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Mikati Urges Int’l Community to ‘Facilitate’ Lebanon Presidential Election

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that US mediation efforts for Lebanon and Israel to demarcate maritime borders has “not yet reached” an agreement, denying reports of a Lebanese-Israeli agreement on this controversial file. Mikati also urged the international community to help “facilitate” the election of a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Continued Closure of Banks Impedes Financial Transactions

Charbel, a 34-year-old employee at an e-design company, fears that Lebanese banks will keep closed till early next month. “We are eagerly awaiting our salary. Any continuation of the strike will not be in our favor,” he told Asharq Al-Awsat, adding that his family heavily depends on his salary that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Visions of Creativity in Middle East Youth Art Scene

From a Lebanese student decrying government failures through art to a Palestinian teacher seeking escape in music, young people across the Middle East are creatively giving voice to complex situations. In a series exploring youth aspirations in the volatile region -- where more than half of the population is under…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Saudi Arabia, US, France Express Support for Lebanon’s Sovereignty

Saudi, US and French representatives have met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York to discuss the situation in crisis-hit Lebanon, a joint statement said Wednesday. They “expressed their continuing support for Lebanon’s sovereignty, security and stability” and stressed “the importance of timely (presidential) elections in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

IMF criticizes Lebanese government over slow reforms

The International Monetary Fund says the Lebanese government’s slowness to implement desperately-needed reforms was exacerbating the country’s economic meltdown

The Independent UK

IMF Criticizes Lebanese Government over Slow Reforms

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said the Lebanese government's slowness to implement desperately-needed reforms was exacerbating the country's economic meltdown, even as officials met to discuss an urgent and long-delayed bailout. The IMF statement followed a three-day visit to Beirut of the fund's representatives to discuss with Lebanese officials…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon's progress in implementing reforms remains very slow - IMF

Lebanon's progress in implementing reforms required to unlock relief funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) remains very slow, the IMF said in a statement on Wednesday.

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Lebanon’s ‘Wonder Woman’ in hiding after bank heist

Sali Hafiz has been lauded as a hero in Lebanon after she entered a bank with a replica gun and demanded her money.

Al Jazeera

U.S.'s Blinken urges timely presidential election in Lebanon -statement

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged timely presidential elections in Lebanon in a meeting with that country's prime minister, Najib Mikati, the State Department said on Wednesday.

Reuters

US Urges UN Court to Toss Out Iranian Frozen Assets Case

The United States on Wednesday urged the International Court of Justice to throw out a case brought by Iran seeking to claw back around $2 billion worth of frozen Iranian assets that the US Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Citizens rob banks for own savings: Lebanon's economic crisis leads to desperate measures

In Lebanon, most depositors have been locked out of their savings since a financial crisis took hold three years ago. Now some of those customers are taking matters into their own hands by holding up bank branches. One woman, Sali Hafez, has been celebrated as a hero after using what…

France 24

US urges UN court to toss our Iranian frozen assets case

The United States has urged the International Court of Justice to throw out a case brought by Iran seeking to claw back some $2 billion worth of frozen Iranian assets that the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Tehran

The Independent UK

Aoun Decries Constitutional Chaos, Says It is Difficult to Run a State with Three Heads

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said he was working on “forming a government of full powers”, which would assume all of the presidential authorities if no agreement was reached on his successor at the end of the presidential tenure on Oct.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel's Right Accuses Lapid of Surrendering to Hezbollah

Former Likud MK Danny Danon accused on Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid of offering major concessions in the agreement between Lebanon and Israel to demarcate the maritime borders. “These concessions amount to a maximum surrender to Hezbollah,” the Israeli former deputy said. His comments came amid statements in Tel…

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Blinken: US Will Continue to Work with Lebanon for Peace and Prosperity

The United States stressed on Tuesday that it will “continue to work with Lebanon for peace and prosperity.” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “We discussed the need for a timely…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Gas Import Agreement from Egypt Disrupted by Unsecured WB Financing

An agreement to transport Egyptian gas to Lebanon via Syria is currently disrupted by Lebanon’s failure to meet the conditions for obtaining a World Bank loan and Washington’s reluctance to give an official approval confirming that the deal is not affected by the Caesar Act, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on…

The Guardian - UK

A moment that changed me: I thought I’d find paradise in Canada – instead I got a drunk who called me Aladdin

After two years as a queer Syrian refugee in Lebanon, I was happy to escape the homophobia of the Middle East. But I hadn’t reckoned on the racism of the west

Asharq Al-Awsat

IMF Adamant on Linking Agreement with Lebanon to Reform Laws

Lebanese caretaker Economy Minister Amin Salam affirmed on Tuesday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation visiting Beirut this week carries a very clear message stressing an urgency that Lebanon approves and passes reform laws. “The IMF carries a very clear message, which is the urgency in approving these laws;…

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Saudi Ambassador Stresses Need for Lebanon to Hold Presidential Elections on Time

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Waleed Bukhari stressed on Tuesday the need for reforms in the country and for the presidential elections to be held on time. Bukhari met with head of the Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea, in Maarab to discuss the latest developments in Lebanon and the region. After the…

Al Jazeera

Maritime gas dispute risks conflict between Lebanon and Israel

Hezbollah leader calls the Israeli plan to extract gas at the disputed maritime border a ‘red line’.

The Independent UK

Lebanon aims to adopt long-delayed IMF reforms by October

Lebanon's caretaker economy minister says the crisis-hit country hopes to adopt key but long-delayed reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund for an economic bailout before the end of next month if there is “political will.”

Reuters

Cyprus rescues hundreds of migrants stranded at sea

Cyprus authorities late on Monday and early on Tuesday rescued hundreds of migrants who had left Lebanon and were stranded at sea in two separate incidents, officials said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cyprus Helps Rescue 300 Migrants Aboard Italy-Bound Boat from Lebanon

Cyprus has assisted in rescue of a small wooden boat crammed with more than 300 migrants that was floating adrift 203 kilometers (126 miles) west of the island nation, a Cypriot official said Tuesday. Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Center Commander Andreas Charalambides told the Associated Press that the captain of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon’s Past Echoes Its Grim Present in Exhibition

In a war-scarred Beirut heritage house turned museum, archives of Lebanon's troubled past fuse with artistic depictions of its grim present to portray a country seemingly in perpetual turmoil. Newspaper clippings, film negatives and diary entries from the years before Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war tell a story of government corruption,…

The Guardian - UK

Israel risks crossing Hezbollah ‘red line’ as it prepares to connect to disputed gas field

The Karish maritime reservoir, part of which is claimed by Lebanon, is estimated to hold 2-3tn cubic feet of natural gas

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