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Lebanese prosecutor seeks to question actress in Salameh graft probe

A Lebanese prosecutor said on Thursday she had ordered security forces to bring in for questioning a Lebanese actress for whom central bank chief Riad Salameh was suspected of buying luxury property using ill-gotten gains.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Economic Crisis Increases Number of 'Israeli Spies' in Lebanon

Lebanon has registered the highest number of arrests on charges of dealing with Israel over the past three years. Security forces have arrested 185 people suspected of collaborating with Israel since the beginning of the economic collapse in 2019. The new figures highlight a remarkable increase compared to previous years.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 8, 2022

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 · Dec 8, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 4, 2022

'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.

Reuters · Dec 4, 2022

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 3, 2022

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 · Dec 3, 2022

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 · Dec 3, 2022

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 · Dec 3, 2022

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 · Dec 2, 2022