Death stalks the corridors of Beirut’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital, where losing multiple patients in one day to COVID-19 has become the new normal. On Friday, the mood among the staff was even …
Lebanon central bank governor denies transfer of capital
The governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank denied on Thursday that he had made any transfers of the bank’s funds following a probe by Swiss authorities into money laundering …
Sacred threads: Fashion meets traditional embroidery in Lebanon’s refugee camps
Barajneh camp, more than two dozen women from the Al Sama NGO crouch over their whirring sewing machines, embroidering clothes destined for a global market, as part of a new collaboration with British …
World Bank approves $34 million to back Lebanon’s vaccination drive
The World Bank on Thursday said it had approved a re-allocation of $34 million in funds to support Lebanon’s vaccination efforts as it races to contain the coronavirus pandemic, marking the first such …
Syria’s Hidden Hand in Lebanon’s Port Explosion
Signs are adding up that the explosives in Beirut were intended for Damascus—but Lebanese elites are trying to stop the investigation.
UAE’s FAB to buy Egyptian business of Lebanon’s Bank Audi
First Abu Dhabi Bank has agreed to buy the Egyptian business of Lebanon’s Bank Audi in a deal which will make the largest lender in the United Arab Emirates also one of the biggest foreign banks in …
Swiss Investigate Alleged Embezzlement From Lebanon Central Bank
Swiss prosecutors have opened an investigation into money laundering linked to possible embezzlement from Lebanon’s central bank, an institution at the heart of the country’s worst financial crises in …
Israel Security Officials Reveal the Top Threats They Face on Four Fronts This Year
Newsweek spoke exclusively with four Israeli security officials charged with frontiers facing Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the southern borders with Egypt and Jordan, revealing their primary security …
Who is Michael Boulos, the Lebanon-born business executive who’s engaged to Tiffany Trump
After Tiffany Trump, 27, announced that she was engaged the day before her father’s presidency ended, the question many people were asking was who exactly was the man who’d won her heart. Step forward …
Who is Michael Boulos, the Lebanon-born business executive who’s engaged to Tiffany Trump
After Tiffany Trump, 27, announced that she was engaged the day before her father’s presidency ended, the question many people were asking was who exactly was the man who’d won her heart. Step forward …