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The Latest Breaking News from Beirut

Disgraced Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn sues former employer for $1bn

Executive who jumped bail in Japan and escaped to Beirut has filed claim in Lebanese court

The Guardian - UK

Auto tycoon Ghosn files $1 billion lawsuit in Lebanon against Nissan over his imprisonment in Japan

Lebanese officials say auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Nissan and about a dozen individuals in Beirut over his imprisonment in Japan and what he says is misinformation spread against him

The Independent UK

Record inflation has hit even Lebanon's garbage. 'Trash just isn't like it used to be'

BEIRUT — Rolling to a stop on his overladen scooter, Shaher Hassan awkwardly balanced five bags and a carton full of cans, plastic bottles and other recyclables mined from the trash that day.

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Auto tycoon Ghosn denies payments to former French Cabinet minister

Lebanese officials say a judge has questioned auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn in Beirut over possible links to a former French Cabinet minister who was charged with “passive corruption” two years ago for dealing with him

The Independent UK

American University of Beirut president says Cyprus campus key to institution's global outreach

The president of the American University of Beirut says Cyprus bested 15 other countries as the most suitable to host the institution’s first overseas campus

The Independent UK

British court orders company to compensate some Beirut port blast victims

The Beirut Bar Association says a British court has ordered a London-based company that delivered the ammonium nitrates that exploded in 2020 in the Beirut port to pay compensation to some victims' families

The Independent UK

Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review – Lina Ghotmeh’s convivial canopy

The celebrated Beirut-born architect Lina Ghotmeh designed her pleated timber pavilion to bring people together in nature. It’s a nice idea, though the details let it down – and the Serpentine’s formula needs a rethink

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Women behind the lens: ‘The next day she got a tattoo of broken glass’

Rania Matar has found inspiration in Beirut’s resilient women, trying to rebuild lives after the huge blasts that wrecked the city

The Guardian - UK

Beirut’s Sursock Museum reopens three years after port blast

The palatial modern art museum was badly damaged in the explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital.

Al Jazeera

‘I want to be part of the rebirth’: the artists bringing creation out of Beirut’s chaos

Decades of civil war and economic meltdowns left Lebanon’s people struggling for hope – but the country’s creatives are fighting back

The Guardian - UK

Saudi freed in Lebanon after kidnapping

Lebanese interior ministry says that nine people had been arrested in connection with Sunday’s kidnapping.

Al Jazeera

Riyadh asks diplomatic staff in Beirut to stay home after man kidnapped

Saudi Arabia asked its diplomatic staff in Lebanon to stay home after a Saudi national was abducted in Beirut on Sunday, Saudi media reported on Monday.

Reuters

Kitten trapped in Beirut drain pipe for three days found alive in heartwarming video

Volunteers from the charity Animals Lebanon worked for days to dislodge the young cat from the pipe and there were calls to name her 'Beirut' after the incredible rescue

Daily Mirror

Egyptian activist’s arrest sparks safety fears in Lebanon

The reasons for Abdelrahman Tarek’s brief detention were unclear, with activists concerned over handling of dissidents.

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Iconic museum in Beirut reopens three years after damages from port blast

Lebanon’s Sursock Museum has reopened to the public, three years after a deadly explosion in Beirut's port - set off by tons of improperly stored chemicals - reduced many of its treasured paintings and collections to ashes.

The Independent UK

From ashes and debris, iconic Beirut museum reopens 3 years after massive damage from port blast

Lebanon’s Sursock Museum has reopened to the public, three years after a deadly explosion in the nearby Beirut port reduced many of its treasured paintings and collections to ashes

Reuters

Lebanon central bank chief faces travel ban after Interpol red notice

Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh attended a judicial hearing in Beirut on Wednesday where his Lebanese and French passports were confiscated following an Interpol red notice against him over embezzlement and money-laundering charges.

Los Angeles Times

Arab League nations welcome back longtime pariah Syria at annual summit

BEIRUT — In March 2013, with almost 100,000 dead in the then two-year Syrian revolution against President Bashar Assad, a Muslim cleric who headed the Syrian opposition was welcomed to take the country's seat at the annual summit of Arab leaders.

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Lebanon cenbank governor says he will appeal against French arrest warrant

French prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, a move the governor said he would challenge through an appeal, calling it a violation of law.

The Independent UK

New US embassy complex in Lebanon sparks controversy

An estimated $1 bn will go towrad the new US embassy compound

The Conversation

Before and after the Nakba: Palestinian literature of resistance and love for a lost homeland

When a society experiences oppression and trauma, literature helps its people by giving them a voice and reinforcing their identity. It gives the trauma those people have suffered a universal resonance. So it is for Palestinians, whose literature – particularly that of resistance – plays this role. Indeed, Palestinian writers…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s FM: Lebanese Presidential Elections Are an Internal Matter, We Support Consensus

From Beirut, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian declared on Friday an agreement to reopen the Iranian and Saudi embassies in Riyadh and Tehran in the coming days.

Reuters

Saudi Arabia, Iran to reopen embassies 'within days'

Saudi Arabia and Iran will reopen embassies in each other's capitals "within days," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday in a sign of warming relations after the two countries closed their missions seven years ago.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Supports Any Agreement Between Lebanese Parties to Elect New President

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Thursday that his country supports any agreement between Lebanese parties to elect a new president. He made his remarks during a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib in Beirut where he is on an official visit until Friday. Abdollahian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrians in Lebanon Fear Deportation

Samer and his family thought they had found safety in Lebanon after fleeing Syria's war nearly a decade ago, but amid growing anti-refugee sentiment, Beirut handed his brother to the Syrian army. Syrians poured into Lebanon after civil war broke out in 2011, with Damascus's brutal suppression of peaceful protests.

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