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Security Council Calls on Lebanon to Implement Reforms

The UN Security Council on Friday called on Lebanese officials to implement much needed reforms and hold free and fair elections. In a statement, Council members “reiterated with urgency the need to implement previously outlined, tangible reforms which are necessary to help the Lebanese population.” An economic meltdown has sank…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Luxembourg Asks Lebanon for Information on Salameh's Finances –Source

Lebanon received a letter from Luxembourg authorities asking for information relating to Lebanon Central Bank Chief Riad Salameh's bank accounts and assets, a senior Lebanese judicial source confirmed to Reuters. The source did not elaborate. A spokesperson for Luxembourg's judiciary confirmed to Reuters in November it had opened "a criminal…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Luxembourg asks Lebanon for information on central bank chief's finances -Lebanese source

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Egypt Sends Urgent Aid to Lebanon

Egypt announced sending urgent medical and humanitarian aid to Lebanon on Thursday to help it overcome the economic and humanitarian crisis. Minister of Social Solidarity and Deputy Chairperson of Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) Nivine El-Kabbag directed the ERC and civil society organizations, namely Misr El Khair Foundation, Resala Association, Food…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Cen Bank Governor to Asharq Al-Awsat: My Conscience Is Clear, Campaign Against Me Is Political

The daily protests that surround Lebanon's Central Bank in the heart of the capital Beirut have not impacted the operations at the building.

Asharq Al-Awsat

IMF Will Only Support a 'Comprehensive Program' for Lebanon, Says Georgieva

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday the fund would only support a "comprehensive program" for Lebanon that would tackle all the country's ills, including corruption. "Our team is working very closely with their Lebanese counterparts," Georgieva told reporters.

Asharq Al-Awsat

As economy collapses, some young Lebanese turn to militancy

Dozens of young men from Lebanon's impoverished north have disappeared in recent months, often re-emerging with the Islamic State group in Iraq

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Dozens escape security crackdown, poverty in Lebanon to join ISIL

Security sources say at least 48 young men have disappeared from Tripoli and are suspected of joining ISIL in Iraq.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon: The assassination of activist Lokman Slim, one year on

Lebanese activist and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim was found dead in his car last year; his family await accountability.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon: US dollar savers fear they’ll foot crisis bill

Lebanese with savings trapped in US dollar accounts fear banks will be bailed out at their expense.

Al Jazeera

Rights Group Slams Lebanon for 'Flawed' Murder Probes

Human Rights Watch accused Lebanon on Thursday of "flawed" assassination probes and urged donors to review millions of dollars in aid to security forces in a country where crimes often go unpunished. "The unsolved murders and shoddy homicide investigations are a reminder of the dangerous weakness of Lebanon's rule of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Investigations into politically sensitive murders in Lebanon flawed-HRW

Flawed investigations and procedural violations in four politically sensitive murders highlight how donor funding and training for Lebanon's security forces and judiciary have failed to secure the rule of law, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

Reuters

Lebanon Paper Dodges Hezbollah Role, Resolutions 1559, 1701

The proposals exchanged by Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah, reveal Beirut’s disregard for the role played by Hezbollah and the items linked to the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions 1559 and 1701. Kuwait’s proposal includes 12-confidence building measures to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Skier Set to Make History at Beijing Games

Alpine skier Fayik Abdi said he is hoping to spread awareness of winter sports in Saudi Arabia as he aims to become the first athlete to represent the country at the Winter Olympics in Beijing this month. Abdi will compete in the giant slalom, which has attracted competitors from countries…

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Lebanon’s Savers to Bear Burden under New Rescue Plan

Two years into an economic meltdown the World Bank says is one of the worst recorded, Lebanon's rulers have proposed a way to plug a huge hole in the financial system they were blamed for making: savers will foot most of the bill, not banks or the state. The plan,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon's Taxi, Bus and Van Drivers Block Roads in Protest

Scores of Lebanon's taxi, bus and truck drivers started a three-day strike on Wednesday, blocking roads and demanding the government address surging prices and a broader economic crisis. It was the second time in three weeks unions held strike action, forcing schools, universities, and many shops to close. With public…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Security Forces To Curb Fuel Smuggling from Syria to Lebanon

Syrian authorities have closed the smuggling crossings along the border with northeastern Lebanon, in an effort to curb increasing smuggling of fuel, vegetables and livestock from Syria. Smuggling activities from Syrian territory to Lebanon have increased over the past months due to the difference in the prices of basic commodities.

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Lebanon's taxi, bus and van drivers block roads in protest

Scores of Lebanon’s taxi, bus and truck drivers have started a three-day strike, blocking roads and demanding the government do something to address surging prices and a broader economic crisis

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Lebanese Judge Subpoenas Central Bank Governor amid Misconduct Probe

A Lebanese judge said on Tuesday she had issued a subpoena for central bank governor Riad Salameh after he failed to show up for interrogation sessions as part of her probe into alleged misconduct initiated after Lebanon's 2019 financial meltdown. Judge Ghada Aoun confirmed to Reuters that she issued the…

Reuters

Cash-strapped Lebanon tells diplomats to find donors to fund embassies

Cash-strapped Lebanon has told embassies to look for donors to help cover their running costs, as it falls behind on paying diplomats' salaries and contemplates shutting missions abroad.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cash-Strapped Lebanon Tells Diplomats to Find Donors to Fund Embassies

Cash-strapped Lebanon has told embassies to look for donors to help cover their running costs, as it falls behind on paying diplomats' salaries and contemplates shutting missions abroad. A foreign ministry circular, dated Jan.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Power Cuts Turn Cafes into Co-working Spaces

The music is often hushed and the atmosphere studious -- for the patrons filling Beirut's cafes these days, the most important things are good lighting and stable wi-fi. That's because they now serve as substitute workplaces for people grappling with drastic electricity shortages and internet cuts stemming from Lebanon's unrelenting…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Vatican Envoy Accuses Lebanese Politicians of Profiting from Country’s Suffering

A Vatican envoy criticized Lebanon's politicians on his visit to Beirut on Tuesday, calling for an end to "the few profiting of the suffering of many" in a financial crisis which has plunged the bulk of the country into poverty. Archbishop Paul Gallagher's remarks come one week after the World…

Reuters

Vatican envoy slams Lebanese politicians during visit to Beirut

A Vatican envoy criticised Lebanon's politicians on his visit to Beirut on Tuesday, calling for an end to "the few profiting of the suffering of many" in a financial crisis which has plunged the bulk of the country into poverty.

Asharq Al-Awsat

One Year On, Justice on Hold for Slain Lebanese Activist Lokman Slim

A year after the murder of Lebanese intellectual and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim, his family is still searching for accountability in a country where crimes often go unpunished. "We really need justice for Lokman," his widow Monika Borgmann told AFP from their home in the southern suburbs of the capital…

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