Controversy surrounds EDL fuel imports
BEIRUT — With last week's blackouts fresh in the minds of Lebanese, electricity production is once again at the center of a political and financial imbroglio concerning the fuel shipments needed to...
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Salameh's bank accounts are frozen. What does that mean?
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s financial intelligence unit announced on Aug. 14 that the bank accounts of former Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh had been frozen amid ongoing...
Wael Taleb, 19 August 2023
Man beats daughter to death in Marjayoun
BEIRUT — A man fatally beat his daughter, a minor with disability, in Dibbin, Marjayoun, South Lebanon, Lebanese Internal Security Forces announced in a Sunday statement. The ISF said the young...
19 August 2023
Like opposition groups, Rai criticizes Le Drian's call for dialogue
BEIRUT — The head of the Maronite Church, Patriarch Bechara Rai, on Sunday implicitly criticized the call for dialogue launched by France's special envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in an...
19 August 2023
In new documentary, Carlos Ghosn's savior turns against him
After organizing Carlos Ghosn's rocky escape from Japan, American ex-special forces officer Michael Taylor is now holding him accountable in a new documentary, broadcasted by Apple TV+. Wanted:...
19 August 2023
Schools shut as troops hunt for West Bank shooting suspect
Schools were shut Sunday in the occupied West Bank town of Huwara as troops searched for the suspected killer of an Israeli father and his son who were shot dead over the weekend. The two Israeli...
20 August 2023
Eight Ain al-Hilweh schools occupied by armed groups, UNRWA says
BEIRUT — Armed groups in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon have seized a school belonging to UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees, bringing...
19 August 2023
Online petition calls on BDL to release 'all data and information' not submitted for audit
BEIRUT — Several private citizens have launched an online petition asking Banque du Liban's acting governor and deputy governors give all the data and information requested, but not obtained, by...
19 August 2023
The Impossible dialogue with Hezbollah
On August 9, a truck carrying weapons and ammunition for Hezbollah accidentally overturned in Kahaleh, on the Damascus road. Clashes then occurred between party fighters and residents of the...
Naji ABOU KHALIL, 19 August 2023
Egypt’s president pardons Douma, other prisoners, says state TV
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned a number of prisoners, including prominent Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, state TV said Saturday. A leading figure in the pro-democracy revolt...
19 August 2023
Lebanese University tuition fees see a drastic increase
With Lebanese University facing major challenges in the context of the current crisis, university president Bassam Badran said, it has been decided to substantially increase student tuition fees....
Layal DAGHER, 19 August 2023
Man murders brother over land dispute in Majdal Anjar
BEIRUT — After a land dispute a Majdal Anjar man stands accused of having shot and killed his brother, an army veteran, and attempting to murder his own wife Saturday, a security source told...
19 August 2023
Five years on, what has become of Hamed Sinno?
He initially rose to prominence as the frontman of the band Mashrou' Leila. Pushing his vocals to astonishing heights, he was dubbed by many the “Arab Freddie Mercury.” However, his...
Interview by Gilles KHOURY, 19 August 2023
Damascus bombing suspect throws himself from roof during Hezbollah raid
BEIRUT — A man allegedly threw himself from a seventh-floor roof south of Beirut Friday night during a Hezbollah raid, a party spokeswoman told L’Orient Today Saturday. The man subsequently died...
