Rai and Bou Saab meet to discuss presidential crisis
In the midst of the political crisis, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai met with Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Elias Bou Saab at the Patriarchate's headquarters in Bkerki Tuesday...
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Comedian attacked after defending a woman being beaten
BEIRUT — At dawn on Sunday June 4, as he left a nightclub in Beirut, Nino Fenianos, a Lebanese comedian and social media personality with over 70,000 followers on Instagram, had no idea that his...
Mario DOUEIRY, 7 June 2023
Airport road closed for release of man detained in Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT — The main road to Beirut International Airport was briefly blocked by individuals burning tires at the airport army checkpoint. This was done as an act of protest against the continued...
7 June 2023
A double-edged sword: Inside the NSSF’s accounts
This article is the second in a two-part series on pension reform in Lebanon’s National Social Security Fund. Read part one here . BEIRUT — In January, MPs on Parliament’s joint committees...
Richard SALAME, 7 June 2023
Will Lebanon recall its ambassador to France?
A delegation from the Foreign Ministry visited Paris on Tuesday to conduct an investigation at the Lebanese Embassy in France into the case of Ambassador Rami Adwan, who has been accused of rape...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 7 June 2023
Anger in Akkar village after SLA fighter’s body repatriated
Mayssa had to identify the remains of a man she no longer recognizes. In Naqoura, on Lebanon’s southern border, army intelligence searched the coffin. In a Red Cross ambulance, this 30-year-old...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE, 7 June 2023
A proposed law could restrict stateless people’s access to Lebanese citizenship: What’s at stake?
BEIRUT — On May 16, Parliament’s Administration and Justice Committee briefly discussed a draft law that, if passed, would prevent people born in Lebanon since 2011 and who are stateless because...
Wael Taleb, 7 June 2023
Amnesty: Deaths in Lebanese prisons nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2018
BEIRUT — An Amnesty International report published Wednesday calls on Lebanon's authorities to "urgently prioritize the health of prisoners as deaths in Ministry of Interior-run prisons...
7 June 2023
A day (and night) in the life of Beirut’s art scene
BEIRUT — From the far side of the gallery a strident, static-laden voice coughs up a word or two. “I think the [tropes] of rebirth and renaissance that surround the Sursock museum have been on...
Jim Quilty, 7 June 2023
Questioned by the police, William Noun and Peter Bou Saab pledge to stop committing acts of vandalism
BEIRUT — After being questioned for two hours on Wednesday morning at Beirut's Verdun police station, William Noun and Peter Bou Saab, who each lost a brother in the deadly Beirut port explosion of...
7 June 2023
Berri: No blank ballots, we will vote for Frangieh at next election session
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has affirmed that his party, Amal, and its allies, notably Hezbollah, will vote in favor of presidential candidate Sleiman Frangieh at the next...
7 June 2023
Kuwait elects opposition-led parliament featuring one woman
Opposition lawmakers won a majority in Kuwait's parliament in the Gulf state's seventh general election in just over a decade, with only one woman voted into office, according to results announced...
7 June 2023
Mansouri set to succeed Salameh, Mikati says
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Banque du Liban (BDL) Vice Governor Wassim Mansouri is preparing to take over the responsibilities of central bank chief Riad Salameh,...
7 June 2023
Kissinger and the Arab world, myths and realities
What do modern Turkey, Warner Bros, and Henry Kissinger have in common? They were all born in 1923. The former US Secretary of State was an infant during Hitler’s failed coup in his native...
Soulayma MARDAM BEY, 7 June 2023
Saudi Crown Prince, Blinken had 'candid' talks in Jeddah: US official
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had an "open, candid" discussion in the early hours of Wednesday, a US official said....
Humeyra Pamuk, 7 June 2023
'No woman feels safe': Sexual violence rampant in Sudan war
Zeinab was fleeing war-torn Sudan's capital to seek safety when she found herself pinned to the ground, a rifle to her chest, as a paramilitary fighter raped her. "I was...
7 June 2023
Port blast protesters to appear for questioning, Aoun meets Assad, ISF arrests EDL cable thieves: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. William Noun and Peter Bou Saab, whose respective brothers Joe Noun and Joe Bou Saab were killed in the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port...
