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Edinburgh Palestinian refugee who helped hundreds after gas explosion starts new life

The Edinburgh graduate now plans to study for a PhD, saying this will “empower me to have a louder voice and advocate for my community”.

Edinburgh Live

Student graduates with distinction from Edinburgh university despite living in Palestinian refugee camp

Nahed Mansour cannot attend Heriot-Watt University ceremony in person because she lives in a camp in Tripoli, north Lebanon

Edinburgh Live

Palestinian refugee ready for ‘new chapter’ as she graduates with distinction

Nahed Mansour, 34, completed the course online from her home in a refugee camp in Lebanon.

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Lebanese cabinet to meet after long hiatus, financial reforms not on agenda

Lebanon's caretaker government will hold its first session in more than six months next week but the agenda, seen by Reuters, omits any mention of possible steps towards fulfilling reforms required for an IMF deal to ease the country's financial crisis.

Reuters

US Imposes Additional ‘Hezbollah’-Related Sanctions

The United States on Thursday sanctioned individuals and companies for allegedly providing financial services to and facilitating weapons procurement for the Lebanese “Hezbollah,” the US Treasury Department stated. “The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against two individuals and two companies based in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UNHCR to Remove Obstacles Hindering Return of Syrian Refugees

Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), announced on Thursday that the agency is working with Syrian authorities to remove obstacles preventing the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland. During a meeting at the Grand Serail with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Grandi said the UN…

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US hits Hezbollah accountants with terrorism sanctions

The Biden administration is slapping terrorism sanctions on two accountants and two companies in Lebanon for providing the militant group Hezbollah with financial services

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U.S. sanctions Hezbollah's accountants, weapons facilitator

The United States on Thursday sanctioned individuals and companies for allegedly providing financial services to and facilitating weapons procurement for Hezbollah, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

Reuters

Syria Receives Cholera Vaccines Ahead of Inoculation Drive

Syria has received two million doses of cholera vaccines, the first to reach the country during a months-long outbreak, the country's health ministry said Wednesday. The war-torn country has been suffering from a cholera outbreak since September and has struggled to contain it due to its devastated water and health…

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Geagea: Dialogue with Hezbollah, its Allies Is a Waste of Time

Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea usually prefers to remain optimistic, in contrast to the dreariness in Lebanon that is grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis. The situation has also worsened with the country plunging in presidential vacuum with rival political forces failing to elect a successor to Michel…

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Iran May Have Supplied Hezbollah With Chemical Weapons

The Lebanese terror group would not need help from Syria or Iran to build rudimentary chemical warheads.

Zenger

US-Iran Match Reflects a Regional Rivalry for Many Arab Fans

The US team’s must-win World Cup match against Iran will be closely watched across the Middle East, where the two nations have been engaged in a cold war for over four decades and where many blame one or both for the region’s woes. Critics of Iran say it has fomented…

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US-Iran match reflects a regional rivalry for many Arab fans

The U.S. team’s must-win World Cup match against Iran will be closely watched across the Middle East

The Independent UK

Beirut 'neighbourhood watch' echoes troubled past

In the darkness of Beirut's unlit streets, men wielding batons and torches are taking security into their own hands in an initiative they hope will keep neighbourhoods safe but critics see as a worrying echo of Lebanon's troubled past.

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Lebanon: Hezbollah Calls for Election of a President Capable of Leading Dialogue on Arms

Lebanon’s Hezbollah party called for holding dialogue over its weapons, and for the election of a president, “who has the ability” to carry out economic rescue efforts and to discuss the country’s defense strategy with the participation of all Lebanese components. Seven successive parliamentary sessions have failed to elect a…

Daily Mirror

Influencer accuses airline of discriminating because she’s ‘too fat’

Juliana Nehme, 38, was returning from a holiday in Lebanon with relatives to her native Brazil via Doha - but claims Qatar Airlines officials said she would need to buy a significantly more expensive first class seat after already forking out $947 (£783) on economy

The Independent UK

‘Humiliated’ plus-size model claims Qatar Airways denied her boarding for being ‘too fat for economy’

Airline says woman was kept off plane for being ‘extremely rude and aggressive to check-in staff’

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Lebanon’s Central Bank Says Audit of Gold Reserves Completed ‘Successfully’

Lebanon’s Central Bank announced on Friday that the audit of the bank’s gold reserves- coins and ingots- which came at the request of the International Monetary Fund, has been completed “successfully.” The bank said that the amount of gold bullions declared corresponded exactly with the quantity of gold in its…

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Lebanon: World Bank Rules out Economic Recovery if Political Paralysis Continues

The World Bank has refuted the anticipations of Banque du Liban (The Central Bank of Lebanon) of a 2 percent growth in GDP in 2022, expecting Lebanon to “contract by 5.4 percent in 2022 amid political paralysis and delays in implementing an economic recovery plan.” “The depth and duration of…

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Lebanon MPs Again Fail to Elect President despite Economic Crisis

Lebanese lawmakers failed for a seventh time Thursday to elect a successor to former president Michel Aoun, even though the vacancy is hampering efforts to rescue the stricken economy. Parliament is split between supporters of the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and its opponents, neither of whom have a clear majority.…

The Independent UK

Lebanese reformist, another lawmaker lose parliament seats

Lebanon's constitutional council has taken away parliament seats from two newly elected lawmakers, including an activist who had pledged to fight corruption

Reuters

Lebanese constitutional council rules Hezbollah ally Karami won election seat

Lebanon's constitutional council on Thursday found that Hezbollah ally Faisal Karami had in fact won a seat in parliament during May's election and voided the election of opposition lawmaker Rami Finge.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Tenfold Increase in Customs Duties

The Ministry of Finance announced on Wednesday that the government will start collecting customs duties with a tenfold increase, starting the first of December. The announcement came a day after the Governor of the Banque du Liban said that the official exchange rate of the dollar would be raised to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Seeks $5 Mn to Broadcast World Cup on National TV

The Lebanese authorities were unable to reach a legal agreement that gives the Lebanese free access to watch the World Cup 2022, amid a vacuum at the top state post and a caretaker cabinet with limited powers to take such decisions. Officials failed at clinching an agreement to secure a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Central Bank to Use Forex Rate of 15,000 Pounds per Dollar as of Feb. 1

Lebanon's central bank will adopt an exchange rate of 15,000 Lebanese pounds per US dollar as of Feb. 1 as part of a process to unify the country's multiple exchange-rate system, Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh said on Monday. The central bank's official rate is currently set at 1,500…

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