European investigators returning to Beirut will be permitted to attend a Lebanese judge’s questioning of central bank governor Riad Salameh, two sources said on Sunday, as Lebanon and several foreign …
Popular Lebanon-based Italian sandwich shop closing
A long-time Italian sandwich shop in Lebanon announced today that they will be closing their doors later this month. According to a Facebook post, the current owner of …
Rights group says Lebanon electricity crisis deepens poverty
Since the collapse of Lebanon’s state power grid, many middle and working class families have been forced to spend most of their monthly income to pay shady neighborhood businessmen running private …
Lebanon Police charge four with failing to return library property
Check under your bed for that library book you may have checked out years ago. Lebanon Police charged four residents after they allegedly failed to return library …
Lebanon leans on US dollar to cope as currency, economy tank
When Moheidein Bazazo opened his Beirut mini-market in 1986, during some of the fiercest fighting in Lebanon’s civil war, he didn’t expect it to thrive. But several years later, he had shelves full of …
Jim Boscov refutes rumors; says Boscov’s is committed to Lebanon
Jim Boscov came to the Lebanon location to discuss the store’s success, celebrate the tenure of one team member, and address associate’s concerns, including questions about potentially closing.
Lebanon’s business conditions hit four-month high in February
Business conditions in Lebanon’s private sector improved in February to a four-month high, indicating a slower pace of deterioration, amid a relative increase in new orders and output. The country’s …
Hezbollah Financier Arrested as Lebanon Teeters Toward Collapse
The arrest of senior Hezbollah financiers is laudable, but ultimately a sideshow given the state of the country’s politics.
Residents in northern Lebanon fear homes collapse after massive earthquake
In the past weeks since the massive earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria on Feb. 6, Ebtisam Antar, a mother of two children in Lebanon neighboring Syria, goes to bed every night with intense fear that the …
Top Lebanese intel chief, mediator with Syria steps down
A Lebanese intelligence chief who has mediated the release of Westerners held in Syria and also acted as a mediator within Lebanon has stepped down after attempts to extend his term failed …