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Lebanon telecoms mark-up threatens migrants' link to jobs and safety

Kenyan cleaner Noel Musanga survived Lebanon's economic meltdown, waves of COVID-19 and Beirut's port blast. But when her internet provider announced rates would double, she feared her last lifeline to family and work would snap.

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Ongoing civil strikes further cripple everyday life in Lebanon

Lebanese may be sympathetic to public sector workers striking over wages, but frustration at inconvenience remains.

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Lebanon Expects to Receive 1 Mn Tourists this Summer

Lebanon expects to receive one million tourists this summer, with 600,000 visitors already arriving in the country, caretaker Tourism Minister Walid Nassar said. The latest data showed a 77 percent increase in travelers through Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut since the beginning of the year. Nassar expressed his "optimism…

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Lebanese Govt Ends Official Boycott of Damascus to Facilitate Return of Refugees

Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of the Displaced Issam Sharafeddine is set to visit Damascus after the Eid al-Adha holiday, ending Beirut's official boycott of the regime. The minister will make the first official visit by a Lebanese official to the war-torn country since 2011. He will discuss with officials means to…

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Yemeni FM: Lebanon’s Vowed Measures against Houthi Channels Remain Mere Ink on Paper

Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Mubarak has heavily criticized Lebanon-based Hezbollah’s interference in the Yemeni crisis and demanded that the country take effective measures to shut-down Houthi satellite channels broadcasting from Beirut’s southern suburbs. “Lebanon has announced a policy of disassociation towards the Yemeni crisis.

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Arab Foreign Ministers Renew Confidence in Lebanon's Stability, Future

The Arab foreign ministers reaffirmed Arab support and solidarity with Lebanon, reflecting "confidence in Lebanon's stability and future," announced Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. Arab foreign ministers arrived in Beirut to participate in the consultative meeting in preparation for the Arab Summit that will be held in Algeria in…

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Qatar Donates $60 Million to Lebanon’s Army During Crisis

Qatar has donated $60 million to the Lebanese army, hard hit by the Mediterranean nation's unprecedented economic meltdown, Qatar News Agency reported Thursday. The announcement came shortly after Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani arrived in Beirut, where he is expected to meet senior Lebanese officials. Lebanon's…

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Saudi Ambassador Visits Southern Suburbs, Underlines Lebanon’s Pluralism

Saudi Ambassador to Beirut Walid Bukhari visited on Monday Scholar Ali Fadlallah at his home in the southern suburbs of Beirut, offering condolences on the 12th anniversary of the passing away of his father, Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. The two officials touched on recent developments in Lebanon and the region.…

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Families of Beirut Port Blast Victims Seek Compensation from MPs Close to Berri

The legal representatives of the families of the Beirut port explosion victims have resorted to a civil court to demand financial compensation from two MPs close to parliament Speaker Nabih Berri for their involvement in the 2020 disaster. The families turned to Judge Zalfa al-Hassan to demand that MPs Ali…

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Israel Accuses Hezbollah of Trying to Hack UN Lebanon Peacekeepers

Israel accused the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah party on Wednesday of conducting a cyber operation designed to disrupt a UN peacekeeping mission on the border between the countries, and threatened harsh Israeli retaliation against enemy hackers. The allegation - to which there was no immediate response from Beirut, Tehran or the…

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Memoirs of Late Prime Minister Saeb Salam (Part 2): The Americans Secured Arafat’s Protection as He Left Beirut

The second episode of the memoirs of late Lebanese Prime Minister Saeb Salam talks about the Israeli invasion in the summer of 1982, where Salam says that under the bombardment and raids, he felt as if “the gates of hell were wide open.” Salam reviewed the contacts he made with…

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Desperate for diaspora: Lebanon begs for a tourism cash injection

Lebanon, facing rampant power cuts and skyrocketing inflation, relies on the diaspora for hard currency.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian troops to retreat from besieged city of Severodonetsk

BEIRUT — A monthslong defense that saw Ukrainian troops endure relentless bombardment and ferocious street skirmishes against their Russian adversaries ended Friday when military authorities ordered a retreat from the besieged city of Severodonetsk.

Los Angeles Times

Lebanon FX Reserves Down $2.2 Bln in 2022, $11 Bln Left, Says Central Bank Governor

Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh said Tuesday the bank's foreign currency reserves had dropped by $2.2 billion so far in 2022 to about $11 billion, about a third of the level three years ago. Salameh made the comments during a recorded interview with Lebanon's LBCI TV. As the interview…

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Lebanon, Syria, Egypt Sign Gas Import Agreement

Lebanon, Syria and Egypt on Tuesday agreed to ship 650 million cubic meters of natural gas per year from Egypt to Lebanon via Syria, part of a US-backed effort to address Lebanon's crippling blackouts with electricity and gas transfers. The deal, signed at a ceremony at the Lebanese energy ministry…

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Hezbollah Members Get Life Terms for Hariri’s Death

Appeals judges at an international tribunal sentenced two members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah to life imprisonment Thursday for their roles in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and the deaths of 21 other people in a massive bombing in Beirut in 2005. Neither of the convicted men, Hassan…

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Lebanese Stance on Border Dispute with Israel Enables More Talks, US Mediator Says

Indirect negotiations to resolve a maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel will be bolstered by a proposal Lebanese officials presented to a US mediator in Beirut on Tuesday, Washington's envoy said. "I think that it will enable negotiations to go forward," mediator Amos Hochstein said in an interview with…

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Lebanon Preparing to Offer Compromise on Maritime Spat with Israel, Officials Say

Lebanon is preparing to offer a compromise to US energy envoy Amos Hochstein to resolve a dispute with Israel over maritime gas resources, three Lebanese officials with knowledge of the negotiations told Reuters. Hochstein landed in Beirut on Monday at the invitation of the Lebanese government, which had objected to…

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Egypt Affirms 'Full Support' for Lebanon to Overcome 'Difficult Circumstances'

Egypt renewed its “full support” for Lebanon to overcome its “difficult conditions”, pointing to the importance of reviving production rather than relying solely on foreign aid. Egypt’s Minister of Social Solidarity Nivine El-Kabbag concluded a three-day visit to Beirut on Sunday, within the work program of the delegation of the…

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Israel Threatens Massive Strikes against Lebanon

Israeli Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi has warned that overwhelming force would be used in Lebanon during the next potential war. Kochavi's threat was made on the eve of the arrival of US mediator Amos Holstein to Beirut, who is trying to revive the indirect negotiations on the maritime borders…

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Lebanese Protest Israel Vessel at Karish Gas Field

Hundreds of people and several lawmakers protested Saturday in southern Lebanon against Israel moving a gas production vessel into an offshore field partly claimed by Beirut. The demonstration comes just days before the US envoy mediating maritime border talks between the two neighbors is expected in Lebanon, and after the…

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Politicians Reject Nasrallah’s Rhetoric on Maritime Border Dispute with Israel

Recent threats of war by Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah over Israel’s oil exploration in disputed maritime waters have sparked a wave of criticism in Lebanon, especially with the arrival of a US mediator to Beirut to resume the border demarcation negotiations. In a radio interview, MP Marwan Hamadeh underlined…

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US Envoy to Visit Lebanon, Discuss Israel Maritime Talks

The United States will send an envoy to Lebanon next week to discuss the country's energy crisis and underscore Washington's hope that Beirut and Israel can reach a decision delimiting their maritime boundary, the State Department said on Friday. Amos Hochstein, the State Department's senior advisor for energy security, will…

Reuters

U.S. envoy to visit Lebanon, discuss Israel maritime talks - State Dept

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Corruption Probe into Lebanon Central Bank Governor Moves to Next Stage

A year-long corruption investigation into Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh took a significant step forward on Thursday, when the country's top public prosecutor referred the case to a Beirut court. Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat ordered Salameh and a number of unnamed associates be formally investigated for embezzlement, money laundering, illicit…

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