Bassil criticizes Hezbollah
BEIRUT — A week after rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Gebran Bassil implicitly criticized Hezbollah for its strategy. "We have...
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The customs dollar increases to LL 60,000 starting April 18
BEIRUT — Once again, the exchange rate adopted to calculate customs duties on imports, commonly referred to as the "customs dollar," has been increased. According to a document from the Banque du...
13 April 2023
Egypt urges Turkey to withdraw from Syria
Egypt's foreign minister on Thursday urged Turkey to withdraw troops from Syria, underscoring lingering tensions despite recent efforts to mend ties. Egypt's Foreign...
13 April 2023
Michel Sleiman: From tightrope walker to 'sovereignist’
Michel Sleiman’s journey to the presidency, which he assumed on May 25, 2008, began three years before, during the mass demonstrations that started March 14, 2005, which led to the withdrawal of...
Mounir RABIH, 13 April 2023
IMF forecasts slower Middle East, North Africa growth in 2023
GDP growth in the Middle East and North Africa region will slow to 3.1 precent in 2023, from 5.3 percent a year ago, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Middle East and Central Asia department...
13 April 2023
Ghada Aoun challenges the decision to release Hoda Salloum
BEIRUT — Public prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal Ghada Aoun submitted on Wednesday an appeal to the Indictment Chamber against the decision to release the former director general of...
13 April 2023
Border tensions: Did Joseph Aoun come out stronger?
It was a new test for Joseph Aoun.On Thursday, as factions aligned with Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel from Lebanese territory, posing a serious threat to stability at the border, the Lebanese...
Salah Hijazi, 13 April 2023
Pilgrims flock to ancient Holy Land church as Palestinian congregation shrinks
The Church of the Ten Lepers' is one of the world's oldest churches and it is built on top of a cave in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Festooned with golden icons, the ancient church attracts...
13 April 2023
Lebanon’s postal services: Call for tenders won by CMA CGM to be relaunched
There is a new twist in the tender launched by Lebanon’s Telecommunications Ministry to replace LibanPost as the manager of Lebanon’s postal services. Almost two weeks after announcing the...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 13 April 2023
Fayyad: EDL's increased electricity plan saw 'relatively low' success
BEIRUT — A plan by state provider Électricité du Liban (EDL) to increase daily power production has seen "relatively low" success, caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayyad said Thursday. At a...
13 April 2023
Palestinian Authority accused of blocking legal rights group
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday criticized the Palestinian Authority (PA) for denying the registration of a lawyers association. Lawyers for Justice, which represents...
13 April 2023
Cabinet to discuss municipal election funding, Parliament to meet on race's postponement
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday scheduled a cabinet meeting for Tuesday, April 18 at 3:30 p.m. to discuss funding for next month's municipal elections and other...
13 April 2023
Saudi readies Arab talks on Syria as Mideast diplomacy shifts
Saudi Arabia was preparing Thursday to host an Arab regional meeting on ending Syria's isolation at a time of dizzying diplomatic shifts following its deal to resume relations with rival Iran....
13 April 2023
Normalization with a mass murderer
There is something incomprehensible about the accelerated pace of normalization between a growing number of Arab regimes and Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. After the visits of the Syrian...
Yassin al-Haj Saleh, 13 April 2023
Mikati sets cabinet session to discuss socioeconomic measures, municipal elections
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday scheduled a cabinet meeting for Tuesday April 18 at 3:30 p.m. to discuss funding for next month's municipal elections and other...
13 April 2023
Berri schedules Parliament session for April 18, hours before planned discussion of agenda
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has scheduled a Parliament session for next Tuesday, April 18, Berri's office said in a statement Thursday. The announcement came hours before the...
Wael Taleb, 13 April 2023
Iran 2022 executions surge in bid to 'spread fear': Rights groups
Iran hanged 75 percent more people in 2022 that the previous years, two rights groups said on Thursday, denouncing an "execution machine" aimed at spreading fear as protests shook the country....
13 April 2023
Salameh travel ban lifted, no funding for municipal elections, suspended EDL strike: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . A judicial source told AFP that the travel ban against embattled Banque du Liban (BDL) governor Riad Salameh will be lifted...
