Head of Beirut municipality resigns for health reasons
BEIRUT — The head of the Beirut municipality, Jamal Itani, has resigned for health reasons, several local media outlets reported on Friday evening. Contacted by L'Orient-Le Jour , Itani could...
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Salameh says BDL could contain crisis after his departure
BEIRUT — Lebanon's outgoing central bank governor Riad Salameh told Reuters on Friday that Banque du Liban (BDL) could still contain the country's financial meltdown through "monetary...
28 July 2023
Married man kills romantic partner in Zahle, then kills himself
BEIRUT — A man killed his former girlfriend in the parking lot of a Zahle restaurant, in the Bekaa Valley, before killing himself on Friday afternoon. A security source told L’Orient...
28 July 2023
Dollar falls below LL90,000 on the parallel market
BEIRUT — The Lebanese lira gained value against the US dollar on the parallel market around midday Friday, trading below LL90,000 to the dollar. For nearly three months, the national currency had...
28 July 2023
American families of IS victims sue cement maker Lafarge over Syria payments
ZURICH, Switzerland — The families of US aid workers and soldiers killed or injured by Islamic State and al-Nusra Front have lodged a legal claim against cement maker Lafarge over payments the...
28 July 2023
Saudi visas for Lebanese to become QR codes as of Aug. 9
BEIRUT — Starting Aug. 9, Saudi visas issued to Lebanese passport holders will be digitized in the form of a QR code, which can be presented on a mobile phone or on a printed document separate from...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS/L'Orient-Le Jour, 28 July 2023
Riad Salameh: The end of an era
On July 31, Riad Salameh is set to depart from his office apartment atop the Banque du Liban (BDL), bringing an end to his three decades of financial “engineering” that helped shape Lebanon of...
Stéphanie KHOURI, 28 July 2023
Bassil: If no solution is found, first deputy governor must succeed Salameh
BEIRUT — The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Gebran Bassil said Thursday evening that "the outcome in accordance with the law is for the first deputy governor to assume the powers of...
28 July 2023
Syria blast kills six ahead of Ashoura: Ministry
A bomb killed six people and wounded scores on Thursday when it exploded near the Sayeda Zeinab mausoleum in Damascus, Syria's most visited Shiite pilgrimage site, the authorities said....
28 July 2023
'Silk of peace' weaves new bonds in post-quake Turkey
Nearly all the workers lost their houses, the accountant and vet disappeared along with their families, but after the deadly earthquake that devastated Turkey's Hatay province, "the silk of peace"...
28 July 2023
Gasoline prices rise
BEIRUT — Gasoline prices rose Friday, according to the latest tariffs issued by the Energy Ministry. These are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline: LL1,711,000, up by LL10,000...
28 July 2023
Gas exploration ship arrived to Lebanon: What to expect?
Nine months after the demarcation of Lebanon’s southern maritime border with Israel, a ship with the TotalEnergies/Eni/QatarEnergy consortium arrived on Wednesday, the 16th of August to...
Ghadir Hamadi, 28 July 2023
Saudi summons Danish diplomat to protest Qoran burning
Saudi Arabia summoned a Danish diplomat to protest desecration of the Qoran by an extreme-right group in Copenhagen, state media reported early Friday. During the meeting...
