BEIRUT — The spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Andrea Tenenti said Tuesday that one of UNIFIL’s patrols was attacked west of the village of Ramyeh in South Lebanon. The...
BEIRUT —The French Foreign Affairs Ministry said Tuesday in a press briefing that the withdrawal of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri from Lebanese political life should not "have an impact on the...
BEIRUT — Syrian Energy Minister Ghassan al Zamel said Tuesday after discussing the awaited Jordanian energy deal with President Aoun at the Presidential Palace that the Syrian President Bashar...
BEIRUT — Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced in a press conference Tuesday that the Internal Security Forces had foiled a smuggling operation in which a captagon shipment hidden in 7 tons of...
He had been waiting for this moment all his life. On Oct. 31, 2016, Michel Aoun would be officially elected as president of the republic. After almost three years of a presidential vacuum, the...
BEIRUT — The syndicate for workers and employees of the state power provider Electricité du Liban announced in a statement Tuesday a “warning strike” in reaction to the 2022 budget draft. The...
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s top Sunni religious authority, Mufti Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian, on Tuesday called three-time former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s withdrawal from political life “regrettable.”...
BEIRUT — Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index on Tuesday, according to which Lebanon has slid backwards in terms of corruption. Here’s what we know:...
BEIRUT — The Jordanian and Syrian energy ministers are set to arrive in Beirut ahead of a signing ceremony for an energy deal between Lebanon and the two countries, scheduled for Wednesday at 10...
It was an earthquake for the Sunni scene and, to a lesser extent, for Lebanon. Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced on Monday that he would not participate in the upcoming parliamentary...
BEIRUT — The cabinet convened at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Grand Serail for the first of what are expected to be several meetings devoted to the 2022 draft budget. Here's what we know: ...
BEIRUT — The World Bank’s latest report on the performance of the Lebanese economy, released Tuesday, estimates that Lebanon’s GDP shrank 10.5 percent in 2021 to $21.8 billion, after a 21.4...
BEIRUT — Fuel prices changed again Tuesday, with gasoline dropping in price and diesel and household gas increasing. Here’s what we know: • Twenty liters of 95-octane fuel dropped...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri will not seek re-election in May and will bow out of politics. In a televised address...
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
