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Lebanese museum returns artefacts from Syria's ancient city of Palmyra

Five Roman artefacts from the ancient city of Palmyra, a site damaged during Syria's decade-long conflict, were returned to Damascus on Thursday by a private Lebanese museum where they had been on display since 2018.

Reuters

Lebanon's Healthcare on Brink of Collapse, Says Minister

Lebanon's healthcare system is crumbling amid an economic crisis that has led to an exodus of thousands of doctors and nurses, forced private hospitals to close some departments and put further strains on the already stretched state sector. "If this crisis goes on for long without solutions we will of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon's healthcare on brink of collapse amid crisis, says minister

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Harsh Winter Hits Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, Taking Toll on Refugees

Harsh winter weather with heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures hit Syria, Lebanon and Jordan on Wednesday, worsening the plight of thousands of Syrian refugees displaced in the region. Temperatures are expected to hit an all-time 40-year low, reaching minus 14 degrees Celsius and even lower, according to aid organizations, including…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon's poorest scavenge through trash to survive

Even trash has become a commodity fought over in the streets in Lebanon, mired in one of the world’s worst financial crises in modern history

The Independent UK

UN agency: Palestinians in crisis-hit Lebanon need funds

A U.N. agency is appealing to the international community to donate tens of millions of dollars to help improve living conditions for Palestinians in crisis-hit Lebanon

The Independent UK

Lebanese Pound Extends Rally

The Lebanese pound extended a rally against the dollar on Wednesday, strengthening to about 24,000 from 34,000 last week thanks to central bank intervention which economists said was unsustainable unless the government enacts long-delayed reforms. The gains still leave the pound more than 90% weaker than its level in 2019…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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UNRWA in ‘race against time’ for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

Cash-strapped agency launches emergency funding appeal, says Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are struggling to survive.

Al Jazeera

Impoverished Lebanese, Syrians struggle to survive cold

A snowstorm in the Middle East has left many Lebanese and Syrians scrambling to find ways to survive

The Independent UK

Family seeks to sue Lebanon over dead father's captivity

A recent development may open a path forward for an ambitious lawsuit filed by the family of a deceased Lebanese American man over allegations that Lebanon’s security agency kidnapped and tortured him

The Independent UK

US sanctions 3 Lebanese businessmen for alleged Hezbollah ties

US Treasury accuses Lebanese group of using the financial sector to amass ‘wealth that the Lebanese people never see’.

Al Jazeera

US Imposes Sanctions on Hezbollah-Linked Businessmen in Lebanon

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on three businessmen with ties to Hezbollah, saying their activity as financial facilitators for the Iran-backed group was exploiting Lebanon's economic resources at a time of crisis for that country. The Treasury Department has added Adel Diab, Ali Mohamad Daoun, Jihad Salem Alame,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.S. imposes sanctions on Hezbollah-linked businessmen in Lebanon

Reuters

Lebanese judge freezes assets of central bank governor

An investigating judge in Lebanon has ordered the freezing of some assets belonging to the country's central bank governor

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Faltering Beirut Port Blast Probe Faces Risk of New Obstruction

An investigation into the devastating 2020 explosion at Beirut port, which has struggled to make progress amid resistance from top politicians, may face a further obstruction to its work that could leave the probe in limbo by preventing any indictments. Judge Tarek Bitar's investigation into the massive blast, which killed…

Reuters

Faltering Beirut port blast probe faces risk of new obstruction

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Lebanese Cabinet to Meet Next Week after Three-Month Gap

Lebanon's cabinet will hold its first meeting in three months on Jan.

The Guardian - UK

Memory Box review – family secrets and lies from Lebanon’s darkest days

Drama deftly switches across generations and time to explore the traumas inflicted by the civil war

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Lebanese cabinet to meet next week after three-month gap, Al Jadeed TV says

Lebanon's cabinet will hold its first meeting in three months on Jan. 24, a Lebanese television channel reported on Monday, after a gap in which the country's economic crisis has deepened and efforts to revive talks with the IMF have stalled.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Denies it Will Import Israeli Gas Through Egypt

The Lebanese Ministry of Energy denied Israeli reports that said Lebanon will be importing Israeli gas through Egypt. “The Ministry of Energy and Water confirms that the gas supply agreement that is being worked on between the Lebanese government and the sisterly Egyptian government clearly and explicitly stipulates that the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese PM to Asharq Al-Awsat: No Deal Behind Shiite Duo's End of Govt Boycott

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed on Sunday the need for unity and solidarity to save Lebanon "because hunger is knocking on everyone's doors." In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, he denied that a deal was struck to end the Shiite duo's - Hezbollah and Amal - boycott of cabinet sessions.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

2,000 Firms from 106 Countries Start Operations at Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone

Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone (SPC Free Zone) has announced that in 2021, it witnessed impressive growth in the number of new company registrations with a total of 2,000 new companies from across 106 countries, mainly from the UK, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Lebanon, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.…

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Who Were the Canaanites, the ancient Biblical people credited with inventing the alphabet?

The Canaanites were made up of different ethnic groups who lived in the ancient Land of Canaan, and they likely invented the world's first alphabet.

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