BEIRUT — Trading volume on the Sayrafa platform reached $41.5 million Friday, at a rate of LL24,400 per dollar, Banque du Liban announced in a statement. Here’s what we know : • The...
BEIRUT— The Economy Ministry reduced the price of Arabic bread bundles after the Lebanese lira regained some of its value against the US dollar Friday. The national currency now trading at around...
BEIRUT — One person died and another was injured in a gunfight Friday in Mina area of Tripoli, our local correspondent reported. A second person was later killed when residents, angered by the...
Tarek Bitar, the lead investigator of the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port blast probe, has refused to reveal any information about his findings, though his handling of the case has come under criticism....
BEIRUT – Industry Minister George Bouchikian announced Friday that “Made in Lebanon,” a trade show promoting Lebanese products in Iraq, will take place on Jan. 20. The minister’s announcement came...
BEIRUT — For the second time in a day, the Energy Ministry announced new fuel prices Friday, again lowering the selling prices for gasoline, diesel and cooking gas. Here’s what we know: ...
(Tuesday, the 16th of May 2023, a French investigating magistrate issued an international arrest warrant for Lebanon's central bank chief Riad Salameh, as he earlier failed to appear for...
BEIRUT — The US Ambassador in Lebanon Dorothy Shea on Friday delivered a letter to Prime Minister Najib Mikati from the United States Treasury Department. The letter “gives answers to some concerns...
BEIRUT — Tens of people gathered Friday morning in front of the French Embassy in Beirut, at the call of the United Lawyers Alliance and the Depositors' Outcry Association to protest against the...
BEIRUT — The tipping point for Lebanon’s wobbling electricity sector came in 2021. After years of political malpractice, Lebanon’s oligarchs and their parliamentarians debated a no-win scenario....
BEIRUT – The Lebanese lira appeared to be recovering on Friday, trading at LL28,000 to the US dollar on the parallel market, after a week of high volatility during which it reached a peak of...
BEIRUT — New fuel prices announced by the Energy Ministry Friday show a decrease in the cost of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas. Here’s what we know: • The price of 20 liters of...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. President Michel Aoun said yesterday that his appeal for a national discussion with political leaders will remain open, and...
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
Lebanese, Israeli delegation to meet in Washington; Lebanon files UN complaint against Iran: Everything you need to know this Thursday
