BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Najib Mikati both commented Wednesday on the stalemate in the government, which has not met since Oct. 12. Aoun denounced a “deliberate act” on the...
BDL Gov. Riad Salameh once again commented publicly Tuesday on the crisis the country has been enduring for the past two years. His remarks came less than a month after his last comments to the...
BEIRUT — Land transport unions head Bassam Tleiss announced Wednesday that the unions will strike on Jan. 13 in what he called a “day of anger and paralysis for the country” aimed at demanding the...
BEIRUT — A delegation from the families of the port employees detained in relation to the Aug. 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion on Wednesday demanded in a meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati...
BEIRUT – World Bank financing for an energy project designed to increase Lebanon's ability to generate electricity is “progressing a lot and will reach its conclusion in the first months of the...
BEIRUT — The Higher Defense Council on Wednesday extended the general mobilization from its expiry date on Dec. 31 to March 31, in response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Lebanon in...
BEIRUT — The Syndicate of Private Hospital Owners in Lebanon issued a statement Wednesday warning that the steep rise in COVID-19 infections amid limited hospital intake capacity would lead to a...
As expected, the tone was escalating, but not warlike. This new slap in the face received by the Free Patriotic Movement, following the Constitutional Council’s failure to reach a decision on the...
BEIRUT – Two men were killed and several others were wounded Wednesday during a gunfight in the north of Lebanon close to the Syrian border, L’Orient Today ’s correspondent in the area reported....
BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement MPs sent an official letter to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday asking him to summon the Parliament for a session on the cabinet, which has not met since...
BEIRUT – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with former Presidents Michel Sleiman and Amin Gemayel and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Tuesday, the last day of the SG’s...
BEIRUT — Army Commander General Joseph Aoun downplayed rumors of desertions and resignations from the military as conditions for soldiers continue their downward slide. In a speech published by...
In the last 48 hours, the country has narrowly escaped the fallout of a political maneuver aimed, primarily, at debunking Tarek Bitar, the judge heading the investigation into the deadly Aug. 4,...
BEIRUT— Residents of Marjayoun are currently suffering from a number of crises, and feel that they “live in a stricken area,” according to the state-run National News Agency. Here’s what we...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil pointed his finger at political interference after the Constitutional Council failed...
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
