US urges Turkey to quickly ratify Sweden's NATO bid
WASHINGTON — The United States welcomed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's Friday announcement that the country's parliament will begin ratifying Finland's NATO bid, and encouraged Turkey to...
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Tunisia interior minister announces resignation
Tunisian interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine, a close aide of President Kais Saied, announced Friday he has resigned to spend more time with his children following the death of his wife last...
17 March 2023
Sayrafa rate surpasses LL80,000 against the dollar
BEIRUT — Banque du Liban (BDL) increased its Sayrafa platform exchange rate on Friday evening, raising it to over LL80,000 against the US dollar. Sayrafa rate is only used for certain types of...
17 March 2023
Infiltration of Israel? More questions than answers
Did the suspect really infiltrate Israel from Lebanese territory? Does Hezbollah’s silence betray anything? Why did the Israeli government initially try to cloud what looks like a successful...
Stéphanie KHOURI, 17 March 2023
Israel claims to find drone linked to Hezbollah
BEIRUT — The Israeli army found a drone on the Israeli-Lebanese border on Friday, the Arabic-speaking Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on Twitter "Following sweeps on the Lebanese...
17 March 2023
A tool for peace in times of crisis: Yoga’s rise in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Tucked away from the city’s dizzying tumult, on the third floor of a residential building in gentrified Gemmayze, lies the bygone memory of the Beirut Sivananda center. As if heedless of...
Amanda Haydar, 17 March 2023
USAID launches $20 million fund for renewable energy solutions
BEIRUT — The US Ambassador to Lebanon, Dorothy Shea on Friday announced the launch of the Solar & Renewable Energy Fund, started by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to...
17 March 2023
Twelve years on, Syria still in shards
They used to take turns, day and night, searching for slogans and rushing to write them on placards. They joined hundreds of thousands of Syrians from all over the country in the streets of Deir...
Noura DOUKHI, 17 March 2023
Erdogan asks parliament to vote on Finland's NATO bid
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Turkey's parliament on Friday to vote on Finland's application to join the NATO defense alliance. "We have decided to start the...
17 March 2023
Fuel prices increase for 2nd time in one day, 98-octane gas surpasses LL2 million
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced a second increase in fuel prices and diesel on Friday afternoon, pushing the price of twenty liters of 98-octane gasoline to over LL2 million. Here are the...
17 March 2023
Riad Salameh comments on his hearings before European judges
BEIRUT — Banque du Liban (BDL) governor Riad Salameh issued a statement Friday commenting on his hearing as part of European investigations into his alleged financial wrongdoing. A first hearing...
17 March 2023
Top Turkish diplomat to visit Egypt after a decade of tension
CAIRO — Turkey's foreign minister will travel to Cairo on Saturday in a further sign of thawing relations a decade after diplomatic links were cut by the overthrow of Egypt's then...
17 March 2023
Blinken says reforms require 'consensus' amid Israel protests
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told AFP that major reforms require consensus, as Israel is rocked by protests over a bid by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remake the nation's...
17 March 2023
Supporters of radical sheikh Al-Assir protest in Saida demanding his release
BEIRUT — Around thirty supporters of radical Salafist sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, participated in a demonstration Friday in Saida. The demonstration started in front of the Islamic Endowments Department...
17 March 2023
Iran executes Kurdish 'political prisoner': rights groups
On Friday, the Iranian government executed a Kurdish man who was viewed as an activist and was a member of an outlawed group, rights groups said. Mohayyedin Ebrahimi was...
17 March 2023
European judges question Central Bank chief for six hours
The security forces’ deployment near the Justice Palace 10:30 am Thursday was impressive. Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh arrived in a convoy of black cars, went to the fifth floor and entered...
Claude ASSAF, 17 March 2023
Increase in fuel prices, gas cylinder and fuel oil for generators decrease
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced an increase in fuel prices and diesel Friday morning, and a decrease in prices for a cylinder of propane and fuel oil for generators. Here are the new...
17 March 2023
Children needing aid in central Sahel double to 10 million: UN
Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in "extreme jeopardy" and desperately need humanitarian assistance due to worsening violence, the United Nations said Friday....
17 March 2023
Riad Salameh comments on his hearings before European judges
BEIRUT — Banque du Liban (BDL) governor Riad Salameh issued a statement Friday commenting on his hearing as part of European investigations into his alleged financial wrongdoing. A first hearing...
Web department with Claude ASSAF, 17 March 2023
Israelis back on streets after Netanyahu rejects reforms compromise
Israeli protesters returned to the streets Thursday to rally against proposed judicial reforms, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise plan touted by the country's president....
17 March 2023
Women's World Cup hosts hail FIFA ruling out Saudi sponsorship
Co-hosts New Zealand and Australia on Friday welcomed FIFA's announcement that Saudi Arabia's tourism board will not sponsor this year's Women's World Cup. The two...
17 March 2023
Salameh faces further questioning, public administration employee strikes and Mikati’s fruitful Vatican visit : Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Banque du Liban governor Riad Salameh could face several more days of questioning after his first time attending a hearing...
