BEIRUT — Concern has mounted over an apparent outbreak of Hepatitis A, with the number of cases recorded so far this year reaching 590 yesterday. However, the head of the Health Ministry’s...
BEIRUT — Caretaker Economy Minister Amin Salam denounced on Friday “thefts” of subsidized wheat perpetrated by “certain private sector actors,” while Lebanon regularly experiences shortages of...
Almost all the 27 Sunni MPs in Parliament are independents, which is the only thing they have in common. There is a world of difference separating MPs who support a harsh rhetoric toward Hezbollah...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah began a two-month celebration on Friday to mark the 40th anniversary since the party was founded, the local party-affiliated television station al-Manar reported as the...
BEIRUT — Inflation in Lebanon hit 211.43 percent in May, according to the Central Administration of Statistics. Here’s what we know : • The consumer price index reached its highest...
BEIRUT – MPs of the Kataeb party proposed Friday an urgent bill to the Lebanese Parliament aimed at ensuring the protection of the grain silos at the Port of Beirut “in order to keep an eternal...
BEIRUT — "There is a need to form a government as soon as possible," Walid Joumblatt, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party said Friday in a statement. Here’s what we know : •...
BEIRUT — Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister "applauds" the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s life sentencing of two alleged members of Hezbollah for the 2005 attack — which killed 21 people, including...
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s central bank spent $500 million from its foreign reserves in the first 15 days of the month of June in a bid to stabilize the Lebanese lira. The bimonthly balance sheet...
BEIRUT —Public administration employees and retired police officers held a sit-in Friday morning, blocking the road in front of the Serail in Tripoli to demand an increase in their salaries and...
BEIRUT — A parallel market for Arabic bread bundles has sprung in Nabatieh amid flour shortages in bakeries, the National News Agency reported. Here’s what we know: • Due to flour...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese army arrested a suspected drug dealer Thursday evening in Fanar, north of Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported. Here’s what we know : • According to...
BEIRUT — “I knew I was going to win. Almost a month before, I was going around town telling friends, family that I would win. I had so much faith and I believed that Zgharta’s political trajectory...
BEIRUT — Lebanon and Egypt are set to sign a "final" gas import agreement on June 21, a Lebanese energy ministry spokesperson told Reuters. The plan, first floated in summer...
First there was the assassination of Hassan Sayad Khodayari, a member of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the center of Tehran on May 22. Engineer Ehsan...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon sentenced Habib Merhi and Hussein Oneissi to life imprisonment Thursday for their roles in...
Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
