BEIRUT — The Free Patriotic Movement led by MP Gebran Bassil signed an agreement on Wednesday with “United Russia,” a party founded by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The agreement comes amid the...
BEIRUT — Cabinet on Wednesday approved, with modifications, a draft capital control law aimed at legalizing and standardizing banking restrictions put in place at the onset of Lebanon’s financial...
The judicial battle that Ghada Aoun declared earlier this month against banking institutions, following a complaint accusing the banks of “wasting public funds, illicit enrichment, breach of trust...
BEIRUT — Sunni MP for Tripoli Faisal Karami who leads the Dignity Movement registered his electoral list on Wednesday under the name “People's Will.” There are just five days remaining before the...
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun received on Wednesday a delegation from the International Monetary Fund at Baabda Palace headed by IMF's head of mission for Pakistan, Middle East and Central Asia...
BEIRUT — Parts of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' quarterly report on resolution 1701 “do not reflect the reality of what Lebanon is going through because of the presence of Syrian...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s cabinet started a session in Baabda Palace shortly after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, under the leadership of President Michel Aoun to discuss the controversial...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities held a protest in Riad al-Solh Square in Downtown Beirut on Wednesday, demanding an “inclusive voting process that respects...
Najib Mikati is ranting, and this is quite unlike him. For the first time since the formation of his cabinet, the prime minister, who is known for rounding the edges, decided to step forward. “I...
BEIRUT — The central bank on Wednesday extended Circular 161 until the end of April, but its grip on the national currency appears to be slipping, as the gap between the Sayrafa rate and the...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese American University, for the second time this year, announced to its students in an email on Wednesday that it will only accept US dollar payments for tuition fees starting...
BEIRUT — Two people were injured after an oil tank caught fire on Wednesday in Jabal Beddaoui area of North Lebanon, our correspondent in the region reported. Here’s what we know: ...
BEIRUT — The first complete list of candidates in the Mount Lebanon I constituency, which includes the districts of Kesrouan and Jbeil, for the upcoming May 15 parliamentary elections, was...
BEIRUT — Health Minister Firass Abiad said Tuesday during an event announcing a new drug subsidy plan that the “subsidies on local drugs will increase from $2 million to $6 million per month,” the...
BEIRUT — With just five days until the deadline to form electoral lists, many candidates are continuing to negotiate last minute deals. In 2018, more than 300 candidates who registered to run did...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that the evacuation of Lebanese citizens who fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine was a “success.” This announcement contradicts several...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati told Lebanese daily newspaper Al Joumhouria newspaper in comments published Wednesday that his opponents “want the fall" of his government in order to be able...
On March 16, the conviction of a former Lebanese Army soldier who was sentenced to one month in prison for homosexuality in May 2021, was overturned. The 29-year-old deserted the Lebanese Army...
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Beirut’s demands, Israel’s terms, and Washington’s stance: Behind the scenes of the negotiations
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
