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Lebanese Banks Battered by Meltdown Struggle to Survive

Lebanon’s once burgeoning banking sector has been hard hit by the country’s historic economic meltdown. It has suffered staggering losses worth tens of billions of dollars and many of the small nation’s lenders now face possible closures or mergers. Yet bankers have been resisting attempts to make their shareholders assume…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese banks battered by meltdown struggle to survive

The banking sector in Lebanon has been struggling since the country’s economic meltdown began in October 2019

The Independent UK

Across the Muslim world, LGBTQ people remain marginalized

Many Muslim nations criminalize gay sex — including World Cup host Qatar. Appeals for change from LGBTQ-friendly nations are routinely dismissed as unwarranted interference.

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French Prosecutors Name Ukrainian Suspect in Lebanese Central Bank Probe

French prosecutors said on Monday they have put a Ukrainian woman linked to the governor of Lebanon's central bank under formal investigation as part of a cross-border probe into alleged fraud to the detriment of the Lebanese state. Anna Kosakova, with whom central bank governor Riad Salameh has a daughter,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French prosecutors name Ukrainian suspect in Lebanese central bank probe

(This story has been refiled to fix a typo in paragraph 11.)

Reuters

Ukrainian Woman Accused of Helping Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Fund Embezzlement

The French Judiciary indicted a Ukrainian woman, who was said to be close to the governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank, Riad Salameh, as part of its investigation into the latter’s wealth in France. AFP quoted a French judicial source as confirming that the charges against Ukrainian Anna Kozakova, 46, include…

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'There is no future': Lebanon's new poor face long-term stagnation

Unemployed and unable to support his family of four, Hussein Hamadeh, 51, now spends his days trying to find help to weather a protracted economic crisis that some Lebanese fear has become the new norm.

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UNHCR Chief Calls for Helping Lebanon's Most Vulnerable

The United Nations' refugee agency chief called Saturday for sustained support for Syrian refugees in Lebanon and vulnerable Lebanese citizens, three years after the country's economy began collapsing. "We must stand with Lebanon," UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said at the end of a three-day visit to Beirut. According to the…

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Edinburgh Palestinian refugee who helped hundreds after gas explosion starts new life

The Edinburgh graduate now plans to study for a PhD, saying this will “empower me to have a louder voice and advocate for my community”.

Edinburgh Live

Student graduates with distinction from Edinburgh university despite living in Palestinian refugee camp

Nahed Mansour cannot attend Heriot-Watt University ceremony in person because she lives in a camp in Tripoli, north Lebanon

Edinburgh Live

Palestinian refugee ready for ‘new chapter’ as she graduates with distinction

Nahed Mansour, 34, completed the course online from her home in a refugee camp in Lebanon.

The Independent UK

Lebanese cabinet to meet after long hiatus, financial reforms not on agenda

Lebanon's caretaker government will hold its first session in more than six months next week but the agenda, seen by Reuters, omits any mention of possible steps towards fulfilling reforms required for an IMF deal to ease the country's financial crisis.

Reuters

US Imposes Additional ‘Hezbollah’-Related Sanctions

The United States on Thursday sanctioned individuals and companies for allegedly providing financial services to and facilitating weapons procurement for the Lebanese “Hezbollah,” the US Treasury Department stated. “The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against two individuals and two companies based in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UNHCR to Remove Obstacles Hindering Return of Syrian Refugees

Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), announced on Thursday that the agency is working with Syrian authorities to remove obstacles preventing the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland. During a meeting at the Grand Serail with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Grandi said the UN…

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The Independent UK

US hits Hezbollah accountants with terrorism sanctions

The Biden administration is slapping terrorism sanctions on two accountants and two companies in Lebanon for providing the militant group Hezbollah with financial services

Reuters

U.S. sanctions Hezbollah's accountants, weapons facilitator

The United States on Thursday sanctioned individuals and companies for allegedly providing financial services to and facilitating weapons procurement for Hezbollah, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Receives Cholera Vaccines Ahead of Inoculation Drive

Syria has received two million doses of cholera vaccines, the first to reach the country during a months-long outbreak, the country's health ministry said Wednesday. The war-torn country has been suffering from a cholera outbreak since September and has struggled to contain it due to its devastated water and health…

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Geagea: Dialogue with Hezbollah, its Allies Is a Waste of Time

Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea usually prefers to remain optimistic, in contrast to the dreariness in Lebanon that is grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis. The situation has also worsened with the country plunging in presidential vacuum with rival political forces failing to elect a successor to Michel…

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Iran May Have Supplied Hezbollah With Chemical Weapons

The Lebanese terror group would not need help from Syria or Iran to build rudimentary chemical warheads.

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US-Iran Match Reflects a Regional Rivalry for Many Arab Fans

The US team’s must-win World Cup match against Iran will be closely watched across the Middle East, where the two nations have been engaged in a cold war for over four decades and where many blame one or both for the region’s woes. Critics of Iran say it has fomented…

The Independent UK

US-Iran match reflects a regional rivalry for many Arab fans

The U.S. team’s must-win World Cup match against Iran will be closely watched across the Middle East

Reuters

Beirut 'neighbourhood watch' echoes troubled past

In the darkness of Beirut's unlit streets, men wielding batons and torches are taking security into their own hands in an initiative they hope will keep neighbourhoods safe but critics see as a worrying echo of Lebanon's troubled past.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Hezbollah Calls for Election of a President Capable of Leading Dialogue on Arms

Lebanon’s Hezbollah party called for holding dialogue over its weapons, and for the election of a president, “who has the ability” to carry out economic rescue efforts and to discuss the country’s defense strategy with the participation of all Lebanese components. Seven successive parliamentary sessions have failed to elect a…

Daily Mirror

Influencer accuses airline of discriminating because she’s ‘too fat’

Juliana Nehme, 38, was returning from a holiday in Lebanon with relatives to her native Brazil via Doha - but claims Qatar Airlines officials said she would need to buy a significantly more expensive first class seat after already forking out $947 (£783) on economy

The Independent UK

‘Humiliated’ plus-size model claims Qatar Airways denied her boarding for being ‘too fat for economy’

Airline says woman was kept off plane for being ‘extremely rude and aggressive to check-in staff’

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