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Bassil accuses Kataeb, Lebanese Forces of exceeding campaign spending limits
BEIRUT — The head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Gebran Bassil (Batroun) filed a complaint against the Lebanese Forces and Kataeb parties on Sunday, accusing them of exceeding electoral...
Richard SALAME, 1 May 2022
Al-Rai, Joumblatt, Berri weigh in on elections
BEIRUT — A number of political figures weighed in on Lebanon’s upcoming elections over the weekend. Here’s what we know: • Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai, speaking on Sunday, called for...
1 May 2022
Lebanese students in limbo after fleeing Ukraine war
Lebanese university students who fled Ukraine are now struggling to complete their education back home, facing a precarious future as an unprecedented economic crisis crushes their country and...
1 May 2022
ISF arrests alleged migrant smugglers in north Lebanon
BEIRUT — Two men were arrested in the north for allegedly planning to smuggle migrants to Cyprus via boat, the Internal Security Forces announced Sunday. Here’s what we know: •...
1 May 2022
In Tripoli in mourning and crisis, a very sad Eid al- Fitr
As Eid al-Fitr approaches, the mood in Tripoli is not festive. Just a few days after the sinking of a smuggler boat full of would-be migrants off the coast of the city on Saturday night — of whom...
Souhayb JAWHAR, 1 May 2022
UNHCR urges Lebanon to "continue upholding the principles of refugee protection"
BEIRUT — Responding to an official communication from the Lebanese government saying that the country is no longer able to handle the presence of Syrian refugees, the UN refugee agency...
