CNSS increases family benefits
As of Jan. 1, the Lebanese National Social Security Fund, Caisse Nationale de Sécurité Sociale (CNSS), has decided to increase the amount of family benefits it pays to eligible policyholders. "We...
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EDL finally to receive its fuel oil shipment of the month
Électricité du Liban (EDL) will finally receive its shipment of fuel for December, obtained via the barter agreement between Lebanon and Iraq, Minister of Energy and Water Walid Fayad confirmed to...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 29 December 2023
3 Gaza brothers say they were beaten, mistreated in Israeli detention
Three Palestinian brothers rounded up by Israel in the Gaza Strip said they and fellow detainees were beaten, stripped to their underwear, burnt with cigarettes and subjected to other forms of...
29 December 2023
2023 recap: Six things to remember
TRANSCRIPT. The end of the year has finally arrived, and you all know what that means : it's time for a recap. Here are six things that Lebanon will remember from 2023. 1) The...
Amanda Haydar, 29 December 2023
Karantina businesses dig themselves from the mud a week after devastating flood
BEIRUT — In Karantina, the scene on Thursday in the area next to Beirut’s port is one of business owners and their employees washing away caked layers of mud following last week’s flood. The mud...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 29 December 2023
Nassar wants ropeway shut down until inspected by 'international company'
In a statement, Lebanese outgoing Minister of Tourism Walid Nassar called for the cable car linking the coastal town of Jounieh to the village Harissa, located in the Kesrouan mountains overlooking...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 29 December 2023
Amid war, economic woes, some Lebanese pay hundreds for New Year's Eve parties
BEIRUT — As the countdown to 2024 New Year’s Eve approaches, bars and nightclubs are getting ready for what promises to be a profitable evening, with patrons paying top dollar for a momentary...
Lynn Jaafar, 29 December 2023
Israel bombs south Gaza as Hamas officials due in Cairo for truce talks
Israel pounded south and central Gaza on Friday as Egypt was to host a high-level Hamas delegation for talks to try and end the nearly 12-week war that has devastated the besieged Palestinian...
29 December 2023
Palestinian wounds 4 in West Bank car ramming
The Israeli military said a Palestinian rammed a car into people in the occupied West Bank on Friday, wounding four according to medics. Soldiers "neutralized" the...
29 December 2023
Bishop al-Hage denies meeting Israeli president, critics persist
The Maronite Patriarchal Vicar of Haifa and Jerusalem, Mgr Moussa al-Hage, denied on Thursday that he had taken part in the annual Christmas greetings ceremony for the bishops of Jerusalem,...
Jeanine JALKH, 29 December 2023
With no solution in sight to prevent the forced displacement of Gazans, Egypt proposes action
Benjamin Netanyahu seems set on expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. During a closed-door Likud party meeting on Monday, Netanyahu said he was working to find countries willing to “absorb”...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 29 December 2023
21,507 Palestinians killed, 55,915 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct.7
Gaza's health ministry said on Friday that 21,507 Palestinians have been killed and 55,915 wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct.7. In the past 24 hours 187 Palestinians...
29 December 2023
Hapag-Lloyd: Will continue to divert vessels from the Suez Canal
Hapag-Lloyd has decided to continue diverting its vessels around the Suez Canal for security reasons, a spokesperson for the German container shipper told Reuters on Friday, adding a next...
29 December 2023
Turkey detains 29 people with suspected Islamic State ties planning attacks, says minister
Turkish authorities have detained 29 people suspected of having ties to the militant group Islamic State in operations across nine provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday....
29 December 2023
Jerusalem's Armenians vow to keep up fight against 'settler' project
Residents of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem's historic Armenian quarter rapidly mobilized when bulldozers rolled in to start work on a luxury hotel, a project they fear threatens the ancient but...
29 December 2023
Gaza convoy came under Israeli fire
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday an aid convoy came under fire by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip, without causing any casualties....
29 December 2023
Iran executes 4 over Israel 'collaboration'
Iran on Friday hanged four people convicted of spying for arch-foe Israel, the judiciary said, less than two weeks after authorities had executed a man on similar grounds....
29 December 2023
Deadly Israeli shelling reported near Gaza hospital
Israeli shelling near a southern Gaza hospital has killed 41 people over the past two days, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, after Israel stepped up its attacks in the center and south of the...
29 December 2023
US warship shoots down drone, missile fired by Yemen's Houthis
An American warship shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired Thursday by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the US military said. The Houthis have...
29 December 2023
Israel strikes south Syria and Damascus: ministry
Israeli air strikes hit southern Syria, the Syrian defense ministry said, with state media reporting attacks near the capital Damascus. "At approximately 11:05 p.m. today,...
29 December 2023
Body of US-Israeli woman held in Gaza
A US-Israeli woman seized in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was killed on the same day and her body remains in the Gaza Strip, her kibbutz community said on Thursday. Judith...
29 December 2023
Pro-Iran parties win big in Iraq provincial vote
Pro-Iran Shiite parties won the majority of council seats in most of Iraq's provinces, the final results from the Dec. 18 elections released by the electoral commission showed on Thursday....
29 December 2023
Gasoline rises slightly, diesel and gas remain stable
Having been on the decline for some time, prices in Lebanese pounds for gasoline sold in Lebanon rose slightly on Friday, according to the latest price list updated by the Ministry of Energy and...
29 December 2023
Generator prices down for second consecutive month in Lebanon
The price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) supplied by private or neighborhood generators, which provide power to make up for the shortcomings of the public supplier Électricité du Liban (EDL), has been set...
29 December 2023
Security Council discuss situation in Gaza; fire exchanges on south Lebanese border: Day 84 of Hamas-Israel war
21:37 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage of day 84 of the Israel-Hamas war. We will be back tomorrow with more news updates. 21:32 Beirut Time...
Wael Taleb, 29 December 2023
Shelling in south Lebanon, Iraqi tourist found dead, 25 trapped in cable car: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday’s LIVE coverage of Day 82 of the Israel-Hamas war here . Israeli shelling on southern Lebanon blocked...
