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Ukraine war's spillover swamps poor countries still reeling from Covid-19

Over the past 120 years, a Beirut bakery has survived civil war, Lebanon's financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. Fighting in Ukraine, disrupting food and energy supplies world-wide, may soon put it out of business.

Bangkok Post

Sadeq Al Sabbah Awarded Lebanon's National Order of the Cedar

Lebanese producer Sadeq Al Sabbah was awarded the National Order of The Cedar on Sunday. Held at Beirut's Grand Serail, the ceremony was attended by politicians, artists, and media personalities. The honor was ordered by President Michel Aoun. He was represented at the ceremony by Prime Minister Najib Mikati who…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pope Francis Tells Aoun Lebanon Is at Heart of His Concerns

Pope Francis reiterated his intention to visit Beirut imminently, stressing that Lebanon was at the center of his concerns. His comments came during a meeting with President Michel Aoun at the Vatican on Monday. A statement by the Holy See Press Office said the talks were “cordial”, adding that the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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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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Ali Cherri: If you prick us, do we not bleed? at the National Gallery review - vandalism made good

The Beirut-born artist has explored the histories of vandalised art and in doing so reveals them afresh

Evening Standard

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

Reuters

Lebanese Judge Bans Five Bank Board Chiefs from Travel

A Lebanese prosecutor on Thursday issued travel bans against the heads of the boards of five Lebanese banks, the prosecutor told Reuters. Ghada Aoun issued the bans against Salim Sfeir of Bank of Beirut, Samir Hanna of Bank Audi, Antoun Sehnaoui of SGBL, Saad Azhari of Blom Bank, and Raya…

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Lebanon Central Bank Seeks Names of Those Who Failed to Repatriate Funds amid Crisis

Lebanon's central bank has asked commercial banks to provide the names of political figures who failed to comply with a circular ordering them to repatriate funds sent abroad in the lead-up to the country's 2019 financial meltdown. Lebanon's financial crisis, which the World Bank has labeled one of the deepest…

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Arab Women Entrepreneurs Defy Odds with Leap into Sportswear

Nathaly Daou zigzags through an underground fabric store in Beirut, pulling out bolts of neon Lycra and patterned polyester before settling on a roll of white cotton. Finding affordable fabric for her budding sportswear line during Lebanon's economic crisis has been a challenge for the 36-year-old entrepreneur, one of several…

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Beirut Arab International Book Fair Declares Resistance, Challenge

The Beirut Arab International Book Fair has opened its doors on Thursday after a three-year hiatus. Although its 62nd and last edition took place in 2018, this didn’t help keep it out of the Lebanese disputes. Publishers were divided; some believed Beirut needs some hope and everyone should defy the…

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US Concerned at ‘Abuses’ in Lebanese Banking System, Urges Probes

A US Treasury delegation urged Lebanese authorities to mount investigations into what it described as abuses within the Lebanese banking system by members of the political and economic elite, the US Treasury said on Wednesday. The unusually candid statement issued at the end of a three-day visit to Beirut by…

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Lebanon's position on Ukraine should not affect ties with Moscow - envoy

Lebanon's condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine "will not affect considerably" Moscow's relations with Beirut, the Russian ambassador said on Sunday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Turn to Public Libraries to Check Out of Financial Crunch

In many countries, public libraries are considered a dying relic amid the shift to digital, but in Lebanon they are getting a new lease of life as its economy flatlines. Every Friday afternoon, Munira Khalifa takes her son Elia to a public library in Beirut for a weekly storytelling event…

The Independent UK

Lebanese authorities say they have foiled 3 militant attacks

Lebanon's interior minister says authorities have thwarted attempts by members of the Islamic State group to carry out three attacks near the capital Beirut that would have inflicted a large number of civilian casualties

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Lebanon Foils 3 Planned Suicide Attacks, Interior Minister Says

Lebanese security forces have foiled plans by militants linked to ISIS to carry out three suicide attacks in Beirut's southern suburbs, the interior minister said on Wednesday. The plans for the attacks involved rocket-propelled grenades and gun fire as well as suicide vests rigged with explosives that would have killed…

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Lebanon Cracks Down on 2 Houthi-Affiliated TV Stations

Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi requested that the General Security and Internal Security Forces probe two television stations affiliated with the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen that are operating from Beirut. He ordered the probe to determine from where the al-Masira and al-Sahat channels are being broadcast so that the…

Al Jazeera

Beirut blast survivors say demolishing grain silos an ‘injustice’

The 50-metre tall grain silos shielded several Beirut neighbourhoods from the blast that killed more than 200 people.

Al Jazeera

‘Sending a message’: Lebanese act out their pain in a play

Get to Know Each Other is a play but also part of a wider social programme that includes group psychological support.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Al Jazeera

‘Listen to our pleas’: Beirut blast victims demand global support

Relatives call for international inquiry to help push forward a floundering local investigation into the explosion.

Reuters

Loud sound heard, Israeli jets seen over Beirut -security source, witness

A loud sound in Beirut probably was caused by Israeli warplanes flying over the Lebanese capital, according to a security source and a Reuters witness.

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