BEIRUT — Congressmen Gregory Meeks, David Cicilline, Darrell Issa, Darin LaHood and 20 other members of the United States Congress have sent a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to “urge...
BEIRUT — After giving its approval of the electricity plan proposed by Energy Minister Walid Fayad, cabinet Wednesday launched calls for tenders for the construction of two power plants in Deir...
BEIRUT — The Public Relations Division of the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces issued a statement on Wednesday announcing the arrest of a gang allegedly guilty of armed robbery...
BEIRUT — Nearly a ton of narcotics destined for Europe were seized Wednesday at the Port of Beirut by the Internal Security Forces, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said via Twitter. Here’s what...
It was a birth accompanied by all the usual pains. The opposition parties’ and protest groups’ electoral lists finally emerged, in the form of a stampede instead of a united front. Up until the...
BEIRUT — For the second time this week, students of the Lebanese American University protested today against the institution’s decision to collect tuition fees completely in US dollars starting in...
BEIRUT — A Syrian child, aged nearly two years, died on Wednesday as a result of a fire caused by an electrical short circuit in his father's tent in the Rafas camp, in Marjayoun, South Lebanon,...
BEIRUT — Lebanon is “at the gates of a bread crisis,” warned the Federation of Bakeries Syndicates on Wednesday. Here’s what we know: • “We are now on the verge of a bread crisis...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese Army has been deployed since Tuesday evening in the localities of Rifaieh and in the Nejmeh Square area in Tripoli after armed clashes broke out between rival families, our...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati assured on Wednesday that his government “will eliminate anything that could threaten to block the legislative elections” from taking place on May 15. Doubts...
BEIRUT — In a Mount Lebanon town, filmmaker Jad Andari has been shooting his debut feature. The story revolves around a young man who, having lost everything, finds himself living in a mountain...
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s cabinet is meeting at 12 p.m. today at the Grand Serail to tackle a 21-item agenda, 11 of them pertaining to transferring funds from the budget reserve....
In an interview with local television channel LBCI on Sunday, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai took a clear stance opposing the postponement of the legislative elections, scheduled for May 15, and...
BEIRUT — The Vatican’s press office on Tuesday night issued a statement clarifying that the “possibility of an Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis” to Lebanon is “being studied,” after the Lebanese...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. President Michel Aoun announced yesterday in a tweet that Pope Francis will visit Lebanon. The president said the date of...
Lebanon stuck between a rock and a hard place: A US disarmament plan, or an extended expansion to the war?
Lebanese, Israeli delegation to meet in Washington; Lebanon files UN complaint against Iran: Everything you need to know this Thursday
