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Beirut port blast justice postponed as renewed probe is rejected

Lebanon's top public prosecutor on Wednesday charged the judge investigating the Beirut port blast and ordered the release of those detained in connection with the explosion, derailing an attempt to resume the probe into the devastating event.

Reuters

Prosecutor orders release of Beirut port blast detainees

A lawyer for two detainees and judicial officials say Lebanon’s top prosecutor has ordered all suspects detained in the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast released

The Independent UK

Lebanon's top public prosecutor says he has summoned Beirut blast judge

Lebanon's top public prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat told Reuters that he had summoned the judge investigating the Beirut port blast, after rejecting the judge's surprise resumption of the probe into the explosion.

Reuters

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Gov’t mismanagement, external pressures as Arab currencies crash

Several Arab countries outside the Gulf have seen currency devaluation and rising inflation.

Al Jazeera

Lebanese Protest Record-Low Value of Local Currency

Protesters burned tires and held up handfuls of local currency bills on Wednesday at the entrance of the Lebanese Central Bank in Beirut, furious over the spiraling devaluation of the lira. Lebanon's economic meltdown, which began in 2019, has cost the lira around 97% of its value. The decline has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese protest record-low value of local currency

Protesters burned tyres and held up handfuls of local currency bills on Wednesday at the entrance of the Lebanese central bank in Beirut, furious over the spiralling devaluation of the lira.

Reuters

US reroutes $72M in aid for wages for Lebanese army, police

The United States is rerouting $72 million of America’s assistance to Lebanon to help the cash-strapped government boost wages of its soldiers and police officers

The Independent UK

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How ancient seeds from the Fertile Crescent could help save us from climate change

Some of the tens of thousands of seeds stored at a facility in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley may hold keys to helping the planet's food supply adapt to climate change. Many seeds were saved from Syria's war.

WEKU

U.S. boosts depleted salaries of Lebanon security forces via U.N

The United States announced on Wednesday it would provide $72 million as cash stipends to Lebanon's security forces through a bespoke United Nations programme after a currency meltdown slashed salaries.

Reuters

US Boosts Depleted Salaries of Lebanon Security Forces via UN

The United States announced on Wednesday it would provide $72 million as cash stipends to Lebanon's security forces through a bespoke United Nations program after a currency meltdown slashed salaries. Lebanon's currency has lost about 97% of its value against the dollar since the country's financial system collapsed in 2019,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese environmental group accused of being Hezbollah arm

Green Without Borders says it's an environmental group planting trees around Lebanon

The Independent UK

US Sanctions Lebanon Money Exchanger for Alleged Ties to Hezbollah

The US Treasury said on Tuesday it was placing sanctions on Lebanese money exchanger Hassan Moukalled and his business for alleged financial ties to blacklisted group Hezbollah. Its announcement said Moukalled was a financial adviser to Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which is also designated by the United States, and carried out financial…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.S. sanctions Lebanon money exchanger for alleged ties to Hezbollah

The U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday it was placing sanctions on Lebanese money exchanger Hassan Moukalled and his business for alleged financial ties to blacklisted group Hezbollah.

Reuters

Lebanon's Bitar wages uphill struggle for justice over port blast

For Lebanese desperate to see accountability over the catastrophic Beirut port explosion, investigator Judge Tarek Bitar symbolizes hope that justice may one day be served in a country where impunity has long been the norm.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UNRWA Appeals for $1.6 Bln in Funding

The UN agency that delivers basic services to millions of Palestinian refugees appealed on Tuesday for $1.6 billion in funding after its head warned it was struggling to fulfill its mandate due to spiraling costs and shrinking resources. Established in 1949 following the first Arab-Israeli war, UNRWA provides public services…

Reuters

Lebanon blast judge charges former PM Hassan Diab with homicide -court summons

The judge investigating the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast has charged then-premier Hassan Diab and two other former ministers with homicide with probable intent, according to a court summons seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Reuters

Lebanese 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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Blast Investigator Charges Former PM, Top Public Prosecutor

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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