Israel opposition sees Saudi-Iran deal as Netanyahu failure
Restoration of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran represents a failure of foreign policy by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his opponents charged on Friday....
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French, Saudi foreign ministers discuss Lebanon's 'security and stability'
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna spoke with her Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, on Friday about the "security and stability" of Lebanon and other countries in the region, Colonna...
10 March 2023
Timing, consequences, Beijing's role: The stakes of the Iranian-Saudi normalization
The announcement came as a surprise: Iran and Saudi Arabia are expected to re- establish diplomatic ties within the next two months. An agreement was signed under the aegis of China, thus...
Laure-Maïssa FARJALLAH, 10 March 2023
Increase in the price of Arabic-style bread bundles
After decreasing last week, the price of Arabic-style bread bundles rose again on Friday due to a significant increase in the parallel market exchange rate and subsequent rise in fuel prices. The...
10 March 2023
10,000 additional families to benefit from cash assistance program
The Ministry of Social Affairs announce Friday that an additional 10,459 Lebanese families will benefit from cash social assistance under the World Bank-funded Emergency Social Safety Net (known as...
10 March 2023
Nasrallah: Arab-Iranian normalization is a 'very welcome change'
In a speech Friday evening, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said the resumption of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia is "a very welcome change." Earlier in the day,...
10 March 2023
US welcomes Iran-Saudi deal, but voices skepticism
The United States on Friday said it welcomes a Chinese-brokered thaw in relations between rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia but expressed doubts that Tehran will follow through on its commitments....
10 March 2023
Second rise in fuel prices on Friday
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced an increase in fuel prices, the second one on Friday. This increase is linked to the depreciation of the Lebanese lira to the dollar on the parallel market....
10 March 2023
Lebanon welcomes the normalization of Iranian-Saudi relations, its 'positive impact'
Caretaker Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib on Friday welcomed the announcement of the resumption of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia— a move he said would "have a...
10 March 2023
Iraq hails 'new page' in Iran-Saudi relations
Iraq welcomed a surprise agreement reached between Iran and Saudi Arabia Friday to restore diplomatic ties, saying the move would turn a new leaf in relations between the regional...
10 March 2023
MP accompanies depositor to bank to help him recover his savings
BEIRUT — MP Charbel Massaad (Independent/Jezzine) observed a sit-in with a depositor of BLC Bank Saida, South Lebanon, on Friday L'Orient Today 's correspondent in the region reported....
10 March 2023
Avoiding the teen marriage trap
“Had I known that this is what marriage would be like, I never would have gotten married so young.” The words of Nariman, the 22-year-old mother of children ages five and six, sound like an...
Anne-Marie El-HAGE, 10 March 2023
How the Lebanese central bank chief investigation may complicate the work of European judges
In January, judges from Germany, France and Luxembourg visited Beirut to seek assistance from Lebanese authorities in their investigations of alleged financial wrongdoing by Riad Salameh, the...
Claude ASSAF, 10 March 2023
Is Mikati the guardian of 'bankocracy?'
Lebanon took a bit of a breather as the banks reopened their doors amid their strike and salaries were paid. The worst, according to some, was avoided. Yet the caretaker prime minister’s decision...
Stéphanie KHOURI, 10 March 2023
Israel hopes to up gas exports to Italy, Europe: PM
Israel wants to increase its gas exports to Italy and Europe, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, raising the possibility of creating a liquefied natural gas terminal in Cyprus....
10 March 2023
Neemat Frem’s bid for consensus candidacy: Does he have what it takes?
In an interview with the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Anbaa, published on Thursday, Neemat Frem, the Maronite MP from Kesrouan, presented himself as a reformist candidate with a “rescue” program amidst the...
Salah Hijazi, 10 March 2023
Syria's Aleppo airport reopens after Israeli air strike
Syria's Aleppo airport, a key conduit for relief flights after the devastating February earthquake, reopened on Friday, an official said, following Israeli air strikes this week that hit its...
10 March 2023
Iran, Saudi to restore ties in major step for Middle East
Regional powerhouses Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed Friday to restore ties and reopen diplomatic missions in a surprise, Chinese-brokered announcement that could have wide-ranging implications across...
10 March 2023
Erdogan officially calls Turkish elections for May 14
ANKARA — President Tayyip Erdogan officially set Turkey's parliamentary and presidential elections for May 14, a month ahead of schedule, signing the decision in a ceremony shown live on...
10 March 2023
Mikati: Lebanon's drug trafficking to Gulf countries 'will not be repeated'
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati chaired a round table event at the Grand Serail Friday, where he said the country was launching a project to combat trafficking of drugs and...
10 March 2023
Two wounded in Tripoli shooting
BEIRUT — Two people were wounded in a shooting in Tripoli, North Lebanon, on Friday, the state-run National News Agency reported. Two unidentified men on a motorcycle in the al-Tall neighborhood...
10 March 2023
Amid attempts to destabilize Central Inspection, let's remain vigilant
As civil society representatives in the 3RF (Lebanon’s reform, recovery and reconstruction framework) we express our concern regarding the attempts to destabilize the Central Inspection and...
10 March 2023
Israeli settler kills suspected attacker in West Bank
A settler killed an alleged assailant in the occupied West Bank on Friday a day after a gunman wounded three people in Tel Aviv, as a surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence shows no signs of...
10 March 2023
Bahrain cancels Human Rights Watch parliament conference visas, group says
DUBAI — Bahrain has revoked entry visas issued to Human Rights Watch to attend an international parliamentary conference, the rights group said on Friday, days after raising concerns about the Gulf...
10 March 2023
Iran FM welcomes Arab outreach to Syria after quake
Iran's Foreign Minister welcomed during a trip to Damascus on Thursday Arab outreach to Syria's internationally-isolated government after an earthquake struck Turkey and the war-torn country last...
10 March 2023
Gas prices increase, slight decrease in fuel oil
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced an increase in fuel prices and a slight decrease in fuel oil price on Friday morning. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline:...
10 March 2023
Rights groups slam Tunisian president's 'racist' remarks
International rights groups on Thursday slammed Tunisian President Kais Saied for making "racist remarks" against migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, urging independent investigations into attacks...
10 March 2023
US citizen imprisoned by Iran implores Biden to win his freedom
WASHINGTON — A US citizen imprisoned by Iran on spying charges the United States rejects as baseless gave a rare interview from Tehran's Evin prison on Thursday beseeching US President Joe Biden to...
10 March 2023
Bank strike to resume, bullets miss airplane, lira’s stability short-lived: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) yesterday announced that their currently suspended open-ended strike will resume as...
10 March 2023
Hamas gunman wounds three in Tel Aviv attack
TEL AVIV — A Palestinian gunman opened fire in Tel Aviv on Thursday, wounding three people before being killed by police in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labeled a "terror attack"...
