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‘Death Boats’ from Lebanon … Journey to the ‘European Dream’ or Bottom of the Sea

Lebanon had transformed in the past two years into a platform for the departure of migrants to Europe. Over 85 journeys left the country in 2022 alone. A Lebanese security source said the smuggling operations existed before the crisis that has been engulfing the country since 2019, but they have…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Ambassador: Kingdom Keen on Lebanon’s Security, Stability

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Waleed al-Bukhari underscored on Saturday the Kingdom’s keenness on Lebanon’s security and stability. He met with MP Ashraf Rifi in the northern city of Tripoli of which he was given a tour. The envoy stressed the need for officials to “prioritize the higher interest” of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli PM Rejects Lebanese ‘amendments’ To Maritime Border And Gas Deal

Lapid accused by Netanyahu for caving into Hezbollah threats while rejecting changes in Israel-Lebanese border and gas deal

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US Affirms Lebanon-Israel Maritime Border Demarcation Deal Is ‘Within Reach’

The US is working to resolve disputes stalling the agreement for demarcating maritime borders between Lebanon and Israel, according to a message the US Department of State sent to Asharq Al-Awsat. Although US mediator Amos Hochstein has presented a drafted agreement that meets Lebanon's demands in principle, complications arose and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Downplays Reports of Israeli Rejection of its Proposals

Lebanese officials downplayed the importance of reports that pointed to Israel’s rejection of Lebanon’s remarks on the draft agreement pertaining to the demarcation of the maritime borders.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese banks to close ‘indefinitely’ as hold-ups continue

Lebanon’s banks have been in crisis for months as depositors demand access to their savings.

Al Jazeera

Lebanon Inspecting New Suspected Cases of Cholera

Lebanon’s health minister said on Friday that authorities are inspecting suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after the cash-strapped country confirmed its first case of the illness since 1993. The news came almost a month after an outbreak of the illness in neighboring war-torn Syria. Firas Abiad, Lebanon’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Lebanon inspecting new suspected cases of cholera

Lebanon’s health minister has said the authorities are inspecting new suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after confirming its first case of the illness in the country since 1993

The Independent UK

Lebanese Banks Unanimously Close Doors Indefinitely

Lebanese banks have unanimously decided to close their doors to clients indefinitely after a series of holdups by depositors seeking funds frozen in the banking system because of the country's financial meltdown, two bankers told Reuters. Banks will continue urgent operations for clients and back-office services for businesses, the bankers…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon: Mikati Calls for Serious Effort to Elect New President

Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati met on Thursday with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai and stressed the need for unity among political factions, and called for serious efforts to elect a new president in the crisis-hit nation.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fake pistols, sit-ins, and stand-offs: Lebanon’s banks on frontline of crisis

Robberies of banks, by depositors seeking access to their own money, are increasingly commonplace as system collapses

The Guardian - UK

Lebanon Announces First Cholera Case in Almost 30 Years

Lebanon’s health ministry on Thursday announced the crisis-hit country’s first case of cholera in decades. The announcement comes as neighboring war-torn Syria is struggling to contain a cholera outbreak that has spread across the country over the past month. Lebanon began a downward spiral in late 2019 that has plunged…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon and Israel 'at critical stage' in maritime border talks –U.S. Official

Lebanon and Israel are at "a critical stage" in negotiations to demarcate their shared maritime border and "gaps have narrowed," a U.S. official said on Thursday.

Reuters

Maritime gas deal in jeopardy as Israel ‘rejects’ Lebanon changes

Israel said it will reject list of amendments that Beirut had requested to a draft deal on maritime border delineation.

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Axios

Israel rejects Lebanon's changes to draft maritime deal

The major crisis in the U.S.-mediated talks could lead to a military escalation between Israel and Hezbollah.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Years Away From Gas Riches Despite Israel Deal, Analysts Say

Lebanon is nearing agreement with Israel over a maritime dispute involving offshore gas fields, but the cash-strapped country still faces an uphill struggle towards unlocking potential hydrocarbon riches, analysts said. "A deal would mark one step forward but it does not mean that Lebanon has become a gas- or oil-producing…

Reuters

Israel rejects Lebanese revisions to U.S.-mediate maritime deal

Israel rejected on Thursday revisions requested by Lebanon to a U.S.-mediated border demarcation proposal, throwing into doubt years of diplomatic efforts to enable both enemy countries to extract gas in or around a disputed Mediterranean prospect.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Judge Fines Lebanese Bank Heist Figure, Issues Travel Ban

A Lebanese judge on Thursday fined and issued a six-month travel ban to a woman who stormed her bank with a fake pistol and took her trapped savings to cover her sister's cancer treatment. Lebanon’s cash-strapped banks have imposed strict limits on withdrawals of foreign currency since 2019, tying up…

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Reuters

Explainer-Israel, Lebanon closing in on maritime border deal

Lebanon and Israel are closer than ever to signing a deal demarcating their maritime border, opening the door to new oil and gas exploration, after years of U.S.-brokered negotiations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Rejects Lebanese Revision Requests on Maritime Deal

Israel on Thursday rejected revisions requested by Lebanon to a US-mediated border demarcation proposal, throwing into doubt years of diplomatic efforts to enable both enemy countries to extract gas in or around a disputed Mediterranean prospect. The draft deal, which has not been made public, had a mostly warm preliminary…

Reuters

Lebanon says maritime deal 'make or break' after Israel snubs request for changes

Lebanon said U.S.-brokered talks to demarcate its maritime border with longtime foe Israel were at a "make or break" point on Thursday after Israel rejected revisions to a draft deal requested by Beirut, throwing years of diplomatic efforts into doubt.

France 24

Fleeing Lebanon to escape poverty: At least 100 die in migrant shipwreck

Three years into Lebanon's devastating financial collapse, some 80 percent of the population is now living below the poverty line. The situation is driving more and more people to risk their lives on the open seas. Last month, at least a hundred people drowned when a migrant boat capsized off…

The Independent UK

Lebanese lawmaker demands trapped bank savings

A Lebanese member of Parliament has entered a bank branch near Beirut demanding some of her trapped savings to cover medical expenses

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Govt to Approve Maritime Border Deal with Lebanon Despite Right-Wing Opposition

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz stressed that their government would overcome political and legal objections to the agreement with Lebanon on maritime border demarcation. They assured the Israeli and Lebanese public that the decision of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem to conduct an examination of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanese Lawmaker Frees $8,500 in Trapped Bank Deposits

A Lebanese lawmaker entered a bank branch, accompanied by lawyers, and freed more than $8,000 in trapped dollar deposits on Wednesday to pay for surgery, her lawyer said. Cynthia Zarazir, who was elected to parliament in May, is the latest in a growing number of angry depositors who have forced…

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