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Lebanon PM Mikati says he won't run in May parliamentary election

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday he would not seek re-election in a parliamentary election scheduled for May 15.

Reuters

Rahi: Not Returning Syrian Refugees is Conspiracy Against Lebanon

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on Sunday for the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland, saying the absence of such a decision has become a conspiracy against Lebanon's entity, unity, identity and security. “We demand the return of the displaced Syrians to their homeland,” he said while presiding over…

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Lebanese Youths Abandon Education as Crisis Bites

Before Lebanon's devastating financial crisis struck, Faraj Faraj thought university could set him on a path out of a cramped family home in a poor area of Beirut and towards financial independence. Instead, like increasing numbers of Lebanon's young people, soaring costs forced the 19-year-old to drop out of studying…

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Lebanese youths abandon education as crisis bites

Before Lebanon's devastating financial crisis struck, Faraj Faraj thought university could set him on a path out of a cramped family home in a poor area of Beirut and towards financial independence.

Reuters

Saniora Asks Hezbollah to Hand Over Convicts Accused In Rafik Hariri’s Assassination

Lebanese former Prime Minister Fouad Saniora asked on Friday Hezbollah to immediately hand over two Hezbollah members convicted this week on charges of terrorism and murder for their role in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. On Thursday, the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) appeals…

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Lebanon Bans Export of Some Locally-produced Foods

Lebanon's government has banned the export of some locally-produced foods, the state news agency reported on Friday. The export ban includes items such as processed fruits and vegetables, milled grain products, sugar, bread, and some types of alcohol. The ban also covers animal feed. Russia's intensifying war in Ukraine has…

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Russia-Ukraine Crisis Compels Lebanon Hotels to Shut Down or Raise Prices

The tourism sector in Lebanon has been highly affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war and its resulting surge in oil prices, said the president of the country’s Hotel Federation for Tourism. Pierre Achkar, also head of the Lebanese Hotel Association, said the war has negatively impacted Lebanon’s hotel sector, its operational…

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Lebanese Judge Bans Five Bank Board Chiefs from Travel

A Lebanese prosecutor on Thursday issued travel bans against the heads of the boards of five Lebanese banks, the prosecutor told Reuters. Ghada Aoun issued the bans against Salim Sfeir of Bank of Beirut, Samir Hanna of Bank Audi, Antoun Sehnaoui of SGBL, Saad Azhari of Blom Bank, and Raya…

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Lebanon's financial hole expected to grow, deputy PM says

A hole in Lebanon's financial system estimated at $69 billion in September is expected to grow to $73 billion, and losses in the central bank reserve will increase while the country's financial is not addressed, the deputy prime minister said.

Reuters

Lebanon Tribunal convicts two in 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri

Appeals judges at the Lebanon Tribunal on Thursday convicted another two men of several counts of terrorism and murder for playing a role in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, reversing an earlier acquittal.

France 24

Lebanon Tribunal convicts another two men for 2005 Hariri bombing

Appeals judges at the Lebanon Tribunal on Thursday convicted another two men on charges of terrorism and murder for their role in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, reversing their earlier acquittal.

Reuters

Fears Mount Over Iran’s Use Of Lebanon Front To Respond To Israeli Raid In Syria

Fears mounted in Lebanon over a possible Iranian retaliation from the south of the country, after Tehran vowed to respond to the killing of two Revolutionary Guards officers in Syria following an Israeli raid. On Tuesday, the IRGC announced the death of two of its officers in an Israeli bombardment…

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Closed for Decades, Theater Returns to Lebanon’s Tripoli

The hissing of a water hose spraying the ground reverberates around the walls of the dimly lit Empire Cinema in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli.

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Closed for decades, theater returns to Lebanon's Tripoli

Lebanon’s second city, known for crushing poverty, extremism and outbound migration, seems an unlikely place for a cultural revival

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Americans in Japanese prison in Ghosn escape seek to go home

Two Americans imprisoned in Japan for helping former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn avoid trial and escape to Lebanon are hoping to serve the rest of their time in the U.S. Paul Kelly, the attorney for Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor, said the elder man was suffering from serious…

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Lebanon Central Bank Seeks Names of Those Who Failed to Repatriate Funds amid Crisis

Lebanon's central bank has asked commercial banks to provide the names of political figures who failed to comply with a circular ordering them to repatriate funds sent abroad in the lead-up to the country's 2019 financial meltdown. Lebanon's financial crisis, which the World Bank has labeled one of the deepest…

Al Jazeera

Lebanese fearful as fuel and wheat shortage deepens

The war in Ukraine has left cash-strapped Lebanon scrambling for alternative sources of fuel and wheat.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab Women Entrepreneurs Defy Odds with Leap into Sportswear

Nathaly Daou zigzags through an underground fabric store in Beirut, pulling out bolts of neon Lycra and patterned polyester before settling on a roll of white cotton. Finding affordable fabric for her budding sportswear line during Lebanon's economic crisis has been a challenge for the 36-year-old entrepreneur, one of several…

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Ukraine war highlights internal divides in Mideast nations

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought up deep divisions in the Middle East, where Moscow has made itself a key player in recent years

Al Jazeera

Lebanese bank shuts down dozens of UK nationals’ accounts

Bank Audi pressures dual nationals to agree to waive their rights to take foreign currency, or risk losing the accounts.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Majida El Roumi Holds Her First Concert in Riyadh

Renowned Lebanese soprano Majida El Roumi mesmerized her fans at her first concert in Riyadh that was organized by Rotana and is part of the Riyadh Season. "We have come to send a message of love to the Kingdom, which was and still is a sanctuary that embraces Lebanese talent,…

Irish Mirror

UN probe claims of child sex abuse by Irish peacekeeper after whistleblower's allegations

He raised allegations including the sexual abuse of children at Kafra-Yatar checkpoint in the Lebanon by an Irish peacekeeper on UNIFIL duty who showed them pornography

Reuters

Tripoli tense amid standoff between Libya's two rival governments

(The story is refiled to correct the image to Tripoli, Libya from Tripoli, Lebanon)

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Alloush Is First to Resign From Al-Mustaqbal Movement Following Hariri’s Withdrawal

Former Lebanese MP Mustafa Alloush submitted his resignation from Al-Mustaqbal Movement without confirming his intention to run for the upcoming parliamentary elections in May. His move came in the wake of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s decision to suspend his political work. The former premier, who announced his withdrawal from…

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Hezbollah’s Rivals in Eastern Lebanon Race to Influence Votes of Clans

Opposition forces are racing to win over clans and families in the Baalbek-Hermel governorate in eastern Lebanon, in an attempt to secure their votes in the electoral race, in the face of the list of Hezbollah and its allies. The various forces opposed to Hezbollah are trying to take advantage…

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