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Iran FM Meets Mikati, Calls on All Countries to Back Lebanon without Meddling in its Policies

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Sunday that Tehran calls on all countries to support Lebanon's stability and security without interfering in its internal policies. "Tehran emphasizes the need to strengthen relations between Iran and Lebanon in the political and economic fields,” the Iranian FM said in a statement…

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Contracts Show Lebanon’s Central Bank Obscured Recipients of Commissions

For more than a decade, Lebanon's central bank charged commercial banks in the country commissions when they bought government securities without making clear that the bulk of those commissions went to a company controlled by the brother of the central bank's governor, according to documents seen by Reuters. Four contracts…

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French Ambassador to UN to Asharq Al-Awsat: Political Process in Syria Has Become a 'Joke'; Iran's Nuclear Program Is a 'Top Priority'

The Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, Nicolas de Riviere, stressed that the war in Ukraine, if it occurred, would be a "disaster" for the European people. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, he expressed his "pessimism" regarding the current situation in Syria, describing the political and…

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Skiing in Lebanon too steep for most with currency in freefall

Skiing in Lebanon has long been a luxury for the well-off, but the eastern Mediterranean country's financial meltdown has thrown most people into poverty and made taking to the slopes even more exclusive.

Reuters

Lebanon Needs to Step up on Reform, Says Saudi FM

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Saturday Lebanon must offer stronger signals that it is serious about reform to secure support from the international community as it struggles with a financial crisis. "Lebanon first needs to be actively saving itself ...

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Lebanon's 'Zombie Banks' Downsize to Weather Crisis

Once the economy's crown jewel, Lebanon's banks are shutting branches and laying off employees in droves, resizing to the bleak reality of a crisis they are widely blamed for. Before the onset in 2019 of a financial collapse deemed one of the world's worst since the 1850s by the World…

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Hezbollah Slammed by Lebanese Officials after it Flies Drone over Israel

The Iran-backed Hezbollah party's flying of a drone from Lebanon over to Israel this week was widely condemned by officials. The party said on Friday that it flew the aircraft over northern Israel, where it hovered for 40 minutes, crossing 70 kilometers before returning to Lebanon. The move triggered Israel's…

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Lebanon needs to step up on reform, says Saudi foreign minister

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Berri Calls on Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union to Adopt Lebanese-Gulf Dialogue

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called on the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union conference, which is holding its 32nd session in Cairo, to help start a Lebanese dialogue with the Arab Gulf states under the auspices of the State of Kuwait. Moreover, Berri announced “Lebanon’s reservations about the report of the…

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Lebanon Thwarts Attempt to Smuggle Drugs to Saudi Arabia

The Lebanese authorities announced thwarting an attempt to smuggle drugs to Saudi Arabia on board a truck intended for land transport. Lebanon's Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said on Twitter that the Information Division in the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) accomplished a new and qualitative achievement and…

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Lebanon Draft Electricity Reform Plan Sees Tariff Hike, 24-Hour Power by 2026

A draft reform of Lebanon’s crippled power sector seen as vital to addressing its financial crisis envisages an “immediate” hike in electricity prices, for the first time in three decades, and $3.5 billion investment to secure 24-hour power by 2026. The blueprint, dated February 2022 and seen by Reuters, was…

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Lebanon's Hezbollah says it flew drone over Israel - Al-Manar TV

Lebanon's Hezbollah group said it had flown a drone over Israel on a reconnaissance mission for 40 minutes and it had returned untouched despite attempts to shoot it down, a statement carried by the group's Al-Manar TV said.

Reuters

Hezbollah Drone Triggers Air Defenses in Northern Israel

Israel's military said its air defenses fired at a drone that had crossed into its airspace from Lebanon on Friday, the second such incident in as many days. Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it had launched the drone on a reconnaissance mission over Israel in a statement released on Friday.…

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Renault-Nissan "Small And Fragile," Ex-CEO Carlos Ghosn Says

Ghosn is in Lebanon and is still very critical about Renault's operations.

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Unmanned aircraft from Lebanon crossed into Israel, Israeli army says

Israel's military said on Friday its missile defences had been triggered by an unmanned aircraft that crossed into Israel from Lebanon.

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Israel Says it Shot Down Hezbollah Drone

The Israeli military on Thursday said it shot down an unmanned aircraft launched by Lebanon's Hezbollah into Israeli airspace. The incident occurred just a day after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said his group has been manufacturing military drones in Lebanon and has the technology to turn thousands of missiles in…

The Independent UK

Israel shoots down alleged drone launched by Hezbollah

The Israeli military says it has shot down an unmanned aircraft launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group into Israeli airspace

The Independent UK

French shipping company wins Beirut port containers contract

Lebanon's minister of public works says a giant French shipping company has won a 10-year contract to run the containers terminal at Beirut’s port that suffered wide damage in a massive blast in 2020

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French firm gets contract to run Beirut port container terminal

CMA CGM will manage, operate and maintain the container terminal at Beirut’s port for the next decade.

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Lebanon Awards CMA CGM Contract for Beirut Port Container Terminal

Lebanon has awarded France's CMA CGM (CMACG.UL) a contract for the management, operation and maintenance of the container terminal in the port of Beirut for 10 years, Public Works and Transport minister Ali Hamie told Reuters on Thursday. A huge explosion at the port in 2020 killed more than 200…

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Clash Erupts in Beirut over Hezbollah Posters

A clash erupted Wednesday over Hezbollah slogans and party leaders outside the campus of the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut’s Qureitem area, leaving several people wounded. LAU’s administration clarified in a statement that the clash occurred outside and not inside the university and that all political events are banned…

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Lebanese Judge Sues Police Chief over Central Bank Governor

An investigative judge on Wednesday sued Lebanon’s police chief after accusing him of preventing security forces from bringing in for questioning the central bank governor, who is accused of corruption. The move by Judge Ghada Aoun came a day after she said that a police force prevented members of State…

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Hezbollah Chief Boasts of Drones

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah revealed Wednesday that his group has been manufacturing military drones in Lebanon and has the technology to turn thousands of missiles in the party’s possession into precision-guided munitions. “We have the capabilities to transfer missiles that we possess in the thousands into precision-guided missiles,” Nasrallah said.…

The Independent UK

Lebanese judge sues police chief over central bank governor

An investigative judge has sued Lebanon’s police chief after accusing him of preventing security forces from bringing in for questioning the central bank governor, who is accused of corruption

The Independent UK

Hezbollah chief boasts of drones, precision-guided missiles

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah has revealed that his militant faction is manufacturing military drones in Lebanon

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