Short-lived cabinet resigns after parliament disputes
Kuwait's government resigned on Monday just three months after it was sworn in, state media reported, following disputes with lawmakers that have plunged the oil-rich Gulf state into political...
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Erdogan warns Sweden about NATO after Quran burning
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Sweden on Monday that it should not expect his backing to join NATO following the burning of the Quran outside Ankara's embassy in Stockholm....
23 January 2023
The benefits and risks of weight-loss surgery in Lebanon
In the span of eight years, Sophia* has seen nearly a dozen dieticians in a bid to lose weight, to no avail. During her early adolescence, Sophia received all kinds of body-shaming remarks and...
Caroline HAYEK, 23 January 2023
Khalil: Hezbollah and FPM 'go in the same direction'
BEIRUT — Hussein Khalil, political adviser to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, said Monday that his party and the Free Patriotic Movement "are heading in the same direction," after a...
23 January 2023
Lebanese Army moves barbed wire violating the Blue Line
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army announced via Twitter on Monday that it moved a barbed wire that was placed in Lebanese territory, violating the Blue Line that delineates the boundary between Lebanon...
23 January 2023
Noun: Bitar's return is 'positive,' despite no arrests
BEIRUT — William Noun, the spokesperson for one of two Beirut blast victims' families groups, on Monday said that the return of Judge Tarek Bitar's is good "even if no one was arrested." ...
Wael Taleb, 23 January 2023
Eight injured in anti-Sweden protest in Baghdad after Quran burning
An Iraqi policeman and seven protesters were injured Monday during a rally outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad against the burning of a Quran in Stockholm, a security source said....
23 January 2023
Israeli restrictions risk turning West Bank into 'another Gaza'
Human Rights Watch charged Monday that new Israeli rules for foreigners entering the West Bank risked turning the occupied territory into "another Gaza," cutting residents off from the outside...
23 January 2023
Mikati refutes 'strange and unfounded' accusations of attempt to control Christian posts
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday refuted accusations made ten days ago by Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai, who claimed authorities were trying to usurp high government...
23 January 2023
The Lebanese lira hits LL52,000 on the dollar
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira continued its tumble on the parallel market Monday, exceeding LL52,000 against the US dollar, according to several mobile tracking applications. According to the...
23 January 2023
No impunity for those responsible for the largest bankruptcy in history
Nearly 40 months have passed since Lebanese banks ceased payments and one of the most serious economic and financial crises in recent history broke out, yet no one has been held accountable. Not a...
23 January 2023
Six including three children kidnapped in Syria on their way back to Lebanon
BEIRUT — A woman, her three children, sister and mother were kidnapped two weeks ago by a gang in Syria on their way back to Lebanon, the commander of the Joint Palestinian Force in the Ain...
23 January 2023
Iraqi central bank chief leaves post amid currency volatility
Iraq's prime minister said on Monday the country's central bank governor had been relieved of his duties as the local currency continues to fall against the dollar. "Today,...
23 January 2023
Bou Habib, Wronecka discuss Lebanon's loss of voting rights at the UN General Assembly
BEIRUT — Caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Abdallah Bou Habib on Monday received the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, and followed up on the issue of Lebanon losing...
23 January 2023
From shame to fame … to shame: Saida’s resurrected garbage mountain suffocates the city
SAIDA, Lebanon — At the landfill site of South Lebanon’s capital, Saida, a once elegant evening gown jostles for space with rotting remains of slaughtered farm animals — bones, horns, skin and...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 23 January 2023
PSP calls for a cabinet meeting on education
BEIRUT — The Progressive Socialist Party of the Druze leader Walid Joumblatt called on Monday for a cabinet meeting dedicated to education, PSP MP Akram Chehayeb said during a press conference....
23 January 2023
Bitar moves to retake control of port investigation, bringing new charges
Tarek Bitar, the investigating judge at the Court of Justice whose investigation into the Aug. 4, 2020 explosion at the Beirut port has been suspended for more than a year because of legal actions...
23 January 2023
Iran arrests three female journalists amid protests: reports
Iranian authorities have arrested three female journalists in the past two days, local media said Monday, amid months of protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini....
23 January 2023
How are MPs Khalaf and Saliba getting by inside Parliament without electricity and food?
“Come and have lunch,” Najat Saliba, MP for Chouf, said over the phone. Food abounds in Parliament, where she has been camping out since Thursday with her colleague, Beirut II MP Melhem Khalaf....
Salah HIJAZI, 23 January 2023
Electing a president 'will have a positive influence' on Lebanon, Wronecka reminds Mikati
BEIRUT — The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, emphasized on Monday the positive impact that the election of a president will have on Lebanon during a meeting with...
23 January 2023
Detained US citizen ends hunger strike
A US-Iranian dual national imprisoned in Tehran ended a seven-day hunger strike on Monday, saying he had lost 10 pounds but felt strengthened in his resolve to fight for the release of US...
23 January 2023
EU says it cannot brand Iran's Guards as terror group before court ruling
BRUSSELS — The European Union cannot list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity until an EU court has determined that they are, the European Union's foreign policy chief said on Monday....
23 January 2023
New increase in fuel prices
BEIRUT — Fuel prices continued increasing in Lebanon on Monday, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline:...
23 January 2023
Egypt lawyers end strike after colleagues released
Members of the Egyptian Bar Association on Sunday called off a dayslong strike held in protest against the jailing of six colleagues, a statement said. The association had...
23 January 2023
Explosive device thrown at TV channel LBCI
BEIRUT — An explosive device was thrown on Sunday evening in the parking lot of the Lebanese TV channel LBCI but caused only material damage, the state-run National News Agency reported. The...
23 January 2023
European judges to return next month, lira low persists, stray bullet hits boy: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. “The European judges will return next month to complete their investigations with 18 financial and banking figures … including...
23 January 2023
Turkish elections to be held on May 14: Erdogan
ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would hold elections on May 14, a month earlier than scheduled, setting up a tight test of his leadership after two decades in power. The...
23 January 2023
US forces capture IS members in Syria raid
US forces have captured three Islamic State group members during a helicopter and ground raid in eastern Syria, the US military's Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday....
