Saudi executes US national convicted of killing Egyptian father
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed a US national convicted of torturing and killing his father, state media reported. The death sentence for Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef...
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US sanctions Lebanese NGO accused of supporting Hezbollah
BEIRUT — The United States announced a series of sanctions Wednesday against Green Without Borders (GWB), a Lebanese environmental NGO accused of providing "support to and cover" for Hezbollah's...
16 August 2023
Cabinet approves 2023 draft budget
BEIRUT — Najib Mikati's caretaker government on Wednesday approved the preliminary draft of the 2023 budget, which had been prepared by the Finance Ministry. Cabinet began examining the text...
16 August 2023
A shrinking Lebanon
Since its inception in 1920, the Lebanese state’s geographical area has never exceeded 10,452 square kilometers. Despite this, the country seemed to have transcended its boundaries on many...
Anthony SAMRANI, 16 August 2023
Jordan says shot down TNT-loaded drone from Syria
Jordan's army said it shot down a drone Wednesday loaded with TNT explosives trying to enter its airspace from Syria, in the latest incident of trafficking of arms or drugs....
16 August 2023
Mortada signs bill targeting 'sexual perversion'
BEIRUT — A week after calling for a ban on the film "Barbie" in Lebanon, which he accused of "encouraging perversity and gender transformation," caretaker Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada...
16 August 2023
Truce holds in Libya after clashes kill 55
Tripoli's worst armed clashes in a year have killed 55 people and wounded 146, Libyan media reported Wednesday, as a truce took hold. Fighting erupted on Monday night and...
16 August 2023
The Kahaleh road bend: A historic war site
On Aug. 9, 2023, a Hezbollah truck carrying ammunition overturned on the Kahaleh road bend. Hezbollah members and local residents exchanged fire, leaving two dead — one on each side. But this was...
Layal DAGHER, 16 August 2023
UNIFIL 'concerned' about recent Lebanon-Israel border tensions
BEIRUT — UNIFIL's Head of Mission Maj. Gen. Aroldo Lazaro expressed concern Wednesday about "an increase in tension" along the Lebanese-Israeli border amid a series of cross-border fire incidents...
16 August 2023
Deir Ammar and Zahrani power plants shut down, negotiations underway
BEIRUT — Primesouth Lebanon, which operates the Deir Ammar and Zahrani power plants on behalf of Électricité du Liban (EDL), began shutting down the two plants at 5 p.m. Wednesday over unpaid dues,...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS/L'Orient-Le Jour, 16 August 2023
Iraq set in 'battle' against dollar smugglers, central bank governor says
BAGHDAD — Iraq has made strides implementing US dollar supply restrictions targeting Iran but faces an uphill battle with a banking system unaccustomed to strict oversight and persistent...
Timour Azhari, 16 August 2023
Presidency: Le Drian writes to MPs; opposition says 'no room for wasting time'
BEIRUT — French Special Envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday sent a letter to Lebanese MPs containing two questions regarding the "priority projects" the country's next president should...
Web department with Salah Hijazi, 16 August 2023
Assad doubles pay for civil servants, military personnel
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has decreed a 100-percent pay rise for civil servants and pensioners while fuel subsidies were lifted in a country ravaged by 12 years of war....
16 August 2023
Iran says its released assets abroad will be used for domestic output: ISNA
DUBAI — Iran's released assets abroad will be used to enhance domestic production, President Ebrahim Raisi was quoted as saying on Wednesday by the semi-official ISNA news agency....
16 August 2023
US beefs up Gulf deployment over Iran oil tanker threat
As Iranian seizures threaten oil tankers plying the Gulf, the United States is raising its military presence — a move long demanded by Gulf Arab states that accused Washington of retreating from...
16 August 2023
Seaside screen brings magic of movies to Gaza years after cinemas closed
GAZA — With car tires, rocks and mounds of sand as seats, Palestinians of all ages have been enjoying a rare trip to the movies at a big-screen event on the Gaza beachfront....
Nidal al-Mughrabi, 16 August 2023
Lebanese Forces and FPM to boycott Thursday's legislative session
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Forces' and Free Patriotic Movement's parliamentary blocs announced Wednesday that they plan to boycott Thursday's legislative session over their view that the body should not...
16 August 2023
Fire destroys Rikky'z restaurant in Faraya
BEIRUT — A fire that broke out at dawn on Wednesday has completely destroyed the famous Rikky'z restaurant in Faraya, Civil Defense spokesman Elie Abboud confirmed to L'Orient-Le Jour....
Zeina ANTONIOS/L'Orient-Le Jour, 16 August 2023
Block 9: Gas exploration ship arrives in Lebanon
BEIRUT — The TransOcean Barents drilling rig, which will begin gas exploration in Lebanon's offshore Block 9, has "arrived at the drilling point," caretaker Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh...
16 August 2023
Only biometric passport applications now accepted at Lebanese Embassy in Ottawa
BEIRUT — Following an announcement on May 31 , the Lebanese Embassy in Ottawa, Canada, has since June 1 stopped "accepting dark blue passport (2003) applications"; however, it continues to...
16 August 2023
Fuel prices continue to rise
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry on Wednesday announced a new increase in gasoline, diesel and fuel oil prices. Here are the new rates: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL1,776,000, up by...
16 August 2023
Syria to Libya to the EU: How people-smugglers operate
For desperate Syrians, a WhatsApp message saying "I want to go to Europe" can be all they need to start a treacherous journey to Libya and then across the Mediterranean....
16 August 2023
90-year-old among dozens of Bahais arrested in the Islamic republic's latest crackdown, BIC group says
A 90-year-old man is among dozens arrested in past weeks in a new crackdown by Iranian authorities against Bahais, Iran's largest non-Muslim religious minority, a group said Wednesday....
16 August 2023
Iran sentences film-maker over Cannes-selected movie
A court in Iran has sentenced prominent movie director Saeed Roustaee to six months' prison for the screening of his film "Leila's Brothers" at the Cannes Film Festival last year,...
16 August 2023
Salameh’s accounts frozen, warehouse fire finally extinguished, Kahaleh and Ain Ibl investigations: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Lebanon’s financial intelligence unit on Monday announced that former Banque du Liban governor Riad Salameh’s bank accounts had...
16 August 2023
For the pesto In a mortar, crush the pine nuts and garlic clove with half the olive oil using a pestle. Add the basil leaves, the rest of the olive oil and the parmesan, and crush everything...
