BEIRUT — A major fire broke out Tuesday night and spread throughout the village of Bzal in Akkar, according to our correspondent in the area. Here’s what we know : • Residents of the area...
BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement head Gebran Bassil said Tuesday that “the resumption of the government’s work after three months of inactivity is a positive step but insufficient,” stressing the...
BEIRUT — The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said Tuesday it was imposing sanctions on “three Hezbollah-linked financial facilitators,” Adel Diab, Ali Mohamad...
BEIRUT — After meeting with President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Tuesday that his cabinet is scheduled to meet next week to discuss the draft budget for the current year and...
Is he coming back, or not? This is the question on the minds of all political stakeholders on the local scene about the return of the Future Movement leader Saad Hariri. Less than five months from...
BEIRUT – Amid the economic crisis and raging fuel prices, an ambitious planned public transport project appears likely to be permanently shelved after an extended period during which the work has...
BEIRUT – Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib announced that 890 Lebanese students abroad will receive a cash assistance payment of around $900, as part of a donation sponsored by the country’s...
BEIRUT — Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun issued a decision to freeze all real estate and cars belonging to the Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, the National News Agency...
BEIRUT — Hussein Hajj Hassan, head of Parliament’s Telecommunications and Information Committee, said Tuesday after the committee’s meeting that he is opposed to the raising of telecom tariffs...
BEIRUT — A man carrying gasoline and grenades took hostages inside a Bekaa branch of the Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries (BBAC), threatening to burn them, after the bank had allegedly refused...
BEIRUT – Protesters staged a sit-in at the entrance of Tripoli’s Serial, demanding that the Economy Minister “control foodstuffs stores because they did not reduce the prices of goods in...
BEIRUT – Farid Zeinoun, head of the Syndicate of Workers and Distributors of Gas in Lebanon urged the Energy Ministry to replace old gas bottles with new ones “immediately without any hesitation or...
BEIRUT – The Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants, Cafes, Nightclubs and Patisseries decried a recent shift towards dollarization in the sector, saying most establishments “do not have dollars.” The...
Monday, Dec. 13, was a sunny day at Animal City, in the Metn town of Zekrit, where little Jude and his family thought they were having a moment of tranquility and exploration. Their visit soon...
BEIRUT — New fuel prices announced by the Energy Ministry Tuesday show a decrease in the prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas. Here’s what we know: • The price of 20 liters...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Prime Minister Najib Mikati promised a draft budget “by the end of the week” so that the cabinet can meet “early next week.”...
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
Lebanese, Israeli delegation to meet in Washington; Lebanon files UN complaint against Iran: Everything you need to know this Thursday
