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Lebanon seeks to name second investigator to stalled Beirut blast probe

Lebanon's judiciary wants to appoint a second judge to a stalled investigation into the Beirut port blast, according to a letter seen by Reuters, further complicating efforts to hold officials to account over a tragedy that killed more than 220 people.

Reuters

Mangoush Not First Woman to Chair Arab League FMs Session

An ordinary session for Arab League foreign ministers kickstarted on Tuesday in Cairo with Libya heading the meeting after taking over from Lebanon to chair the talks. The session is being led by Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush, who indicated in a tweet that she is “the first woman to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Human Rights Groups Condemn Torture in Lebanese Prisons

International human rights groups Tuesday condemned acts of torture in Lebanese prisons following the death of a Syrian refugee in detention and urged authorities to transfer the investigation into his death from a military to a civil court. Photos surfaced last week of the battered body of a Syrian who…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Lebanon’s Tourism Season Attracts $5 Billion

Lebanon’s summer season constituted a lifeline for the country that has been stricken by an unprecedented economic and financial collapse since 2019.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon's President: TotalEnergies could help Lebanon in maritime demarcation with Israel

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday that France-based oil and gas company, TotalEnergies, could help his country solve maritime demarcation issues with Israel, according to a post from the presidency office on Twitter.

Reuters

Aoun: TotalEnergies Could Help Lebanon in Maritime Demarcation With Israel

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday that France-based oil and gas company, TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), could help his country solve maritime demarcation issues with Israel, according to a post from the presidency office on Twitter. Aoun would make "contacts to help in this regard, will increase communications this month", the…

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Who Marginalized Role of Premiership in Lebanon after Rafik Hariri’s Assassination?

The 1989 Taif Accord that ended the Lebanese civil war (1975-90) transformed the position of prime minister into an effective partner in power. The position was consolidated with the arrival of Rafik Hariri to the post in late 1992. The businessman managed to invest his extensive Arab and international relations…

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Lebanese Migrants Adrift in Mediterranean Plead for Rescue

Dozens of Lebanese and Syrian migrants who are adrift in the Mediterranean on a fishing boat that has taken on water pleaded with European coast guards Monday to save them, saying two children on board have already died. The roughly 60 migrants also told relatives and volunteer groups by satellite…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dozens of Lebanese and Syrian refugees stranded for days at sea

Two children have died, refugees say, as about 60 of them remain stranded for days on a boat in the Mediterranean.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon seen through a local lens with photographer Tamara Saade

Lebanese photographer Tamara Saade has captured the past two years in Lebanon in her exhibition "Tiers of trauma". Some 30 photos set the tone of the exhibition, which includes images of protests, life in the aftermath of the 2020 Beirut explosion, and everyday life of locals who continue to live…

Radio France Internationale

Geagea: Aoun Is Worst President in Lebanon’s History

Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea launched on Sunday a scathing attack against President Michel Aoun and his son-in-law, head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Gebran Bassil, calling for the election of a president who will save Lebanon from its crisis. Speaking an LF event commemorating its martyrs,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Mediator in Lebanon-Israel Maritime Talks to Arrive in Beirut this Week

Amos Hochstein, the US diplomat mediating talks between Lebanon and Israel over their shared maritime border, will be in Beirut at the end of the week, a statement from Lebanon’s presidential palace said on Sunday. The statement said Hochstein would be in Lebanon to follow up on discussions with the…

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Lebanon flotilla rallies at Israel sea border ahead of talks

Lebanese protesters have sailed down the country's coast in dozens of fishing boats and yachts toward Israel, days before a U.S. envoy is expected in Beirut to continue mediating in a maritime border dispute between the two countries

The Independent UK

U.S. mediator in Lebanon-Israel maritime talks to arrive in Beirut this week

Amos Hochstein, the U.S diplomat mediating talks between Lebanon and Israel over their shared maritime border, will be in Beirut at the end of the week, a statement from Lebanon’s presidential palace said on Sunday.

Reuters

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Lebanon: Death of Syrian Detainee under Torture Disconcerts Security, Judicial Authorities

The death of a Syrian young man under torture inside a state security prison in southern Lebanon sparked confusion at the security, judicial and political levels, and brought back to the fore the file of torture in pretrial detention centers. Lebanese sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the arrested Syrian, Bashar…

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Lebanon Maintains Silence on Border Demarcation Talks with Israel

Lebanese officials maintained silence over the negotiations to demarcate the maritime borders with Israel, led by US mediator Amos Hochstein, amid recent indications on promising developments, especially with the direct intervention of President Joe Biden to advance the talks. A Lebanese source following the mediation asserted that the atmosphere surrounding…

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Money Transfer Firms Replace Banks in Lebanon

Like many people in crisis-hit Lebanon, Elias Skaff used to wait for hours to withdraw cash at the bank but now prefers money transfer companies as trust in lenders has evaporated, AFP reported. Anyone who relies on traditional banks to receive their money "will die 100 times before cashing it",…

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France Renews Caution against Further Collapse in Lebanon

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna warned on Friday that crisis-hit Lebanon will continue its collapse if Lebanese officials do not get up to save their country, as she reiterated France's support for the Lebanese people. Speaking at the annual meeting of France’s ambassadors throughout the world,…

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Israeli Attacks Squeeze Iranian Aerial Supplies to Syria, Sources Say

Israel has intensified strikes on Syrian airports to disrupt Tehran's increasing use of aerial supply lines to deliver arms to allies in Syria and Lebanon including Hezbollah, regional diplomatic and intelligence sources told Reuters. Tehran has adopted air transport as a more reliable means of ferrying military equipment to its…

Reuters

Israeli attacks squeeze Iranian aerial supplies to Syria, sources say

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Mulls Closing Down Several Diplomatic Missions

Since the beginning of 2022, Lebanon’s diplomatic missions abroad have not received their operating expenses, while ambassadors and employees are still waiting for the transfer of their accumulated salaries since May. The sharp decline of foreign currency reserves at the central bank (Banque du Liban) prompted Governor Riad Salameh to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Rampant Chaos': Lebanon State Sector Eroded by Grinding Crisis

Even as he battles Lebanon's summer heat without air-conditioning, judge Faysal Makki tries not to drink too much water because the toilets at the Justice Palace are broken. His printer still works, but if he wants to use it he needs to bring his own paper and ink cartridges because…

The Independent UK

Lebanese families file lawsuit against army for boat sinking

Survivors of a migrant boat that sank near northern Lebanon are filing lawsuits against the country's military

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Speaker Calls for Electing President that 'Unites Rather Than Divides'

Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri affirmed that the country is ready now "but not forever” to go into indirect negotiations with Israel under US mediation to demarcate the maritime borders. "The ball now is in the US court, and we're not advocates of war, but if our sovereignty gets threatened, we…

The Independent UK

Hezbollah at 40 stronger than ever but has more enemies

Forty years since it was founded, Lebanon's Hezbollah has transformed from a ragtag organization to the largest and most heavily armed militant group in the Middle East

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