Lebanon's daylight savings frenzy to end at midnight
BEIRUT — One of the more bizarre recent moves by the current political elite, which led Lebanon to follow two simultaneous time zones for the past four days, is set to end Wednesday evening at...
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Senate passes repeal of Iraq war authorizations
US senators advanced cross-party legislation on Wednesday to repeal authorizations for the wars in Iraq— 20 years after American forces invaded the country to remove Saddam Hussein from power....
29 March 2023
London sanctions 8 Syrians, 2 Lebanese drug lords
BEIRUT — The United Kingdom announced this week that it has sanctioned Syrian and Lebanese individuals involved in the trafficking of captagon, in a coordinated action with the United States. In...
29 March 2023
Iranian embassy denies anti-Semitic attack plot in Greece
Iran's embassy in Greece on Wednesday denied any connection to an alleged plot for anti-Semitic attacks in Athens using Pakistanis of Iranian origin. "The embassy of the...
29 March 2023
The costs and challenges of having a baby in crisis-hit Lebanon
Carrying a child and becoming a parent can be a daunting experience, but it is even more complicated when living in an unstable country like Lebanon. With Lebanon’s national currency having lost...
Océane BOURDENET, 29 March 2023
Bou Habib, Jordan's king discuss 'brotherly relations' between Amman and Beirut
BEIRUT — King Abdallah II of Jordan received Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib in Al Husseiniya Palace in Amman on Wednesday, where they discussed "brotherly relations" and cooperation...
29 March 2023
How the Education Ministry bypassed banks to pay its employees through OMT
Earlier this month, the Education Ministry issued dollar payments to teachers for the first time. The ministry made this payment via money transfer company OMT as one of its promised concessions...
Wael Taleb, 29 March 2023
Gemayel: Lebanon needs a president that addresses Hezbollah's weapons
BEIRUT — Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel said Wednesday that Lebanon needs a president that will address the country's "illegal weapons," a clear reference to Hezbollah. Lebanon has been without a...
29 March 2023
Reading the future in a littoral’s livers
BEIRUT — “Law is just fascinating,” declares Lily Abichahine. “It intersects with policy, styles of government … From the shelves in a supermarket I can know who paid what and how. You can see if...
Jim Quilty, 29 March 2023
Kuwait sentences alleged 1MDB scandal mastermind in absentia
The alleged mastermind behind Malaysia's 1MDB scandal has been sentenced in absentia to 10 years' hard labor in Kuwait for laundering more than $1 billion, according to a judgment seen by AFP on...
29 March 2023
Israel parties discuss justice reforms after Netanyahu U-turn
Israeli politicians held a second day of talks Wednesday on controversial judicial reforms that sparked mass protests and a general strike in the country's most severe domestic crisis in years....
29 March 2023
Netanyahu tells Biden democracy summit that US-Israel alliance is 'unshakable'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday the alliance with the United States was "unshakable" as he addressed a democracy summit called by President Joe Biden, who has voiced alarm...
29 March 2023
Mikati to convene cabinet meeting next week
BEIRUT — Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati plans to hold a cabinet meeting next week to discuss public servants’ salaries, a Grand Serail source told L’Orient-Le Jour on condition of...
Yara ABI AKL with the web department, 29 March 2023
Telecoms minister urges Ogero employees to end strike
BEIRUT — Caretaker Telecoms Minister Johnny Corm on Wednesday urged employees of state operator Ogero, who have been on a strike since Friday amid several phone and internet outages, to suspend the...
29 March 2023
Incarcerated teen survives suicide attempt at Masnaa police station
BEIRUT — A Lebanese teenager incarcerated at the Masnaa police station near the Syrian border survived an attempted death by suicide, the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday. It...
29 March 2023
Summer time controversy highlights unease of Lebanese Christians
Initially, there were no indications of any sectarian unrest, but caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s decision to postpone the switch to daylight saving time quickly escalated into a sectarian...
Salah HIJAZI, 29 March 2023
ISF arrests suspected head of South America-Lebanon drug smuggling network
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Internal Security Forces arrested the suspected head of a network smuggling illicit drugs from South America to Lebanon, the ISF said in a statement Wednesday. The network's...
29 March 2023
Syria's president appoints new oil minister in reshuffle
DAMASCUS — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appointed a new oil minister and changed four other ministers in a cabinet reshuffle, state media said Wednesday. Hassan Kaddour, who was the...
29 March 2023
Israeli drone drops smoke bomb in Marjayoun
BEIRUT — An Israeli drone violated Lebanese airspace at 1:00 a.m. Wednesday in Marjayoun, Nabatieh governorate, dropping a smoke bomb near a group of Lebanese people, the state-run National News...
29 March 2023
CashUnited launches digital wallet app WeePay
BEIRUT — Lebanese money transfer company CashUnited announced in a statement over the weekend that it had launched its own digital wallet app, dubbed WeePay Wallet. WeePay is the latest in a...
Economic Service, 29 March 2023
BDL denies rumors of change to Sayrafa's exchange operations
BEIRUT — Operations on Banque du Liban's Sayrafa platform would "continue as usual," BDL governor Riad Salameh said in a statement Wednesday, denying rumors that only companies — not individuals —...
29 March 2023
Riyadh joins Shanghai Cooperation Organization as ties with Beijing grow
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's cabinet approved on Wednesday a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as Riyadh builds a long-term partnership with China despite US security concerns....
29 March 2023
Israel launches new spy satellite, overseen by Gallant
JERUSALEM — Israel put a new version of its Ofek spy satellite into orbit on Wednesday, with the Defense Ministry saying it would enhance around-the-clock regional monitoring as the country braces...
29 March 2023
Municipal elections row, drug lords sanctioned, civil servants protest: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . A parliamentary joint committee meeting devolved into a shouting match, leaving the status of May’s municipal elections...
29 March 2023
Bahrain summons Iraq's charge d'affaires for violating diplomatic norms: State media
CAIRO — Bahrain's foreign ministry has summoned Iraq's Chargé d'Affaires Moayad Omar Abdul Rahman for breaching diplomatic norms, the Bahrain state news agency said on Tuesday. State media also...
29 March 2023
Biden: Israel 'cannot continue down this road' in judiciary standoff
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned Israel it "cannot continue" pressing for deeply controversial judicial reforms — now on hold — which have prompted months of unrest and criticism among...
