BEIRUT — The Ministry of Finance has announced that it forwarded the draft budget for 2023, with amendments approved by the cabinet, to Parliament's General Secretariat, according to a brief...
After suspending operations for months, the vehicle registration centers known as "Nafaa" are set to reopen. A series of media reports citing the acting director of the Traffic Management Center,...
BEIRUT - Relatives of victims of the August 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion held two separate rallies in the Lebanese capital on Monday afternoon. One group gathered near the statue of the Emigrant,...
On Aug. 4, 2020, it took Impact Lebanon co-founder Nader Noueiri “a good 24 hours to get hold of people” and check in on them. “But it only took two hours to launch a crowdfunding campaign with...
BEIRUT — Systems at the Ministry of Finance stopped on Monday due to generator malfunctions. According to a Ministry source, who is not allowed to talk to the press and thus requested anonymity,...
BEIRUT — A dead sperm whale was found washed up on the shore of the city of Sour on Sunday afternoon, for the second time since last week, marine biologist and Director of the Tyre Coast Nature...
Global Blue, the tourism shopping VAT refund world leader, arrived in Lebanon in 2002 and is expected to learn more about its future in the country during a cabinet meeting scheduled for Wednesday....
A new tourist attraction has emerged on the heights of Baalbeck. Just a few hundred meters from the Temple of Bacchus, a distinctive museum was recently inaugurated: Hezbollah’s “Jihadi Museum.”...
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia will "always play a positive role" in helping Lebanon climb out of its years-long financial crisis, Lebanon's acting central bank governor Wassim Mansouri said Monday, on his...
Days of deadly clashes between the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and local fighters have rocked eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor province, threatening a fragile balance in the...
The UN nuclear watchdog said Monday it regretted that "no progress" had been made by Iran on outstanding issues, including installing more cameras to monitor Tehran's nuclear program....
The UN said Monday it expects nearly two million people to flee conflict-torn Sudan for neighboring countries by the end of the year, more than doubling its aid appeal to $1 billion....
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Bukhari, stressed on Monday the "need to elect a president as soon as possible," in rare comments on a now nearly year-long presidential...
The United Arab Emirates has set up a regulatory body for "commercial gaming" — a step that could potentially allow for casino licenses in the Arab Gulf state where gambling is currently banned....
BEIRUT — As Lebanon nears one year without a president, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called Monday for an end to the election impasse "in September," and for "everyone, without exception" to take...
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea appears to be pulling no punches in the showdown with Hezbollah. Almost a year into the presidential election process, Geagea no longer seems content with...
Cyprus says it received a diplomatic protest from an unnamed Arab Gulf state after tourists were attacked during anti-migrant violence in the island's second city, Limassol....
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army said Monday that it had prevented 1,100 Syrians from informally entering Lebanon in the past week. "As part of the fight against human trafficking and illegal...
BEIRUT — Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel accused Hezbollah on Sunday evening of sabotaging the country's presidential election, adding that he was "confronting" a "coup" by Hassan Narallah's...
An explosion at a coal mine in northern Iran has killed six workers, state media reported on Monday. The blast took place in a tunnel at a depth of 400 meters (440...
Clashes in Kurdish-held northeast Syria between the army and Turkey-backed armed factions killed 23 people on Sunday after pro-Ankara rebels attempted to infiltrate the area, a war monitor said....
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The 2024 draft budget, which has now been submitted by the Finance Ministry, includes a provision to raise the VAT rate from 11...
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?
