UAE pledges $13 million in aid to quake-hit Syria
The United Arab Emirates on Monday pledged humanitarian assistance worth around $13.6 million to Syria following an earthquake in Turkey that killed at least 1,000 people in the war-torn country,...
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Banks on open strike following judiciary decision against Fransabank
The Lebanese banking sector will be on strike starting Tuesday and lasting until further notice, the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) announced Monday evening in a statement following a...
6 February 2023
Transition to 'dollarization' in supermarkets postponed
BEIRUT — The decision to dollarize prices at supermarkets has been postponed, according to caretaker Minister of Economy Amine Salam and a delegation of the General Confederation of Lebanese...
6 February 2023
Several Lebanese killed in Syria and Turkey
BEIRUT — At least four Lebanese citizens were killed in Turkey and Syria in the powerful pre-dawn earthquake that occurred Monday morning. The quake killed more than 2,600 people in both...
Wael Taleb, 6 February 2023
Can we predict earthquakes?
BEIRUT — After Monday’s deadly earthquake, a tweet from a self-described researcher at an institute that uses the “geometry between celestial bodies” to predict earthquakes quickly gained 33...
Richard SALAME, 6 February 2023
In Turkey, earthquakes cause ‘total chaos’
Locked in his car with his wife and two children, Bassam* tries to recount the events that just occurred. The Syrian family has lived in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, for several years after...
Noura DOUKHI, 6 February 2023
Cabinet approves funding for wheat, medicine, teachers
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker cabinet met Monday to approve several measures, including opening a line of credit for wheat imports and funding for the education sector. The caretaker government...
6 February 2023
Quake damages ancient citadel in Aleppo
Several of Syria's archaeological sites including a famed citadel in the northern city of Aleppo were damaged in a deadly pre-dawn earthquake Monday, the country's antiquities authority said. ...
6 February 2023
Fuel prices increase hours after dropping earlier on Monday
BEIRUT — Fuel crisis increased on Monday afternoon just hours after they dropped Monday morning, according to the latest tariffs published by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices:...
6 February 2023
How Riad Salameh could survive 2023
This is one of the country’s secret tricks. Over the past three years, legal proceedings were initiated in Lebanon and abroad against Banque du Liban’s governor Riad Salameh, on charges including...
Stéphanie KHOURI, 6 February 2023
Toll rises to over 2,300 in quake-hit Turkey, Syria
The combined death toll rose to more than 2,300 for Turkey and Syria on Monday from the region's strongest earthquake in nearly a century. Turkey's emergency services said at least 1,498 people...
6 February 2023
Greece pledges 'every force available' to aid Turkey
Greece's prime minister on Monday pledged to make "every force available" to aid historical rival Turkey after the neighboring country was hit by a deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake....
6 February 2023
Lebanese rescue workers sent to Turkey to help with relief efforts
BEIRUT — Caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassin announced Monday that Lebanon will send a team of approximately 30 rescue workers to Turkey to help with relief efforts after a deadly...
6 February 2023
Lavrov in Iraq to discuss US sanctions over Ukraine
On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iraqi counterpart discussed unpaid bills owed to Russian oil companies because of US sanctions over the Ukraine conflict....
6 February 2023
Egypt extends detention of TikTok comedy trio: lawyer
Egypt has extended the pre-trial detention of three TikTok comedians after their online sketch about a prison visit had gone viral, a lawyer representing them told AFP on Monday....
6 February 2023
Israel says it approved aid to quake-hit Syria, Damascus denies request
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has given the go-ahead to send aid to earthquake-hit Syria, but a Damascus official swiftly denied they had requested help in the first place....
6 February 2023
Pope 'deeply saddened' by quake in Turkey, Syria
The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis was "deeply saddened" by a major earthquake in Turkey and Syria that has killed more than 1,600 people. "His Holiness Pope...
6 February 2023
Lebanon offers condolences to Turkey, Syria after tragic earthquake
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri offered their condolences on Monday to Turkey and Syria after the tragic overnight earthquake that has so far...
6 February 2023
Tunisia launches probe into decade-old political killings
Tunisia's Justice Ministry said Monday it had set up a special commission to examine files relating to the investigation and prosecution over the 2013 killings of two prominent left-wing opponents....
6 February 2023
Beirut blast investigator puts off interrogations of top officials
BEIRUT — The judge investigating the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast said he had postponed interrogations of senior current and former officials that had been set to begin on Monday until a legal...
6 February 2023
All schools closed until Wednesday in Lebanon due to storm and quake aftermath
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced early Monday afternoon that all public and private schools in Lebanon would remain closed until Wednesday, following the powerful earthquake...
6 February 2023
On the Levant fault line: ‘The largest earthquake since 1202’
Early Monday morning, a deadly earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale shook parts of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Cyprus. Its epicenter was located in southern Anatolia, in Turkey....
Suzanne BAAKLINI, 6 February 2023
What to do before, during and after an earthquake
BEIRUT —The Lebanese Civil Defense on Monday morning issued a series of recommendations to be followed to protect oneself from risk in the event of an earthquake after a strong tremor, measuring...
6 February 2023
Iraqi Kurdistan suspends oil exports through Turkey after quake
Iraqi Kurdistan said it was suspending oil exports through Turkey as a precaution after a deadly earthquake rocked its northern neighbor and Syria before dawn on Monday....
6 February 2023
'What happened last night is worse than all of Assad's bombing,' says a Syrian in Gaziantep
BEIRUT — In the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing hundreds of people in both countries and causing widespread damage...
6 February 2023
New 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Turkey, tremor felt in Lebanon
BEIRUT — An aftershock of a deadly overnight earthquake in Turkey, measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale, was felt on Monday around 12 p.m. in Lebanon, which was also hit by a strong tremor during the...
6 February 2023
Ukraine says ready to send 'large group' of rescuers to Turkey
Ukraine said Monday it was ready to send emergency responders to Turkey following a deadly earthquake there that also left hundreds dead in neighboring Syria. "Ukraine...
6 February 2023
Flooding across Lebanon, many roads congested
BEIRUT — Heavy rainfall and bad weather left many roads throughout Lebanon impassable on Monday morning. Images circulated on social networks, showing lines of cars on roads where the...
6 February 2023
Quake death toll in Turkey soars to 912: Erdogan
At least 912 people died in Turkey from a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck early Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, sharply revising up earlier figures. With...
6 February 2023
Home collapses in Rashaya al-Wadi
BEIRUT — An earthquake that struck Lebanon on Monday at around 3:20 a.m. allegedly caused the collapse of a house in the town of Ain Ata, in the Rashaya al-Wadi district of the Bekaa Valley,...
6 February 2023
Turkey's unfinished Akkuyu nuclear plant not damaged by quake: Rosatom official
Turkey's Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, which is currently under construction, was not damaged by a major earthquake that struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, said an official from the...
6 February 2023
Putin says Russia ready to help Syria and Turkey after major quake
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin offered Russian assistance on Monday to Syria and Turkey after a major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 killed more than 500 people and injured...
6 February 2023
WHO concerned about some areas of Turkey after earthquake
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it was concerned about areas in Turkey from which there had been no news following a deadly earthquake overnight. "National...
6 February 2023
Mikati: Lebanon is prepared to send 'assistance' to Syria and Turkey after deadly earthquake
BEIRUT — Lebanon is prepared to assist Turkey and Syria by "sending a rescue force from the army and Civil Defense volunteers to assist in the relief process" following a deadly overnight...
6 February 2023
Turkey oil pipelines undamaged, flows continue after quake: energy official
ANKARA — There is no damage to the Kerkuk-Ceyhan pipeline carrying oil from Iraq to Turkey, or to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, and oil flows are continuing on both after a major...
6 February 2023
EU sends rescue teams to Turkey after deadly quake
The European Union is sending rescue teams and preparing further help for Turkey after a major earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, the bloc's crisis management commissioner said Monday....
6 February 2023
Central labor body postpones strike amid storm and 'citizens' sensitivity' to earthquake
BEIRUT — The General Confederation of Workers in Lebanon announced, in a statement Monday, that it will postpone the strike it had planned for Wednesday until Feb. 16 “due to bad weather and...
6 February 2023
Macron offers French aid after quake in Turkey, Syria
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday his country stood ready to provide emergency aid to Turkey and Syria after an earthquake that killed hundreds in both countries....
6 February 2023
'We thought it was another Aug. 4th': Lebanon shaken by powerful earthquake
BEIRUT — At around 3:20 a.m. on Monday morning, minutes seemed to last for hours in Lebanon as the tremors of a powerful earthquake in Turkey woke up many Lebanese and caused some material damage....
6 February 2023
Death toll rises to 783 in Syria after Turkey earthquake
At least 783 people were killed Monday across Syria following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that had its epicenter in southwestern Turkey, the government and rescuers said. The Syrian Health...
6 February 2023
Israeli forces kill five Palestinians in Jericho raid
Israel said its forces on Monday killed five alleged Palestinian gunmen in a raid in the occupied West Bank, after a dayslong search for suspects in a shooting near Jericho. Hamas Islamists...
6 February 2023
Earthquake kills more than 3,000 in Turkey, Syria
A major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,000 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. Dozens of nations have...
6 February 2023
At least 245 dead in Syria after Turkey earthquake
At least 245 people were killed in Syria on Monday as buildings collapsed after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that had its epicenter in neighboring Turkey, state media and a medical source said....
6 February 2023
Huge earthquake felt in Lebanon, supermarkets to dollarize, cabinet to convene: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. A huge earthquake that hit a southern Turkish town raised alarm when it was felt in Lebanon this morning at around 3:20...
6 February 2023
7.8 tremor rocks Turkey, rattles Lebanon and region
BEIRUT- A 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, was felt across the Middle East region including Lebanon, Monday morning at around 3:20 am. The town is 450 km...
