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The US secretary of state says he spoke with his Saudi counterpart about its diplomatic row with Lebanon

BEIRUT — The US secretary of state tweeted Sunday that he spoke with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, about the growing diplomatic spat between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and other...

31 October 2021

Lebanon has registered 685 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Seven people have died, raising the death toll to 8,502

31 October 2021

The outlines of a compromise "the Lebanese way"

Tuesday was a perfect example of how politics work in Lebanon. In short, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai made an unusual round of visits to the Parliament speaker, the prime minister and the...

Mounir RABIH, 31 October 2021

The UAE’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement calling on its citizens in Lebanon to leave the country as soon as possible

BEIRUT — The UAE on Sunday called on its citizens in Lebanon to immediately return home, a day after recalling its diplomats from Beirut over a Lebanese minister's remarks on the Yemen war. "In...

31 October 2021

Lebanese army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun has departed for a visit to the US, at the invitation of US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, to discuss methods for the US to support Lebanon’s military, the army said in a statement

31 October 2021

The Lebanese army has announced that it foiled another attempt to smuggle people out of the country by sea

BEIRUT — The Lebanese army announced Sunday that it thwarted an operation to smuggle people by sea out of northern Lebanon, another attempt by people seeking to flee Lebanon for Cyprus. Here’s...

31 October 2021

Egypt’s petroleum minister said his country will start exporting natural gas to Lebanon by the end of the year

BEIRUT — Egypt’s petroleum minister told CNBC Arabia on Sunday that his country will start exporting natural gas to Lebanon by the end of the year, part of a US-backed effort to help alleviate the...

31 October 2021

Residents of Beirut’s Ain al-Rummaneh area have called for a protest Monday morning outside the Military Tribunal in the nearby Mathaf district in support of suspects detained in relation to the Oct. 14 clashes in Tayyouneh, the NNA reports

31 October 2021

Protecting justice from political interference

“We won’t get to the truth...this fixation on the Beirut Blast is a distraction,” a Hezbollah official told my colleague and me after his organization invited us for a “cup of coffee” following...

Aya Majzoub, 31 October 2021

Information Minister George Kurdahi said that his resignation from the government was out of the question

BEIRUT — Lebanese Information Minister George Kurdahi said Sunday that resigning was "out of the question," after his remarks on Yemen's war sparked a diplomatic row between Beirut and Arab Gulf...

31 October 2021

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry said that it welcomed Oman’s statement Saturday that it regrets worsening relations between Beirut and Gulf states. Oman’s Foreign Ministry also called on all parties to exercise restraint and avoid any escalation

31 October 2021

In his Sunday sermon, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai called on President Michel Aoun and Premier Najib Mikati to take “a decisive step” to defuse the diplomatic crisis between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states

The Syndicate of Bakeries issued a statement calling on the Economy Ministry to issue new prices for bread, saying that bakeries are suffering losses due to increased fuel prices. The state last set new bread prices on Oct. 13

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The US secretary of state says he spoke with his Saudi counterpart about its diplomatic row with Lebanon

31 October 2021

Lebanon has registered 685 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Seven people have died, raising the death toll to 8,502

31 October 2021

The outlines of a compromise "the Lebanese way"

Mounir RABIH, 31 October 2021

The UAE’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement calling on its citizens in Lebanon to leave the country as soon as possible

31 October 2021

Lebanese army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun has departed for a visit to the US, at the invitation of US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, to discuss methods for the US to support Lebanon’s military, the army said in a statement

31 October 2021

The Lebanese army has announced that it foiled another attempt to smuggle people out of the country by sea

31 October 2021

Egypt’s petroleum minister said his country will start exporting natural gas to Lebanon by the end of the year

31 October 2021

Residents of Beirut’s Ain al-Rummaneh area have called for a protest Monday morning outside the Military Tribunal in the nearby Mathaf district in support of suspects detained in relation to the Oct. 14 clashes in Tayyouneh, the NNA reports

31 October 2021

Protecting justice from political interference

Aya Majzoub, 31 October 2021

Information Minister George Kurdahi said that his resignation from the government was out of the question

31 October 2021

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry said that it welcomed Oman’s statement Saturday that it regrets worsening relations between Beirut and Gulf states. Oman’s Foreign Ministry also called on all parties to exercise restraint and avoid any escalation

31 October 2021

In his Sunday sermon, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai called on President Michel Aoun and Premier Najib Mikati to take “a decisive step” to defuse the diplomatic crisis between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states

31 October 2021

Saudi foreign minister says Riyadh decided engagement with Lebanon “not productive”

31 October 2021

Hezbollah MPs rally in defense of under fire Lebanon information minister

31 October 2021

Saudi-Iran "proxy wars" play out in embattled Lebanon

31 October 2021

The Syndicate of Bakeries issued a statement calling on the Economy Ministry to issue new prices for bread, saying that bakeries are suffering losses due to increased fuel prices. The state last set new bread prices on Oct. 13

31 October 2021