New budget abandons official exchange rate
More than seven weeks after passing Parliament, and ten and a half months after the start of the year it applied to, the 2022 state budget was published in the Official Gazette midday Tuesday, thus...
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Yeghia Tashjian: Russian influence ‘evident’ in northern Lebanon
In late February, Lebanon officially condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and, in October, opposed Russia’s annexation of the occupied Ukrainian regions. Yet Russian-Lebanese diplomatic ties...
Julien RICOUR-BRASSEUR, 15 November 2022
Israeli PM says FBI can't question troops over journalist's death
Jerusalem – Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Tuesday Israeli soldiers "will not be interrogated" by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over the killing of Palestinian-American...
15 November 2022
State Council suspends LGBTQ+ gatherings ban
BEIRUT — Helem ("Dream" in Arabic), an NGO dedicated to LGBTQ+ rights, announced Tuesday that the State Council temporarily suspended the ban on LGBTQ+ gatherings that was called for by Minister...
Nour BRAIDY, 15 November 2022
Israel admonishes Ukrainian ambassador over UN vote
JERUSALEM — Israel said it summoned the Ukrainian ambassador for a dressing down on Tuesday after Kyiv voted in favor of a resolution to open an international probe into Israel's prolonged...
15 November 2022
Lebanon's opposition MPs fail to agree on candidate
BEIRUT — Lebanon's opposition MPs held a meeting in Parliament on Tuesday to "break the wall of obstruction" and discuss approaches toward electing a new president for the country, with no...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 15 November 2022
Escapee from Beirut courthouse detention center arrested
The Lebanese Army intelligence services arrested a Syrian national on Tuesday after he escaped from the capital's courthouse detention center — known as Adlieh — on Aug. 7, the troop said in a...
15 November 2022
Khatami: Iran power change 'neither possible nor desirable'
Former Iranian president and leading reformist Mohammad Khatami has rejected the idea of a change of power in the Islamic Republic while admitting there was dissatisfaction with the current...
15 November 2022
Two Egyptian girls found dead at Syria's al-Hol camp
Syria's Kurdish authorities recovered the bodies of two Egyptian girls at the notorious al-Hol detention camp, local security personnel said Tuesday. "The bodies of two Egyptian girls were found...
15 November 2022
Raad echos Nasrallah: A new president should not 'stab the Resistance'
BEIRUT — The head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Mohammad Raad, said Tuesday that the next president of Lebanon should "not stab the Resistance in the back," an assertion similar to one made...
15 November 2022
Algeria sentences ex-Sonatrach head to 15 years
ALGIERS – An Algerian court on Tuesday handed a 15-year prison sentence to the former head of state energy giant, Sonatrach, in a corruption case involving an Italian refinery, his lawyer said....
15 November 2022
The residents who said no to the ‘generator mafia’
In Achrafieh, as in other neighborhoods of Beirut, people dread the monthly visit of the private generator bill collector.Installed since the Civil War, these neighborhood generators were supposed...
Nada GHOSN, 15 November 2022
Jailed Egypt activist ends hunger strike
Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has ended a seven-month-long hunger strike, he wrote in a letter given to his family on Tuesday. "I have ended the...
15 November 2022
Palestinian kills three Israelis during knife rampage in occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian who went on a knife rampage in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday killed three Israelis near the entrance to an industrial park and tried to flee in a vehicle before...
15 November 2022
Lebanon’s much-delayed 2022 budget finally published, coming into effect
Lebanon’s much-delayed 2022 budget was finally published on Tuesday in the Official Gazette, meaning it is now in effect. The publication of the budget comes slightly over seven weeks after it...
15 November 2022
Ghassan Oueidat vs Ghada Aoun: The arm wrestling resumes
Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Ghassan Oueidat filed a lawsuit on Monday against Judge Ghada Aoun , the public prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, following a lawsuit...
Claude ASSAF, 15 November 2022
Erdogan, Biden discuss trade, security at G20 summit meet: Turkish presidency
ANKARA — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden discussed bilateral relations, including trade and security issues, on the sidelines of a G20 summit, the Turkish presidency...
15 November 2022
Tensions lead to school closures in Ain al-Hilweh after Fatah member's death
BEIRUT — Schools operated by UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, closed their doors on Tuesday morning in Ain al-Hilweh's Palestinian refugee camp in South Lebanon due to tensions in the...
15 November 2022
Iranians strike to mark 2019 protests in fresh rebuff to ruling clerics
DUBAI — Iranians went on strike in several cities on Tuesday to commemorate the 2019 protests over fuel prices, a display of dissent that was crushed by security forces in one of the bloodiest...
15 November 2022
Turkey to pursue Syria targets after Iraq operation against Kurdish militants, official says
ANKARA — Turkey plans to pursue targets in northern Syria after it completes a cross-border operation against outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in Iraq, a senior official said on...
15 November 2022
Gasoline, diesel and domestic gas increase; fuel oil drops
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Energy Ministry increased on Tuesday the prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas cylinders but decreased the price of fuel oil. Here are the new prices: - Twenty...
15 November 2022
Hunger striker back in prison after hospital treatment
Prominent Iranian dissident Hossein Ronaghi has been taken back to prison after receiving hospital treatment following more than 50 days on hunger strike, the judiciary said Tuesday. “He has been...
15 November 2022
TotalEnergies to launch exploration activities in Block 9
BEIRUT — Expected for almost a month now, the French oil giant TotalEnergies announced Tuesday in a statement that it will launch exploration activities in search of offshore gas in Block 9, which...
15 November 2022
Lebanon records 10 new cases, no additional deaths
BEIRUT — Lebanon recorded 10 new cholera cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases of the disease to 546, the Health Ministry said in its daily report published Monday evening. No new...
15 November 2022
Army trades fire with suspects in Bekaa during raid
BEIRUT — Armed clashes broke out on Tuesday morning in the village of Dar al-Wasiaa, west of Baalbeck, in the Bekaa between the Lebanese Army and suspects who allegedly kidnapped two Syrian...
15 November 2022
US navy intercepts 'massive' shipment of explosive material in Gulf of Oman
DUBAI — The US Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Tuesday it had intercepted a fishing vessel smuggling "massive" amounts of explosive material while transiting from Iran along a route in the Gulf of Oman...
15 November 2022
Israel calls US move to investigate Al Jazeera journalist's killing 'serious mistake'
JERUSALEM — Israel will not cooperate with any external investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday. Media reported that...
15 November 2022
2022 budget to be published, Mikati backs Frangieh for president, Ghada Aoun lawsuit: Everything you need to know to start your Tuesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The 2022 budget is set to be published in the Official Gazette today, coinciding with the possible conversion of some taxes and...
