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Rahi Says Lebanon President Must Be Chosen in Ballot Boxes

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Beshara Al-Rahi said Monday during a meeting with Lebanese Forces MP Melhem Riachi that there is no need for dialogue in preparation for the presidential elections, affirming that the voting of a new head of state must take place in the Parliament 's ballot boxes. Riachi met…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Blast Investigator Charges Former PM, Top Public Prosecutor

The judge probing the 2020 Beirut blast has charged Lebanon's top public prosecutor, the then-premier and other senior current and former officials in connection with the devastating explosion, judicial sources said and court summons show. Judge Tarek Bitar unexpectedly resumed an inquiry on Monday after it was paralyzed for more…

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Lebanon Calls for Clarifications on Suspension of Voting Rights at UN

Lebanese caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Abdallah Bou Habib has asked for clarifications from the United Nations on the suspension of Lebanon’s rights to vote before the expiry of the extended deadline to pay its contribution to the UN. Bou Habib met on Monday with the United Nations…

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Lebanon: Hezbollah Delegation to Visit Bassil on Monday

Lebanon anticipates a meeting on Monday between a Hezbollah delegation and head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, after a dispute recently emerged between the two allies over the Lebanese presidential elections. The Hezbollah delegation includes Political Advisor to Hezbollah's Secretary General Hussein Al-Khalil, and the party’s coordination…

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Lahoud Angered France by ‘Backtracking’ on Pledge to Deploy Army in S. Lebanon

A series of recently declassified British documents reveal details of meetings held by late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri with British officials in 1997 and 1999, as well as letters exchanged between then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Lebanese presidency.

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Rafik Hariri to Blair: 11 Meetings with Israel… It Requested Hezbollah’s Dissolution

Asharq Al-Awsat Publishes Details of the Late Premier’s Meetings in London A series of recently declassified British documents reveal details of meetings held by the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri with British officials in 1997 and 1999. According to the documents, Hariri informed his British counterpart Tony Blair that…

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Lebanese Interior Minister: No Room for Agendas Promoting Division

Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipalities Judge Bassam Mawlawi on Saturday affirmed that the Lebanese have put fighting in the past and that any bet on its resurfacing will fail. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Mawlawi stressed that there is no room for political agendas intending to undermine the unity…

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European Delegation Ends 1st Round of Questioning in Lebanon

A European legal team on Friday wrapped up the first round of questioning of Lebanese bankers and current and former Central Bank officials in Beirut, officials in Lebanon said. The questioning is part of a probe on money laundering linked to Lebanon’s Central Bank governor. Lebanon is grappling with the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

European delegation ends 1st round of questioning in Lebanon

Judicial officials say a European legal team has wrapped up the first round of questioning of Lebanese bankers and current and former Central Bank officials in Beirut

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European Prosecutors Hear Lebanese Bankers in Central Bank Commission Probe

Lebanese bankers told European prosecutors they believed that commissions now at the center of a graft probe had been paid to the central bank, four sources said, while investigators suspect the cash illegally ended up with the governor's brother. Prosecutors from Germany, France and Luxembourg have been in Beirut as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Says It Will Pay UN Dues after Losing Voting Rights

Lebanon will pay arrears to the United Nations to regain its rights at the world body, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after the country, which is in deep financial crisis, lost UN voting rights for the second time in three years due to unpaid contributions. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

European prosecutors hear Lebanese bankers in central bank commission probe

Lebanese bankers told European prosecutors they believed that commissions now at the centre of a graft probe had been paid to the central bank, four sources said, while investigators suspect the cash illegally ended up with the governor's brother.

Reuters

Lebanon Central Bank Sets New Rate for Withdrawals from Dollar Deposits

Lebanon's central bank said on Thursday it had set a new rate of 15,000 Lebanese pounds to the US dollar for withdrawals from bank deposits denominated in dollars, but which can now can be accessed largely in the local currency. The rate was previously set at 8,000 pounds under central…

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Lebanon says it will pay UN dues after losing voting rights

Lebanon will pay arrears to the United Nations to regain its rights at the world body, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after the country, which is in deep financial crisis, lost U.N. voting rights for the second time in three years due to unpaid contributions.

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Lebanese opposition lawmakers stage sit-in to demand new president

Independent lawmakers in Lebanon are staging a sit-in at parliament to pile pressure on dominant factions to elect a new president nearly three months since the post fell vacant with the country in the throes of an economic crisis.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese MPs Hold Sit-In Inside Parliament

After Lebanon’s parliament failed to elect a new president for the 11th time on Thursday, several deputies decided to stage a sit-in, with lawmakers Melhem Khalaf and Najat Saliba leading the protest. Later, lawmakers Firas Hamdan and Cynthia Zarazir joined the sit-in at parliament. The move was supported by a…

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Lebanon, South Sudan Lose UN Voting Rights Over Dues

Venezuela, Lebanon and South Sudan are in arrears on paying dues to the United Nations’ operating budget and are among six nations that have lost their voting rights in the 193-member General Assembly, the UN chief said in a letter circulated Thursday. Also losing voting rights are Dominica, Equatorial Guinea…

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Sydney man forced to abandon family after migration agent failed to lodge visa application

Bexley resident Mohamed Barghachoun moved from Lebanon to marry his long-term partner, who paid more than $1,500 to a migration agent to help him apply for a visa.

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Beirut Port Investigator Refuses to Apprise File to French Judicial Delegation

A visiting French judicial delegation brought the 2020 Beirut port explosion file back to the forefront, through intensive meetings with concerned Lebanese judicial officials. The French judges inquired about the suspension of Lebanon's investigation into the explosion, which has also obstructed the independent French probe into the killing of three…

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Lebanon’s Bishops Council Warns of Vacuum in Top Maronite Seats, Criticizes Mikati

The Council of Maronite Bishops warned against a deliberate vacuum in the country’s top Maronite positions, reaffirming the concerns expressed by Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai during his Mass sermon on Sunday. They also criticized caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, for calling the Cabinet to convene, stressing that a resigned premier has…

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Vacuum Threatens Vital State Positions in Lebanon

Institutional collapse in Lebanon is accelerating in a way that has left the country unable to manage the crises it has been facing for the past three years. Vacuum not only ails the Lebanese presidency or government, but it also threatens vital state positions. For example, the mandate of Central…

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Sonia Beiruti Dies Aged 89

Lebanese media figure Sonia Beiruti passed away quietly on January 16 at the age of 89, after she spent her last days with her eldest son, Antoine, who embraced her with his wife and children, offering her a last refuge. She gave up on hosting many years ago, and rarely…

The Independent UK

Lebanon to take out $116m in loans for ailing electric grid

Lebanon’s caretaker government has approved opening credit lines totaling $116 million to help fix its crippled state electricity grid

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saved from Death at Sea, Syrian Refugees Face Deportation

On New Year’s Eve, a small boat carrying more than 230 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, broke down and began to sink after setting sail from the northern coast of Lebanon. Since the collapse of Lebanon's economy in 2019, an increasing number of people — mostly Syrian and Palestinian…

The Independent UK

Saved from death at sea, Syrian refugees face deportation

A boat carrying more than 200 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, sank off the coast of Lebanon on New Year’s Eve

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