The World Bank approved on Thursday the reallocation of $34 million to fund the procurement of Covid-19 vaccine for Lebanon, which is struggling to contain the number of coronavirus...
Algerian Energy Minister Abdelmadjid Attar asserted on Thursday that there was no crisis with Lebanon regarding the shipment of so-called adulterated fuel by the state-owned oil company Sonatrach. According...
Swiss officials have opened an investigation into Lebanon’s central bank governor over allegations of money laundering.
Residents of Al-Jalil Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley suffer very difficult living conditions all times of the year, but their suffering doubles during winter due to a severe shortage...
The Iranian parliament announced yesterday that it is preparing a draft resolution on a "defence and security treaty for the Axis of Resistance" which it will sign with its...
Lebanon's caretaker health minister signed a final deal on Sunday to secure 2.1 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine as the country battles a steep rise in infections, Reuters reports....
Lebanon's top Christian cleric has urged President Michel Aoun to set up a reconciliation meeting with Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri to form a cabinet and end the country's political...
The New York Jets have announced they reached an agreement in principle to hire Lebanese-American Robert Saleh, setting him on the path to become the first Muslim head coach...
Hospitals in Lebanon have reached full capacity due to Covid
Three Syrian businessmen have been linked to the purchase of the explosives that caused the Beirut blast last August. The link has been made in a documentary aired by...
Human rights in Lebanon have seen the most drastic deterioration in decades, according to the Human Rights Watch's (HRW) World Report 2021. The country's poverty rate doubled in 2020 as...
Boris Prokoshev, the captain of the ship that carried the ammonium nitrate that led to an explosion at Beirut port in August, said he was "shocked" to learn that...
Lebanon has submitted an official complaint with the United Nations (UN) against Israel's continued violations of the country's sovereignty, the Lebanese National News Agency reported. On Tuesday, the agency...
Lebanon is set to receive $246 million in emergency from the World Bank, the New Arab reported. The aid package, set to help an estimated 786,000 vulnerable Lebanese through the country's...
Interpol issued three international arrest notices yesterday for the captain and owner of the ship that caused the Beirut blast on 4 August, Associated Press (AP) reported. The MH Rhosus carried 2,750...
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's recent visit to Turkey came with an Arab mandate to open the doors of mediation between Ankara and Riyadh, Lebanon's Al-Jadeed TV channel reported. Hariri's unannounced...
Lebanese President Michel Aoun was caught on camera yesterday accusing Prime Minister-delegate Saad Hariri of "lying". The leaked video, which was caught by local television channel Al Jadeed's camera team, shows...
Lebanese people lined up outside supermarkets and grocery stores in the capital Beirut and other cities to stock up on food as the government announced a tightening of its lockdown...
Lebanon announced a tightening of its lockdown on Monday, introducing a 24-hour curfew from Thursday as COVID-19 infections overwhelm its medical system, reports Reuters. The new all-day curfew starts...
Lebanon's central bank governor said the dollar peg is "finished" in an interview with France24 last week. Riad Salameh, 70, who has headed Lebanon's central bank since 1993, told the French...
The leader of Lebanon's biggest Christian political party on Sunday ruled out joining a new government led by Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri, a new hurdle for efforts to pull...
Lebanon and Israel have rejected attempts to move maritime border demarcation talks to Europe. The attempted move comes after the indirect talks stalled in late November when negotiations reached...
Egyptian authorities seized a shipment of drugs estimated to be worth $39 million after discovering a container which was transiting through Port Said with over eight million fenethylline hydrochloride...
Lebanon will start preparing to build a field hospital provided by Qatar in the wake of the 4 August explosion, the961 reports. The plan was approved by the government and health ministry yesterday...
A Colombian man of Lebanese descent will be extradited to the US to face money laundering charges, a Cape Verde court ruled on Monday. Special envoy to Venezuela Alex...
Lebanese erupted in fury online after a statue of assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani appeared in Beirut
January 6, 2021 |
Omar Ahmed Kahlil Gibran is regarded as the third-best-selling poet of all time after Lao Tzu and William Shakespeare, largely because of his book The Prophet. First published in 1923 it...
Lebanon's health minister sparked outrage yesterday after claiming deaths caused by the Beirut port explosion were 'fate'. During a televised interview, Hamad Hassan added that he thought patients who had died...

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January 5, 2021 |
Eman Abusidu Ali Mazloum is one of millions of migrants whose story illustrates the determination and success of so many Lebanese refugees. When his father Mohammed arrived in Brazil in 1950,...
Elias Rahbani, who wrote songs for Lebanon's most revered singer Fairouz among many others, died on Monday at the age of 83, local media reported, reports Reuters. Elias was...
Lebanon announced a full lockdown for three weeks, including a night curfew, to stem a rise in COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals in a country already facing...
This happened over 4 months after the 4 August explosion in Beirut's port when 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate ignited and exploded.