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 …
Two distribution warehouses could be built at former Alcoa plant in South Lebanon
When: South Lebanon Township supervisors meeting, Jan. 26. What happened: The board approved waiver requests for an industrial property at 3000 State Drive, allowing the former Lebanon Alcoa Plant to …
How Lebanon’s ski industry is on the brink after Covid ‘disaster’
Snow is known as the ‘white gold’ of Lebanon as it is one of the main tourist attractions in winter The 2020-2021 season was a disaster for Lebanon’s ski industry, with intermittent lockdowns due to …
France’s Macron says will visit Lebanon a third time – Al Arabiya
President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France’s road map for easing the crisis in Lebanon was still on the table and he planned to make a third visit there, Al Arabiya television reported.
In locked-down Lebanon, protester killed in night of unrest
A man was killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Thursday in clashes between security forces and protesters angry over a strict lockdown that has cut off livelihoods in a collapsing economy.
France’s Macron says he will visit Lebanon a third time, roadmap still on table – Al Arabiya
President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France’s road map for Lebanon was still on the table and that he planned to make a third visit there, Al Arabiya television reported.
What’s Fuelling Lebanon’s Lockdown Protests?
More than 400 people have been wounded in northern Lebanon this week in clashes between security forces and protesters angered by a coronavirus lockdown they say is starving them. What is behind the …