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Mikati Hopes for Breakthrough in Efforts Aimed at Mending Lebanese-Gulf Ties

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati is hoping that a breakthrough can be reached in efforts aimed at mending relations between Beirut and Gulf countries. He held telephone talks with Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al Sabah.

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Lebanon: Mikati Says Wants to Protect Small Depositors Not Banks

Lebanon's prime minister said on Saturday after a cabinet meeting convened to address judicial actions against seven banks that the goal was to protect small depositors not lenders. "We are protecting institutions, not individuals," Najib Mikati told a news conference, Reuters reported. Lebanese banks plan a two-day strike next week…

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Lebanon Asks US to Continue Border Demarcation Mediation

Lebanon called on the United States to continue its mediation efforts to complete the maritime border demarcation negotiations with Israel in the light of observations made by the Lebanese Technical Committee on the proposal of US mediator Amos Hochstein. The Lebanese Technical Committee has met to discuss a proposal submitted…

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Lebanese Banks Plan Strike in Response to Judicial Orders

Lebanese banks plan a two-day strike next week in protest at judicial actions that targeted seven major lenders, a standoff that risks more instability for a country mired in crisis since 2019. The banking association said the strike was a warning against what it called "the arbitrariness of some judicial…

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Lebanon's Hezbollah chief denies sending fighters to support Russia in Ukraine -Al Mayadeen TV

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday denied reports about sending fighters and experts to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine, Lebanese Al Mayadeen TV reported.

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Lebanon PM says some judges stoking tension within country

Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Friday that actions taken by some judges were heightening tensions in Lebanon, warning of potentially serious consequences for a country mired in a major financial collapse.

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Lebanon PM Says Some Judges Stoking Tension Within Country

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Friday that the course of action taken by some judges was heightening tensions in the country and "this is a dangerous matter". Mikati said he and Justice Minister Henry Khoury had agreed to ask the country's public prosecutor to take "appropriate measures on…

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Former hostage Terry Waite advising Nazanin on returning to real life after six-year ordeal in Iran

Now 82-year-old, who was held in captivity in Lebanon for almost five years, says British-Iranian mother should take her time adjusting to normal life

The Independent UK

Aid agencies race to get food supplies to Ukrainian cities at risk of siege

Efforts to stock up Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro are under way as the wider repercussions of the conflict are felt in Yemen and Lebanon

The Guardian - UK

Telling her story will help Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, says Terry Waite

Former hostage in Lebanon speaks of difficulties processing memories of captivity once initial euphoria passes

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Lebanon Arrests Brother of Embattled Central Bank Chief

Lebanese authorities on Thursday arrested Raja Salameh, the brother of the central bank governor, over suspicion of money laundering and illicit enrichment, the state-run news agency (NNA) reported. According to the NNA, Ghada Aoun, an investigative judge at Mount Lebanon district court, questioned Raja Salameh for several hours before placing…

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Lebanon Cabinet Approves Electricity Reform Plan

Lebanon's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan to reform and restructure the country's crippled electricity sector, a main condition of Western donors and the World Bank to provide financing for regional deals to increase the country's power supply. Al Jadeed TV reported that the Cabinet had endorsed the plan with…

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Lebanon’s Fransabank Shuts All Branches after Judicial Order

Lebanon's Fransabank closed all of its branches on Wednesday after a judicial order and said it would be unable to meet client demands, including paying public sector salaries. Fransabank, one of Lebanon's biggest lenders, said in a statement that the judicial order had frozen all its "shares, properties and assets".…

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Lebanon's Siniora Will Be 'Fully Invested' in Elections, Not as Candidate

Lebanese former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said he would abstain from running for the upcoming parliamentary elections, but called on citizens to massively vote in the polls. Speaking during a press conference in Beirut on Tuesday, Siniora said: “Amid this crushing crisis, which is considered the most dangerous in the…

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CENTCOM: Iran's Threat is Graver than Ever

The commander of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, has said that Iran is the most immediate threat to the US interests in the Middle East and the region's security in general. McKenzie warned that "the threat posed by Iran is graver than ever." Speaking at a hearing held…

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Lebanon’s PM Asks UN For Food Aid

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati asked on Tuesday UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed to assist Lebanon in facing food insecurity challenges as a result of the war in Ukraine. The PM’s request came during a meeting with Mohammed at the Grand Serail in the presence of UN Resident and…

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Lebanon PM Mikati Says He Will Not Run in May Parliamentary Election

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday he would not seek re-election in a parliamentary election scheduled for May 15. The statement, made in a television address, throws Sunni politics in Lebanon into deeper disarray two months from a vote seen as important for reinvigorating public life in Lebanon…

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Lebanon’s PM Najib Mikati says not running for re-election

Mikati’s decision upends Sunni Muslim politics in Lebanon, weeks after ex-PM Hariri’s withdrawal from politics.

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Lebanon Judge Freezes Assets of Five Banks and Members of Their Boards

A Lebanese judge froze the assets of five top banks and members of their boards while she investigates transactions they undertook with the country's central bank, a judicial document showed on Monday. The asset freeze against Bank of Beirut, Bank Audi, SGBL, Blom Bank and Bankmed applies to properties, vehicles…

The Independent UK

Report: Lebanon judge freezes assets of 5 banks during probe

A Lebanese judge has frozen the assets of five of Lebanon’s largest banks and those of their board of directors as she investigates possible transfers of billions of dollars aboard during the country’s economic meltdown

Reuters

Lebanon PM Mikati says he won't run in May parliamentary election

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday he would not seek re-election in a parliamentary election scheduled for May 15.

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Rahi: Not Returning Syrian Refugees is Conspiracy Against Lebanon

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi called on Sunday for the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland, saying the absence of such a decision has become a conspiracy against Lebanon's entity, unity, identity and security. “We demand the return of the displaced Syrians to their homeland,” he said while presiding over…

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Lebanese Youths Abandon Education as Crisis Bites

Before Lebanon's devastating financial crisis struck, Faraj Faraj thought university could set him on a path out of a cramped family home in a poor area of Beirut and towards financial independence. Instead, like increasing numbers of Lebanon's young people, soaring costs forced the 19-year-old to drop out of studying…

Reuters

Lebanese youths abandon education as crisis bites

Before Lebanon's devastating financial crisis struck, Faraj Faraj thought university could set him on a path out of a cramped family home in a poor area of Beirut and towards financial independence.

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Saniora Asks Hezbollah to Hand Over Convicts Accused In Rafik Hariri’s Assassination

Lebanese former Prime Minister Fouad Saniora asked on Friday Hezbollah to immediately hand over two Hezbollah members convicted this week on charges of terrorism and murder for their role in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. On Thursday, the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) appeals…

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