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UNIFIL: No Recent Blue Line Crossing between Lebanon and Israel

UNIFIL’s spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said on Thursday that no crossing of the Blue Line has been recorded recently between Lebanon and Israel. Tenenti said the UNIFIL has inspected media reports claiming that a person has trespassed from Lebanon into Israel, according to dpa. “The UNIFIL did not record any crossing…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Lebanon’s Central Bank chief attends corruption questioning

Lebanon’s embattled Central Bank chief has appeared for questioning for the first time before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Attends Corruption Questioning

Lebanon's embattled Central Bank governor appeared Thursday for questioning for the first time before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor. Several European countries are investigating Riad Salameh, who in recent years has been charged with a handful of corruption-related crimes. Salameh has…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

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Lebanon’s Empty Schools Bode Long-term Damage From Crisis

On a recent school day, the Rene Mouawad High School in Beirut was empty, its classrooms dark, just like all of Lebanon’s public schools have been for most of the past three months. Its striking teachers were protesting in front of the Education Ministry, not far away. About a hundred…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2023

Lebanon's empty schools bode long-term damage from crisis

Most of Lebanon's children have not been in school for months

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Israel says roadside bomb suspect may have come from Lebanon

The Israeli military says soldiers killed an armed man suspected of entering the country from Lebanon and blowing up a car, raising the risk of renewing tensions with Hezbollah

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Israeli army says bomber suspected of coming from Lebanon killed

Tensions with Hezbollah could rise as army says it killed suspect behind car blast in northern Israel.

Al Jazeera · Mar 15, 2023

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Israel Says Hezbollah May Have Been behind Roadside Bomb

The Israeli army said Wednesday that soldiers killed an armed man suspected of entering the country from Lebanon and blowing up a car, raising the risk of renewed tensions with Hezbollah. The security situation in Israel prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut short his two-day visit to Germany, his…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 15, 2023

Lebanon's Central Bank chief again charged with corruption

Officials say Lebanon's Central Bank chief has again been charged with corruption, this time after he failed to show up for questioning before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Again Charged with Corruption

Lebanon’s Central Bank chief was again charged with corruption on Wednesday, this time after failing to show up for questioning before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor, officials said. According to the judicial officials, Gov. Riad Salameh, his brother Raja Salameh and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 15, 2023

Aboul Gheit from Beirut: Arab League Summit Will Be Held in May

The next Arab League summit will be held in Saudi Arabia in May, announced Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit from Beirut on Tuesday. He said the summit is likely to focus on economic issues and how to help the neediest Arab regions. Aboul Gheit met with caretaker Prime Minister…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 15, 2023

As Corruption Probes Converge, Support for Lebanon Central Bank Governor Frays

Top-level political backing for Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh is starting to fray, political sources say, as the veteran financier once hailed as a banking wizard faces several corruption investigations in the waning months of his tenure. The apparent cooling of support raises questions over the impact the investigations…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 15, 2023

Amid Ongoing Lebanese Stalemate, France Renews Sanctions Threat

France's foreign ministry on Tuesday said it was exploring with allies whether the time had come for those spoiling efforts to break the constitutional deadlock in Lebanon to face consequences. Lebanon has had no head of state since former President Michel Aoun's term ended at the end of October, deepening…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 14, 2023

World Bank Sets Conditions for Lebanon to Access Electricity Funding

Lebanon has to audit its state electricity company among other reforms the World Bank has required before it will consider funding Lebanon's worn-down electricity sector, the bank's regional vice president Ferid Belhaj said on Tuesday. Public provision of electricity in Lebanon has been poor since the country's 1975-90 civil war…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 14, 2023

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France 24 · Mar 14, 2023

Ex-Saudi intelligence chief 'hopes' deal with Iran will be game-changer for region

FRANCE 24 spoke to the former head of Saudi intelligence, Turki al-Faisal, following the announcement that Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations. The prince expressed hope that last week's China-brokered deal will be a game-changer for the region, mentioning Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and especially Yemen, where…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 14, 2023

Lebanese Pound Hits Record Low of 100,000 to the Dollar

The Lebanese pound sank to a historic low against the dollar on the parallel market Tuesday, the latest somber milestone in an economic meltdown that started in 2019. Officially pegged at 15,000 to the dollar, the Lebanese pound was trading at 100,000 against the greenback. Meanwhile, Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih…

Al Jazeera · Mar 14, 2023

Analysis: Iran eases its regional isolation with Saudi deal

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations, but Tehran is likely to keep its foreign policy pillars.

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

Lebanon's pound hits a new low as banks go back on strike

Lebanon’s embattled currency has hit a new low, trading at an unprecedented 100,000 Lebanese pounds to the dollar on the black market as the crisis-hit country’s banks went back on strike

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Bangkok Post · Mar 13, 2023

When two worlds collide

In 1978, Lebanese band Ferkat Al Ard released their debut album Oghneya in Beirut. It was a groundbreaking release that brought together Lebanese folk music, Arabic strings, Brazilian bossanova and jazz (mainly fusion) into a gloriously lush sound that requires the listener to reconsider Lebanese music. Brazil in Beirut? How…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 12, 2023

Lebanon: Mikati Says Parties Rejecting Cabinet Meetings Better Elect a President

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati hailed the latest development in the Saudi-Iranian relations, stressing that Lebanon supports any "consensual" course in the region mainly that Saudi Arabia is a party to it.

The Guardian - AU · Mar 11, 2023

Sarah Copland: the Australian mother’s ‘relentless’ fight for justice after her son’s death in the Beirut port explosion

Campaigners say it’s taken years of ‘persistent and relentless lobbying’ to secure call from UN for credible investigation

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 11, 2023

Lebanon Seeks to Address Dispute between Security Officers, Iraqi Students

Lebanon and Iraq tried to contain a dispute between Lebanese security forces and Iraqi students at the Lebanese Ministry of Education building on Thursday. The two sides, under the auspices of the Lebanese government, reached a mechanism to end all problems and facilitate the process of equalizing the certificates of…

Radio France Internationale · Mar 11, 2023

Will foreign intervention 'save' Lebanon?

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the summit in Paris on Lebanon. There’s the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, “Music from Erwan”, and a call to submit essays to The Sound Kitchen essay contests. All that, and the new quiz question, too,…

Al Jazeera · Mar 9, 2023

Lebanon government failing to uphold ‘right to electricity’: HRW

Human Rights Watch says Lebanon’s electricity crisis has exacerbated poverty and inequality.

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Rights group says Lebanon electricity crisis deepens poverty

Human Rights Watch says many middle and working class families in Lebanon have been forced to spend most of their monthly income to pay shady neighborhood businessmen running private generators

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