Bassil visits Joumblatt for first time since 2019
BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil met Friday with Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) head Walid Joumblatt in Clemenceau, sources from both parties told L'Orient Le Jour....
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Where did Lebanon’s Christmas trees come from?
BEIRUT — The Christmas tree is believed to have originated in Western Germany in the 16th century. Germans used to adorn their homes with a “Paradise tree,” usually a fir tree, from...
Mohamad El Chamaa, 23 December 2022
Macron denounces 'odious attack' against Kurds
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced a Friday shooting at a Kurdish community center in Paris that left three people dead as "an odious attack." Three others were wounded in the shooting....
23 December 2022
Suspect arrested for conspiracy to steal car after drugging owner
BEIRUT —Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Friday that they arrested a young Lebanese man — A.K., aged 27— for complicity in stealing a car, after drugging the car's owner. In a...
23 December 2022
Israel drops charges against magnate Beny Steinmetz
Israeli authorities have dropped all criminal charges against Beny Steinmetz, a French-Israeli billionaire suspected of money laundering, and instead agreed to a financial settlement, according to...
23 December 2022
Italian Foreign Minister calls for election of a new president
BEIRUT — Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, who arrived in Beirut Friday for a two-day official visit, met with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, at...
23 December 2022
Last-minute intervention diverts a medicine crisis
A statement by the pharmacists syndicate head, Joe Salloum, Wednesday night brought things to a head. According to him, deliveries of medicines and infant milk to pharmacies had been interrupted...
Suzanne BAAKLINI, with Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 23 December 2022
Luxembourg concerned for resident facing execution in Iran
Luxembourg has expressed concern to Iran about one of its residents feared to have been detained and facing execution there, the government said on Friday. Foreign Minister...
23 December 2022
Three dead after shooting at Kurdish center in Paris
A 69-year-old gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural center and a hairdressing salon in central Paris on Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, witnesses and prosecutors said....
23 December 2022
Breaking the ‘sect and sex bargain’: Personal status draft law seeks sweeping change
BEIRUT — A new draft law introduced to Parliament on Monday by nine MPs from the Forces of Change, Lebanese Forces, Kataeb and Progressive Socialist Party has renewed attention on one of...
Richard SALAME, 23 December 2022
Turkish doctor on 'terror' trial over chemical arms comment
The head of the Turkish Doctors' Union went on trial Friday on "terror" charges linked to her calls for a probe into the army's alleged use of chemical weapons against Kurdish fighters in Iraq....
23 December 2022
All fuel prices down
BEIRUT — The Energy Ministry announced new, decreased fuel prices on Friday. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL743,000, down by LL17,000. • Twenty liters of...
23 December 2022
Iraq tells visiting Italy PM it seeks closer economic ties
Iraq's prime minister appealed to visiting Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Friday for closer economic ties with his oil-rich country suffering from power cuts and decaying infrastructure....
23 December 2022
#saltlife: Turkish celebrity chef at center of FIFA probe
Celebrity chef and social media meme Nusret Gokce — better known as "Salt Bae" — has turned his singular way of seasoning a steak into global fame and outsized wealth. The...
23 December 2022
For Lebanese pushed abroad by crisis, another Christmas away from home
Elie* had to tell his family that he would not be able to travel to Lebanon for Christmas, for the second year in a row.The 28-year-old, who has been living in Montreal since Aug. 2021, has been...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 23 December 2022
World Bank approves $500 million to expand social security in Egypt: Ministry
CAIRO — The World Bank's executive board has approved $500 million in development financing for Egypt to expand its social safety net and protection program in the face of global economic pressures...
23 December 2022
Macron urges Lebanon to 'get rid' of leaders blocking reforms
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Lebanon Friday to "get rid" of its political leaders who have for months blocked reforms vital to save its stricken economy. "The problem with Lebanon is...
23 December 2022
Iran's clerical leaders to grapple with deepening dissent in 2023
DUBAI — Nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini have ushered Iran into a new era of deepening crisis between the clerical leadership and society at...
23 December 2022
Israel spy agency warns of deeper Iran-Russia arms ties
Iran is seeking to expand the supply of advanced weapons to Russia, the head of Israel's Mossad spy agency said Thursday, according to local media. The warning from David...
23 December 2022
Suspects identified in peacekeeper’s death, rejected election appeals, deadly gun violence: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. An investigation by Lebanese security forces has identified suspects allegedly linked to the attack on a United Nations Interim...
