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‘I Want to Design a Crown for Youth of Lebanon,’ Fred Mouawad Tells Asharq Al-Awsat

Who knew that the crown that adorned the head of Miss Universe 2023 was a Lebanese creation? The rare piece, worth around $6 million, was created by Maison Mouawad at the initiative of Fred Mouawad, a fourth-generation member of the atelier founded in 1890. Named the eighth richest diamond owner…

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Lebanese Banks to Start Open-Ended Strike, to Keep ATMs Working

Banks in Lebanon will start an open-ended strike from Tuesday but will keep ATMs operating for basic services, the Lebanese Banks Association said on Monday, urging authorities to pass overdue measures to deal with a deep financial crisis. The decision came after a meeting by the association to discuss judicial…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Al-Rahi Accuses Complacent MPs of ‘Great Treason’ for Failing to Elect President

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi launched on Sunday a scathing attack against “complacent” MPs who have failed to elect a president since Michel Aoun’s term ended in November. During his Sunday sermon, he said the lawmakers’ blind following of their political leaders was tantamount to “great treason.” The Lebanese people…

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Paris summit in effort to lift Lebanon out of political paralysis

France on Monday hosts an international meeting as part of attempts to end the political and social deadlock in Lebanon, against a background of the worst-ever financial crisis in the Mediterranean country.

Radio France Internationale

First UN aid convoy reaches northern Syria as quake death toll tops 19,000

Officials warned the death toll would likely rise, with many reported trapped beneath the rubble of razed buildings.

Axios

Thousands killed in major quakes – as it happened

Numbers of dead expected to increase rapidly amid desperate search and rescue operations following two quakes on Monday

The Guardian - AU

Major earthquakes kill thousands of people in Turkey and Syria

Rescue efforts after magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 tremors complicated by severe winter conditions.

Al Jazeera

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Lebanon Hopes UNESCO Danger Listing Could Save Crumbling Modernist Fairground

Its arch is cracking and its vast pavilions lie empty, but the crumbling Rachid Karami International Fair in Lebanon's port city Tripoli now has hope of revival, having been added to the United Nations' list of world heritage sites in danger. Designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1962, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon hopes UNESCO danger listing could save crumbling modernist fairground

Reuters

Paris to Host Int’l Meeting Monday to Address Lebanon’s Presidential Crisis

Paris will host on Monday an international meeting aimed at tackling the Lebanese presidential crisis. Representatives from Saudi Arabia, the United States, France, Egypt and Qatar will attend. Lebanese officials are skeptical that the Paris meeting will yield a breakthrough in the impasse. Rather, they believe it will discuss the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Irish soldier Shane Kearney out of hospital and on road to recovery after Lebanon ambush

The Cork native has been discharged from Beaumont hospital

Irish Mirror

Gemayel Says Will Paralyze Presidential Election If Candidate Supports Hezbollah’s Weapons

The leader of Lebanon’s Kataeb party, Samy Gemayel, on Friday threatened to “paralyze” the Lebanese presidential election if Hezbollah’s candidate plans to “protect the weapons” of the Shiite party. Gemayel’s threat, which was made during an address to Kataeb's 32nd general congress, will hardly be effective if he does not…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Qatar boosts influence in Lebanon amid multiple crises

Wealthy Qatar has been silently expanding its influence in crisis-hit Lebanon in recent years, while oil-rich Gulf Arab nations ostracized the Mediterranean country over the growing influence of its militant Hezbollah group

The Independent UK

Lebanon’s abandoned children are coming home

When Sammy took a DNA test, he didn’t know it would reveal he had a brother – or that he was adopted.

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French Envoy Criticizes Lebanon over 'Slow' Reforms Needed for IMF Loan

The French diplomat charged with coordinating international support for Lebanon, so it can receive International Monetary Fund aid, on Friday criticized the slow pace of reforms in the crisis-hit country. The IMF last April announced an agreement in principle with Beirut for $3 billion in aid spread over four years,…

The Independent UK

Irish peacekeeper injured in Lebanon attack is discharged from Dublin hospital

Tanaiste Micheal Martin welcomed the “good news”, and said that a UN report into the fatal ambush is expected in the coming weeks.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two Years Later, No Justice for Slain Anti-Hezbollah Activist Lokman Slim

Two years after the murder of Lebanese intellectual and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim, no indictment was issued by the Lebanese judiciary in a country, where impunity has become part of the public scene, as stated by Slim’s sister, Publisher Rasha Al-Amir. Lokman Slim was found dead in his car on…

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Lebanese Interior Minister: Security Situation Is Stable, Will Remain So

Lebanon’s caretaker Interior Minister Bassam al-Mawlawi announced on Thursday that the security situation in the country was “still stable”, revealing that his ministry has kicked off preparations to hold municipal elections in May. The minister met with parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, stressing that the security forces will continue to perform…

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Lokman Slim’s Mother to Asharq Al-Awsat: Sorrow Is My Constant Companion

No feelings of animosity and vengeance are harbored towards the killers of Shiite political activist Lokman Slim. His mother, Salma Mershak has refused to move out of her house in Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold. Many in Lebanon have accused the party of assassinating Slim two years…

Al Jazeera

Lebanon devalues official exchange rate by 90 percent

The central bank has confirmed the new official rate of 15,000 pounds per dollar, up from little more than 1,500.

The Independent UK

Lebanon sets new exchange rate, dramatically devalues pound

Lebanon’s Central Bank has set a new exchange rate that effectively devalues the country’s currency by 90% but did little to bridge the gap with the soaring black market rate

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Devalues Official Exchange Rate by 90%

Lebanon devalued its official exchange rate for the first time in 25 years on Wednesday, weakening it by 90% but still leaving the local currency well below its market value. The pound has crashed since a financial meltdown in 2019 after decades of corruption, profligate spending and mismanagement by the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Regional Power Plan for Lebanon Held up Over Syria Sanctions

Egypt is still seeking assurances that US sanctions will be waived to start exporting gas to Lebanon through Syria under a plan first announced in 2021 to help ease Lebanon's power crisis, a senior French official said on Tuesday. The plan also has yet to go to the World Bank…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Villagers Try to Stem Illegal Logging Scourge

Braving the bitter cold, Lebanese villagers have been patrolling a mountainside in the country's north, trying to protect trees from loggers who roll in under the cover of darkness. Near his village of Ainata, "nearly 150 centuries-old oak trees have been felled" in the past year, said Ghandi Rahme, pointing…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon to Devalue Currency by 90% On Feb. 1, C.Bank Chief Says

Lebanon will adopt a new official exchange rate of 15,000 pounds per US dollar on Feb. 1, central bank governor Riad Salameh said, marking a 90% devaluation from its current official rate that has remained unchanged for 25 years. The shift from the old rate of 1,507 to 15,000 is…

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