Gantz: Israel wants border deal with Lebanon
BEIRUT — Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that Jerusalem is keen to make a deal with Lebanon regarding the maritime border dispute in a meeting with United Nations diplomats on Monday....
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Lebanon is turning to solar energy, but are there risks?
Faced with simultaneous energy, economic and financial crises, and with little to no provision of state electricity, many people in Lebanon are rushing to install solar panels. Between 2021 and...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 13 September 2022
Calls for Wednesday protest amid parliamentary session on 2022 draft budget
BEIRUT — Calls for a protest on Wednesday morning, n ext to the Parliament at the time of a parliamentary session that will be held to discuss the 2022 budget's draft law ,...
13 September 2022
Efforts to find a consensus candidate kick off
While only seven weeks separate Lebanon from the end of President Michel Aoun’s term in office, a local and international effort is underway to find his successor. On the local scene, the 13...
Yara ABI AKL, 13 September 2022
IMF pleased Parliament will consider additional amendments to banking secrecy law
The International Monetary Fund’s Resident Representative in Lebanon, Frederico Lima, commented on President Michel Aoun’s refusal to sign an amended version of Lebanon’s banking secrecy law ,...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 13 September 2022
Interior Minister announces 'sustainable' security plan in North after deadly shootings
BEIRUT — Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced on Tuesday a "sustainable" security plan had been devised for North Lebanon, following two deadly shootings in Tripoli that raised...
13 September 2022
FPM, Amal, independents and Hezbollah: Force of Change MPs continue their tour
BEIRUT — "Preventing any presidential vacancy" that some fear after the end of Michel Aoun's mandate on Oct. 31; this was the leitmotiv of the Forces of Change parliamentary group during their tour...
13 September 2022
Cholera outbreak in Syria poses serious threat, UN says
BEIRUT — A cholera outbreak in several regions of Syria presents "a serious threat to people in Syria and the region," the United Nations representative in the country said, calling for...
13 September 2022
Aoun: 'I will leave Baabda if nobody means any ill will'
BEIRUT — “I will leave Baabda if the situation is normal and nobody means any ill will,” President Michel Aoun said in an interview published on Tuesday by Lebanese daily al-Akhbar . The statement...
13 September 2022
France to raise Armenia, Azerbaijan clashes at UN Security Council
PARIS — France will bring up the topic of clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the UN Security Council, the office of President Emmanuel Macron said, adding that Macron continued to urge both...
13 September 2022
Army thwarts irregular migration attempt off Tripoli coast, arrests more than 80 people
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced Tuesday that it thwarted people aboard a boat attempting an irregular sea migration the previous day from the al-Maarad port in Tripoli, and had arrested 84...
13 September 2022
Lira dips to LL36,000 on parallel market following fuel subsidy lift
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira continued its depreciation on the parallel market Tuesday morning, trading at LL36,000 against the dollar. According to the Lirarate.org platform, the dollar was worth...
13 September 2022
Summer of 1982: A Lebanese tragedy in five acts
On June 6, 1982, Israeli forces invaded South Lebanon in order to push the Palestinians 40 km beyond the border. That summer, the Lebanese people, already used to the horrors of the war that had...
Caroline HAYEK, 13 September 2022
Azerbaijan and Armenia ceasefire fails within minutes
Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a ceasefire early on Tuesday to halt a flare-up in hostilities over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, but it fell apart minutes later, Azerbaijani media said. A...
13 September 2022
Fuel prices climb following full subsidy lift
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry released new fuel prices on Tuesday, one day after Lebanon's central bank fully lifted the fuel subsidy following months of gradually lifting it. The new...
13 September 2022
One killed by gunshot in family feud in Tripoli
BEIRUT — An armed family feud left one person dead on Monday night in Tripoli's Abi Samra neighborhood, an army spokesperson told L'Orient Today on Tuesday . Security forces arrived at the...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 13 September 2022
Gas subsidy lifted, Hochstein brings border ‘proposals,’ pro-LF bloc to abstain from budget vote: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Banque du Liban fully lifted the subsidy on gasoline yesterday, raising gas prices and causing protesters to block the roads. BDL had gradually decreased the portion of dollars supplied to fuel...
13 September 2022
Youth survey finds elderly missing out on cash assistance
BEIRUT — A World Bank-funded government cash assistance program that began giving aid to impoverished households earlier this year has been largely successful in reaching the poorest families, a...
Abby Sewell, 13 September 2022
Fresh clashes erupt between Azerbaijan, Armenia
Clashes erupted between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, Russian news agencies reported early on Tuesday, in a resumption of decades-old hostilities linked to the disputed territory of...
