanon has claimed as its territorial waters.)

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Says Israeli Gunboat Violated Its Waters, Israel Denies It

The Lebanese army said on Tuesday that an Israeli gunboat had violated Lebanese territorial waters on Monday morning, an allegation denied by Israel in the second such dispute this week as the countries work toward a maritime border demarcation. The alleged naval incursion took place in an area of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Ready to Pump Natural Gas to Lebanon

Egypt confirmed its commitment and readiness to pump natural gas "immediately" to Lebanon as soon as the procedures related to the start of exporting and receiving Egyptian gas to Lebanese territory are completed. During a meeting with Lebanese caretaker Minister of Energy and Water Walid Fayyad in Cairo, Egyptian Minister…

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Lebanese MP: Ukraine war sped up border deal with Israel

A prominent Lebanese legislator allied with the militant Hezbollah group says the war in Ukraine and rising demand for natural gas around the world has helped speed up a U.S.-mediated maritime border deal between Lebanon and Israel

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese-Israeli Maritime Agreement to Be Signed within 10 Days

Lebanon’s deputy parliament Speaker Elias Bou Saab revealed the expected date for the completion of the demarcation settlement with Israel and the mechanism by which the agreement will be signed. “The points that the United States has included in a letter will be sent to both Lebanon and Israel. Lebanon…

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