Foreign Affairs Ministry to lay off 15 commercial attachés
BEIRUT — The Foreign Affairs Ministry has notified more than a dozen economic attachés that their positions will be terminated at the end of 2023, two diplomatic sources confirmed to...
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Queer and feminist activists under threat in Jordan
Last Saturday, Jordan's King Abdullah II approved a new law on cybercrime that several human rights organizations say will severely undermine freedom of expression and digital rights.The law will...
N.Z., 18 August 2023
Several Kahaleh residents summoned by military court over shootout with Hezbollah
BEIRUT — At least four people — all residents of Kahaleh — were summoned on Friday by the military court for investigation following a clash earlier this month that killed a local resident and a...
Wael Taleb, 18 August 2023
Opposition says ‘no, thank you’ to Le Drian
“I was taken aback by the letter,” Georges Adwan, the head of the Lebanese Forces (LF)'s parliamentary bloc, wrote on Twitter. Adwan, like the other parliamentary bloc leaders and independent...
Salah HIJAZI, 18 August 2023
More than 140 Syrians arrested after entering Lebanon illegally: Witnesses
According to witnesses at the scene, the Lebanese Army on Thursday arrested more than 140 Syrians who had entered Lebanon illegally, L'Orient-Le Jour 's correspondent in northern Lebanon...
18 August 2023
Turkish Cypriot forces assault Cyprus peacekeepers: UN
Turkish Cypriot forces on Friday assaulted UN peacekeepers who attempted to block controversial road construction in the buffer zone dividing Cyprus, the UN mission on the island said....
18 August 2023
At least five dead in Qalamoun road accident
BEIRUT — At least five people were killed on Friday in a two-car accident in the town of Qalamoun after one of the two vehicles crashed into an electricity pylon, witnesses told L'Orient-Le...
18 August 2023
UNRWA suspends all services in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp
BEIRUT — UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has suspended all of its services in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp as of Friday morning due to the continued presence of "armed fighters" in...
18 August 2023
Jaguars, real estate, and wax statues: BDL’s most surprising expenditures
In its report concerning the forensic audit of Banque du Liban, the international consultancy firm Alvarez & Marsal paints a grim portrait of Riad Salameh’s tenure as the head of Banque du...
Guilhem DORANDEU, 18 August 2023
Iran's foreign minister meets Saudi crown prince: Press TV
DUBAI — Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian met Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in Jeddah on Friday, Iran's state-run Press TV reported, as the two...
18 August 2023
20 years since UN headquarters bombing in Baghdad: It’s time to walk the talk on protection for humanitarian workers
Martin Griffiths is the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, the most senior UN official dedicated to humanitarian affairs This World Humanitarian...
Martin Griffiths, 18 August 2023
Cat cafe brings pawsitivity to war-scarred Gaza
A cat cafe in the Gaza Strip aims to "cheer up" Palestinian residents and offer them a respite from the trials of daily life in the blockaded territory, its owner said. At...
18 August 2023
Dubai-based Kerning Cultures podcast suspends operations
BEIRUT — Dubai-based independent podcast company Kerning Cultures Network suspended operations on its flagship, eponymous show last month and laid off its entire team due to a lack of financing,...
18 August 2023
Fuel prices continue to rise
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry on Friday announced a new increase in gasoline, diesel and gas cylinder prices. Here are the new rates: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL1,790,000, up by...
18 August 2023
Fears for displaced as Sudan war spreads in Darfur, witnesses say
Fighting between two rival generals has spread to two cities in war-ravaged Sudan, witnesses said Friday, raising concerns for hundreds of thousands who have fled violence in the Darfur region....
18 August 2023
Parched Egypt struggles to contain water loss
At the foot of an 800-year-old Cairo mausoleum, weeds rise from a murky green pool — a sign of massive loss of clean water that often goes to waste instead of reaching Egyptian consumers....
18 August 2023
BDL’s foreign asset plunge, power plants fiasco, airport safety issues: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Only 10 percent of Lebanon’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) remain , Banque du Liban (BDL)...
