Lebanon is set to receive 500,000 tonnes of fuel oil from Iraq in 2021 for power generation, the Lebanese caretaker energy minister said on Wednesday.
Tripoli, Lebanon’s poorest city, on edge after curfew, protests
* Around 94% of Lebanese earn below the minimum wage – CARE * Civil unrest in city of Tripoli could spread, experts warn * Caretaker government provides some support to poorest By Maha El Dahan …
Explosion reported at business in Lebanon
An explosion has been reported in Lebanon.It happened Tuesday afternoon at a business on the 900 block of Cumberland Street.Fire officials said one person was treated for smoke inhalation. This is a …
Lebanon raises price of bread amid worsening economic crisis
Lebanon’s caretaker government raised the price of subsidized bread and flour on Monday for the fourth time in less than a year amid a crippling economic crisis. Lebanon …
Can Lebanon avert its slow death?
When these are depleted, Lebanon will not be able to pay for food (Lebanon imports 85 percent of it), let alone health care, because the country will simply be broke. The Lebanese will have lost all …
Liberals handed back $33,800 from Lebanon-based firm, political donation disclosures show
Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy gave $5.9m to his United Australia party in 2019-20 …
Lebanon’s number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 300,000
A Lebanese COVID-19 patient receives treatment at the Rafic Hariri Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon on Jan. 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich) BEIRUT, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — Lebanon recorded on Sunday 2,139 new …
Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: Lebanon’s COVID-19 cases surpass 300,000; Israel agrees to provide COVID-19 vaccines to Palestine
People throw stones at the governorate government building during a protest in Tripoli, Lebanon on Jan. 28, 2021. (Xinhua/Khaled) –Israel to provide COVID-19 vaccines to Palestine –Turkey’s …
IDF chief meets head of UNIFIL, decries Hezbollah violations on Lebanon border
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi meets with the head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon UNIFIL to discuss the Hezbollah terror group and its presence in southern Lebanon in violation of …
Lebanon inks $246mln loan agreement with the World Bank for social safety net
BEIRUT: Lebanon and the World Bank Friday inked the $246 million loan agreement to buttress the country’s poverty and social safety net support program. Caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni, who …