Lebanese Information Minister George Kurdahi is expected to announce his resignation Friday to pave the way for a possible resolution of a diplomatic spat between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia...
The amendments that Parliament added to electoral law no 44 of 2017, on Oct. 19, were mainly designed to move up the legislative elections’ date from May 2022 to March. Yet, President Michel Aoun...
BEIRUT — France handed over half a million Pfizer vaccines to Lebanon on Thursday, the country's ambassador Anne Grillo announced on Twitter. Here’s what we know: • The donation...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah's parliamentary group said Thursday that the current governmental crisis could not be resolved without "respect for the norms of the constitution," while Najib Mikati's cabinet...
BEIRUT — Within one day of its launch, 31,700 people registered on the government’s electronic platform for two long-awaited social assistance programs — the World Bank-funded Emergency Social...
BEIRUT — Lebanese residents with disabilities will benefit from direct income support in US dollars, two UN agencies alongside the EU announced Thursday. Here is what we know: •...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Health Ministry and the World Bank reached an agreement Thursday to support the hospitalization costs of patients with public health insurance, in a country where nearly 80...
BEIRUT — Armed clashes broke out Thursday in the village of Dar al-Wasiaa in Baalbeck, between Lebanese soldiers, who were raiding the area in search of a kidnapped man, and a group suspected of...
BEIRUT — The Internal Security Forces announced Thursday the arrests of two men suspected of stealing crude oil stored in an Iraqi oil pipeline, which is currently non-operational, connected to the...
The recent judicial measures should have allowed Judge Tarek Bitar to resume his probe into the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion. However, obstacles continue to prevent him from getting back on...
BEIRUT — A new survey by the US polling company Gallup shows that a significant majority of people in Lebanon want to emigrate. Here’s what we know: • Sixty-three percent of...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Environment Minister Nasser Yassin to discuss a more sustainable plan for trash disposal, the NNA reports. Here is what we know: •...
BEIRUT — Amid a political deadlock that has prevented the cabinet from meeting since Oct. 12 and with just months before the scheduled 2022 parliamentary polls, the new Supervisory Commission for...
BEIRUT— During a visit to Rome, Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Bou Habib discussed Lebanon’s socioeconomic crisis with Vatican officials and announced his participation in a regional conference....
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. With the daily number of new COVID-19 cases exceeding 1,800 yesterday, the government’s health committee announced a raft of new...
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
