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Lebanese army detains 20 Syrian nationals attempting to flee the country by boat
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army declared in a statement that it intercepted a clandestine migration attempt Saturday, stopping a boat off the coast of Arida, North Lebanon, carrying twenty Syrian...
16 April 2022
Lavrov tells Marada chief that Russia wants to help Lebanon 'cope' with distracting problems
BEIRUT — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday that his country wants to help Lebanon “cope with problems distracting it from constructive goals.” Russian state News Agency TASS...
16 April 2022
Amal supporters accused of disrupting launch of opposition ticket in Sarafand
BEIRUT — Amal Movement supporters have been accused of blocking a road in Sarafand, Sour, Al-Jadeed reported Saturday, with the aim of disrupting a conference launching the opposition “Together for...
16 April 2022
Agriculture minister gets tough on animal cruelty in the Bekaa
BEIRUT – Agriculture Minister Abbas Hajj Hassan announced Friday that he’d notified the judiciary and that necessary measures were being taken in response to a video showing a dog being shot in the...
16 April 2022
Demonstrators gather at Finance Minister Yousef Khalil's residence to call out his obstruction of port blast probe
BEIRUT — Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Finance Minister Youssef Khalil’s residence in Raouche Saturday to protest his “interference” in the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port blast investigation,...
Abbas Mahfouz, 16 April 2022
Government turns to SDRs as last resort, more Salameh shenanigans, capital control bill advances: Your weekly financial news roundup
The press conference held after the cabinet’s meeting on Thursday brought a strong sense of déjà vu as Information Minister Ziad Makari denied that subsidies on wheat will be lifted . Similar...
