Elie Hasbani responds to Mar Mikhael works suspension article
Elie Hasbani, former Beirut city Counselor sent L'Orient Today a clarification note regarding the article titled: MP denies 'political' intervention after Mar Mikhael works suspended ,...
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Pockets full of cash, but not lira
BEIRUT — Remittances made up 37.8 percent of Lebanon’s GDP in 2022, a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says. Lebanon has the highest remittance-to-GDP ratio in the...
Richard SALAME, 8 June 2023
Jihad Azour temporarily suspends his duties at the IMF
BEIRUT — Former Lebanese Minister of Finance and Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund, Jihad Azour, has temporarily suspended his functions at...
8 June 2023
NSSF to increase price of nearly 700 medications
BEIRUT — The Director General of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Mohammad Karaki announced during a Beirut press conference on Thursday that the institution will increase the prices of 677...
P.H.B./OLJ, 8 June 2023
Swiss delegation to investigate Salameh case in Beirut
Switzerland informed Lebanon on Thursday that it would send a judicial delegation to Beirut as part of the investigation into the European assets of the Banque du Liban (BDL) Governor Riad Salameh,...
8 June 2023
Outcry after Kuwaiti journalist turned away from Beirut Airport
BEIRUT — Kuwaiti journalist Fajr al-Said, known for her anti-Hezbollah and pro-normalization with Israel stance, Tweeted Wednesday that she had been turned away on arrival at Beirut's International...
Zeina ANTONIOS/L'Orient-Le Jour, 8 June 2023
Lebanese farmer defies Israeli bulldozer along the border: Protest scheduled Friday
BEIRUT — A Lebanese farmer in Kafr Shuba defended his plot of land against the an Israeli bulldozer's incursion Wednesday, an act captured in a video posted on social media later that day. The...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 8 June 2023
Lebanon recalls its ambassador to France after rape allegation
Lebanon's foreign ministry said Thursday it was recalling its ambassador to France, Rami Adwan, after an investigation was opened into allegations of rape and intentional violence by the envoy....
8 June 2023
Souhail Abboud: There can be no justice without a law on the independence of the judiciary
BEIRUT — In a speech Thursday, the president of the Higher Judiciary Council (HJC), judge Souhail Abboud, called for the adoption of a law on the independence of the judiciary. The intervention...
8 June 2023
Why Jihad Azour is dividing the opposition MPs
While the two main Christian parties [the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and the Lebanese Forces (LF)], MP Michel Moawad’s Renewal bloc, as well as some independents have decided in favor of Jihad...
Jeanine JALKH, 8 June 2023
Despite regional calm, the March 8 camp is flexing its muscles
The April 6 Saudi-Iran normalization agreement paved the way for a general calm in the Middle East. Despite this new regional dynamic, sharp political division persists in Lebanon, against a...
Salah Hijazi, 8 June 2023
Fighting rages at Sudan military site facility
Sudanese army soldiers and paramilitaries fought for control of a military facility Thursday in Khartoum where a fire raged at an oil and gas facility, witnesses said. The...
8 June 2023
Geagea: 'Verbal escalation' in recent days unjustified
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said in a televised interview Wednesday night that the "verbal escalation" of some Hezbollah officials in recent days — since several parties...
8 June 2023
Jezzine man murders wife, mother-in-law before killing self
BEIRUT — A man near Jezzine, South Lebanon, murdered his wife and her mother before killing himself, the mayor of Azour, the town where the crime took place, told L'Orient Today. Security...
8 June 2023
US, Saudi urge Western nations to repatriate IS jihadists
Riyadh and Washington urged Western governments Thursday to repatriate citizens who joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, where thousands still languish in prisons or camps....
8 June 2023
Why are LGBTQ+ rights under threat in Lebanon?
Beirut: a city of refuge in the Arab world for the LGBTQ+ community? If the Lebanese capital has such a positive image, it's not from nowhere. It’s the result of years of activism. These few...
8 June 2023
‘How long can the Assad regime continue to evade the unavoidable path to a political solution?’
On June 4, after a two-day meeting in Geneva, the Negotiating Committee representing the main movements of the Syrian opposition, said “the international and regional contexts,” and the situation...
Emmanuel HADDAD, 8 June 2023
Macron returns to former minister to help break Lebanon deadlock
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron appointed on Wednesday his former foreign minister as a personal envoy to Lebanon just a year after he stepped down and having previously not been able to...
8 June 2023
Israeli army mounts rare raid into Palestinian city of Ramallah
RAMALLAH — Israeli forces mounted a rare raid into the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank early on Thursday, in what the Israeli military said was an operation to demolish the...
8 June 2023
Prison deaths up, Mansouri next in line to lead BDL, blast activists questioned: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Lebanese “prisons need urgent and drastic reform,” human rights watchdog Amnesty International said in a report published...
