Summary of Events: Day 55 of the Hamas-Israel war
After seven days of relative calm in Gaza, and of people being freed from captivity of various kinds, today it seemed like the truce agreement, reached after weeks of difficult mediation, was...
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Package deal emerges in Lebanon in shadow of Hamas-Israel war
Since the start of the Oct. 7 war, and Hezbollah’s involvement in it from South Lebanon, the role of the international envoys to the country has changed. This is especially true for French envoy...
Mounir RABIH, 30 November 2023
Harvard suggests entirely dollarizing Lebanese economy
On Wednesday, Harvard's Growth Lab, a multi-disciplinary research department in the American university, published a report addressing the economic and financial crisis in Lebanon. The country has...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 30 November 2023
US presses skeptical Turkey to curb Hamas fundraising
ISTANBUL — The US Treasury's top terrorism financing official said Thursday that he discussed with Turkish government officials his "profound concern" about Hamas raising funds domestically and...
30 November 2023
UN peacekeepers seek safety amid southern border flare-ups
Near MAROUN AL-RAS — While trying to fulfil their mandate to keep the peace, UN soldiers deployed along Lebanon's border with Israel during the worst hostilities there in nearly 20 years have...
30 November 2023
How Hezbollah helps its constituency rebuild after conflict
During a Monday event, Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah announced that the party will compensate residents of southern border villages that have been “directly affected” by the fighting with Israel...
Nicholas Frakes, 30 November 2023
Aziza Sbaity, Lebanese athlete who caught BBC’s eye
“At first, I thought it was a mistake.” Scrolling through her email inbox, Aziza Sbaity needed a little time to digest the news she had just received from the BBC: She is among the 100 inspiring...
Gabriel BLONDEL, 30 November 2023
Prisoners dilemma: Israel faces challenge on Gaza soldier hostages
As a nation born in war, almost all of whose sons and daughters serve at some point, Israel's special bond with its military will weigh on negotiations over soldier hostages in Gaza....
30 November 2023
Extreme pragmatism is Qatar’s foreign policy
“We can’t stand the Qataris, but they brought the goods” to free the hostages. This statement by Israel’s former ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, reflects the ambivalence and mistrust of Israeli...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 30 November 2023
Berri calls for swift presidential election, notes that Lebanon remains committed to unchanged Resolution 1701
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri stated that Lebanon is keen on remaining committed to UN Resolution 1701 and stressed that the danger in the region "originates from Israel." He also called...
30 November 2023
Why do some oppose referring to Palestinians held by Israel as ‘prisoners’?
Since the start of the truce between Hamas and Israel, the release operations outlined in the agreement have been accompanied by a semantic distinction. On one side, there are the...
Clara HAGE, 30 November 2023
Syrians lead push to create global chemical weapons tribunal
THE HAGUE/BEIRUT— Illegal chemical weapons attacks killed and injured thousands during Syria's civil war, many of them children, but more than a decade later the perpetrators go unpunished....
30 November 2023
Generators: kWh price falling in lira and dollar
After five months of successive increases in the prices of private generators, which provide power to compensate for the shortcomings of the public supplier Electricité du Liban (EDL), November...
30 November 2023
Houthis warn against renewed fighting in Gaza, extension of truce still under discussion: Day 55 of the Hamas-Israel war
22:48 Beirut Time Thank you for following our LIVE coverage of day 55 of the Hamas-Israel war. You can read a summary of today's events here. We'll be back tomorrow with...
Ghadir Hamadi, 30 November 2023
Henry Kissinger, controversial US diplomat, dead at 100
Henry Kissinger, the relentlessly ambitious US diplomat whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was...
30 November 2023
Cabinet delays key issues, French envoy urges election, gunfire across southern border: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Catch up on yesterday's LIVE coverage of Day 54 of the Israel-Hamas war here. The government approved a mechanism to...
