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Washington Denies Imposing Sanctions on Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor

The US State Department denied on Saturday that it was considering imposing sanctions on Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh. “We have seen these rumors, and while we generally are not discussing any possible sanctions, I can confirm that these rumors are not based on facts,” a US State Department…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon’s Finance Minister Says Difficult to Replace C. Bank Head Salameh

Lebanese Finance Minister Youssef Khalil said replacing central bank governor Riad Salameh, who has held the job for three decades, would be difficult and that his term may be extended though no consensus has yet been reached. Salameh, who is being investigated by European and Lebanese prosecutors for alleged embezzlement…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Three Soldiers Killed in Clashes with Drug Dealers

Three Lebanese soldiers were killed on Thursday in an exchange of fire with drug dealers in the Bekaa region east of Lebanon. The military raided the hideouts and residences of the suspects in the Hor Taala town in Bekaa. The suspects opened fire at the soldiers. Three military personnel and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Protesters in Beirut smash banks as Lebanese pound spirals

Angry protesters in Lebanon have smashed windows and set tires on fire outside two of the country’s biggest banks in Beirut, as the value of the local currency hit a new low and poverty deepens

The Independent UK

Banks Warn against Lebanon 'Isolation'

Banks in Lebanon warned of the “gravity” of judicial accusations leveled against a number of them for “money laundering” and said that this will have repercussions on banking transactions. In a first, a new lawsuit affected an Arab bank operating in Lebanon, which is the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK).…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saad Hariri Commemorates Father’s Assassination, Surrounded by Thousands of Supporters

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri commemorated on Tuesday the eighteenth anniversary of the assassination of his father, late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, refraining from giving a speech before thousands of supporters, so as not to give the occasion a political dimension. Hariri, who landed on Sunday evening in Beirut…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Western, Regional Ambassadors Pressure Lebanon to Elect New President

Western and regional powers have warned they will reconsider “all ties” with Lebanon if parliament fails to elect a president amid a worsening financial crisis, the prime minister's office said Monday. Support for Lebanon will begin after the election of a new head of state and the implementation of reforms,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Lebanese Army Commander Rejects Extension of His Term

Lebanon’s Army Commander General Joseph Aoun is opposed to the extension of his mandate, Lebanese political sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. This comes as Parliament is preparing to hold a legislative session to approve the extension of the tenure of the country’s security chiefs, in light of the ongoing failure to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Guardian view on Lebanon’s crisis: a people betrayed

Editorial: The elite are running the country into the ground, while poor and middle-class people face economic collapse and vanishing services

The Guardian - UK

Leila Khaled: Rafik Hariri Transferred Wadie Haddad’s Weapons to Europe

Episode One Journalists sometimes fall into the trap of being drawn into the story of a thorny, sensual, or cruel man who has a remarkable role at a certain stage. The man’s name could be Vladimir Putin, Saddam Hussein, or Muammar Gaddafi. I was attracted to stories shrouded in so…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese C.bank Chief Salameh Says He Will Not Seek New Term

Lebanon's veteran central bank chief Riad Salameh said he would not seek a new term in office once his latest six-year stint at the head of the Banque du Liban ends. "My decision is that, at the end of the term, it will be a page I turned in my…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Developer Jean Nassif declines to front inquiry into 'impropriety' claims in Sydney's north-west

Sydney property developer Jean Nassif has declined to appear before a NSW parliamentary inquiry into the Hills Shire Council before the state election, saying he will be in a remote part of Lebanon at the time.

ABC News

Iranian Official Reiterates from Beirut Tehran's Support for 'Lebanon and its Resistance'

Iranian Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Bagheri on Wednesday pointed to an "embargo exercised by the enemies of the region against Iran and Lebanon," saying, however, that he trusted Lebanon and its resistance in fighting these acts. Bagheri, who is also Iran's chief negotiator in international talks to revive the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Delegation of Lebanese Ministers Heads to Syria after Earthquake

Lebanon is sending a high-level delegation to Damascus on Wednesday to see how to provide assistance following the devastating earthquake that hit several areas in northwestern Syria earlier this week. The ministerial delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and Public Works and Transport Minister Ali Hamieh.

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The Independent UK

Lebanese banks close doors to customers to protest ruling

Lebanon’s battered commercial banks have closed their doors to customers in protest of a recent court ruling that forced one of the country’s largest banks to pay out two of its depositors their trapped savings in cash

Asharq Al-Awsat

Another Arab Citizen Flees to Lebanon without Israeli Army Detection

Another Arab citizen from Israel has managed to cross the border into Lebanon without the Israeli army detecting them.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Suffers its Share of Devastating Earthquake

Lebanon has had its share of fear and terror of the massive earthquake that struck southern Türkiye and northern Syria on Monday. At around 3 a.m.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘I Want to Design a Crown for Youth of Lebanon,’ Fred Mouawad Tells Asharq Al-Awsat

Who knew that the crown that adorned the head of Miss Universe 2023 was a Lebanese creation? The rare piece, worth around $6 million, was created by Maison Mouawad at the initiative of Fred Mouawad, a fourth-generation member of the atelier founded in 1890. Named the eighth richest diamond owner…

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Lebanese Banks to Start Open-Ended Strike, to Keep ATMs Working

Banks in Lebanon will start an open-ended strike from Tuesday but will keep ATMs operating for basic services, the Lebanese Banks Association said on Monday, urging authorities to pass overdue measures to deal with a deep financial crisis. The decision came after a meeting by the association to discuss judicial…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Al-Rahi Accuses Complacent MPs of ‘Great Treason’ for Failing to Elect President

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi launched on Sunday a scathing attack against “complacent” MPs who have failed to elect a president since Michel Aoun’s term ended in November. During his Sunday sermon, he said the lawmakers’ blind following of their political leaders was tantamount to “great treason.” The Lebanese people…

Radio France Internationale

Paris summit in effort to lift Lebanon out of political paralysis

France on Monday hosts an international meeting as part of attempts to end the political and social deadlock in Lebanon, against a background of the worst-ever financial crisis in the Mediterranean country.

Axios

First UN aid convoy reaches northern Syria as quake death toll tops 19,000

Officials warned the death toll would likely rise, with many reported trapped beneath the rubble of razed buildings.

The Guardian - AU

Thousands killed in major quakes – as it happened

Numbers of dead expected to increase rapidly amid desperate search and rescue operations following two quakes on Monday

Al Jazeera

Major earthquakes kill thousands of people in Turkey and Syria

Rescue efforts after magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 tremors complicated by severe winter conditions.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Hopes UNESCO Danger Listing Could Save Crumbling Modernist Fairground

Its arch is cracking and its vast pavilions lie empty, but the crumbling Rachid Karami International Fair in Lebanon's port city Tripoli now has hope of revival, having been added to the United Nations' list of world heritage sites in danger. Designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1962, the…

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