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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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Lebanese Bank Closes over 30 British-Held Accounts after UK Ruling-Depositors’ Group

Lebanon's Bank Audi has closed more than 30 accounts belonging to UK nationals or their close relatives since a London court ordered it to transfer funds stuck in the crisis-hit banking sector to a British client, a depositors' union said. The Feb.

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Lebanon’s Economy Minister: Wheat Reserves Enough for a Month and a Half

Minister of Economy and Trade Amin Salam reassured the people that Lebanon's wheat reserves were sufficient for about a month and a half. He stressed that several countries have expressed their willingness to help in the event that the country was forced to import additional quantities. He made his comments…

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US Treasury: ‘Qard al Hasan’ Threatens Credibility of Lebanese Financial System

The US Department of the Treasury warned that the Lebanon-based “Qard al Hassan” is an unregulated and pseudo-financial institution that provides cover to Hezbollah’s activities, jeopardizing the credibility of the Lebanese financial system. A senior delegation from the Treasury concluded a three-day visit to Lebanon on Wednesday. The delegation met…

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UK Court Orders Lebanese Banks to Pay $4M to Saver

A London court has ordered two Lebanese banks to pay a depositor $4 million of his money locked in Lebanon’s crippled banking system by informal capital controls in place since a financial meltdown in 2019, the first such ruling in Britain. The High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, ordered…

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IMF Could Visit Lebanon Mid-March to Discuss Aid Program, Says Deputy PM

An International Monetary Fund delegation could visit Lebanon in the second half of March to continue discussions on an aid program supported by reforms, Lebanon's Deputy Prime Minister Saade Chami said in a statement on Wednesday. Lebanese officials held talks with the IMF last month with the aim of securing…

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Arab Refugees See Double Standards in Europe’s Embrace of Ukrainians

Syrian refugee Ahmad al-Hariri, who fled the war in his country for neighboring Lebanon 10 years ago, spent the last decade hoping in vain to escape to a new life in Europe. Watching European nations open their arms to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in less than a week, the…

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Arab refugees see double standards in Europe's embrace of Ukrainians

Syrian refugee Ahmad al-Hariri, who fled the war in his country for neighbouring Lebanon 10 years ago, spent the last decade hoping in vain to escape to a new life in Europe.

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Lebanon’s President Tells US his Country is Fighting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing

Lebanese President Michel Aoun informed Tuesday a visiting US Treasury delegation that Lebanon continues to combat corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing operations. “Lebanese laws are applied firmly and accurately in this field,” Aoun told the delegation during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Baabda. He indicated that Lebanon…

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Saudi Arabia, France Agree on Funding Humanitarian Projects for Lebanese People

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held talks in Paris on Monday with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian. Talks focused on the latest regional and international developments. They also tackled Saudi-French ties and ways to bolster them in all fields. The meeting at the French Foreign…

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Derian Takes Swipe at Hezbollah: Nothing Left in Lebanon but the Militia, Ruinous Ruling Class

Lebanon's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif al-Derian slammed on Sunday the Hezbollah party, without naming, accusing it of "destroying everything the Lebanese have accomplished in a century." "Nothing is left in Lebanon but the militia and the ruling class that has terribly ruined the state, society and Lebanon's relations Arab…

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Middle Eastern Countries on Brink of Wheat Crisis

Since the eruption of the Russian-Ukrainian tensions, fears have emerged that the global wheat and grain markets will be severely affected, given that the two countries secure an important part of global exports. Russia and Ukraine account for 29% of world wheat exports, 19% of corn exports, and 80% of…

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Lebanon: Ministry Statement on Ukraine Stirs Political Divisions

A Lebanese foreign ministry statement on the crisis in Ukraine has stirred internal divisions. Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib condemned on Thursday the “invasion of Ukrainian territory.” He called on Russia to halt its military operations at once, withdraw its troops and return to dialogue and negotiations as a means…

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Russia Says it Is Surprised by Lebanon’s Condemnation of Invasion

Russia's embassy in Lebanon was surprised by the Lebanese foreign ministry statement that condemned the Russian military operations in Ukraine, it said in a statement on its Facebook page. "The statement... surprised us by violating the policy of self-distancing and by taking one side against another in these events, noting…

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Ukraine crisis worries Lebanon over its wheat reserves

Lebanon's economy minister says the country has wheat reserves sufficient for one month at the most, with Ukraine accounting for up to 60 percent of its wheat market

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‘Hiding in basements’: Thousands of Lebanese trapped in Ukraine

Members of the 4,500-strong Lebanese community in Ukraine plead for evacuation help amid Russia attacks.

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Hezbollah Supporters Intensify Threats against Opponents ahead of Lebanon's Elections

Supporters of the Hezbollah party in Lebanon have increased their threats against opponents through social media ahead of the May parliamentary elections. The latest threat was against Lebanese University professor Bassel Saleh. Threats are often made ahead of elections, but this year they take on a new edge given that…

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EU to Deploy Mission to Observe Lebanon’s Legislative Elections

The European Union announced on Wednesday plans to deploy an EU Election Observation Mission to observe the Lebanese parliamentary elections scheduled on 15 May 2022. This came in response to an invitation from the Lebanese Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, the EU Mission in Lebanon said in a statement Thursday.…

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Lebanese Turn to Public Libraries to Check Out of Financial Crunch

In many countries, public libraries are considered a dying relic amid the shift to digital, but in Lebanon they are getting a new lease of life as its economy flatlines. Every Friday afternoon, Munira Khalifa takes her son Elia to a public library in Beirut for a weekly storytelling event…

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Tunisia Withdraws ‘Death on the Nile’ over Israeli Actress

Tunisia has withdrawn from cinemas a new Agatha Christie adaptation starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot, following protests over "normalization" with the Jewish state, officials said Wednesday. British director Kenneth Branagh's "Death on the Nile", already banned in Kuwait and Lebanon for the same reason, will no longer be shown in…

The Independent UK

Lebanese authorities say they have foiled 3 militant attacks

Lebanon's interior minister says authorities have thwarted attempts by members of the Islamic State group to carry out three attacks near the capital Beirut that would have inflicted a large number of civilian casualties

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Lebanon Foils 3 Planned Suicide Attacks, Interior Minister Says

Lebanese security forces have foiled plans by militants linked to ISIS to carry out three suicide attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs, the interior minister said on Wednesday. The plans for the attacks involved rocket-propelled grenades and gun fire as well as suicide vests rigged with explosives that would have killed…

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Lebanon foils three suicide attacks by 'terrorist network', says interior minister

Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF) foiled plans by a "terrorist network" to carry out three suicide attacks in the country, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi told a news conference on Wednesday.

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Lebanon Cracks Down on 2 Houthi-Affiliated TV Stations

Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi requested that the General Security and Internal Security Forces probe two television stations affiliated with the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen that are operating from Beirut. He ordered the probe to determine from where the al-Masira and al-Sahat channels are being broadcast so that the…

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Beirut blast survivors say demolishing grain silos an ‘injustice’

The 50-metre tall grain silos shielded several Beirut neighbourhoods from the blast that killed more than 200 people.

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