Speaker Nabih Berri meets with US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea (NNA) The process of forming a new government in Lebanon has not seen any improvement that would revive the talks between President …
Lebanon’s Central Bank Fuels Corruption, Extremism Concerns
U.S. and other Western officials are exerting pressure on Lebanon’s central bank as part of a push to sideline Iran-backed Hezbollah, oppose corruption and alleviate the country’s economic and …
Lebanon is in a Deliberate Depression with Unprecedented Consequences for its Human Capital, Stability, and Prosperity
A new World Bank report analyses the root causes of Lebanon’s ongoing social and economic crises and calls for formation of a reform-minded government to urgently implement a comprehensive reform …
Israel-Lebanon sea border talks postponed
Israel and Lebanon have paused direct discussions over their maritime dispute in a gas-rich part of the Mediterranean in October under US supervision.
Syrian refugees, caught between conflicting interests and ‘complex’ geopolitics
There are still nearly one million displaced people in Lebanon. The war in Syria has changed the demographic balance and reshuffled the internal balance. Damascus is in no hurry to see them return, bu …
Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks postponed
Israel and Lebanon’s negotiations over their disputed maritime borders that were scheduled to take place have been postponed …
Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks postponed, officials say
Long-time foes Israel and Lebanon launched the negotiations in October with delegations convening at a UN base to try to resolve a dispute about their maritime border that has held up hydrocarbon …
2 said arrested in tense moments at Lebanon border — but incident not an attack
Abbasi Davani, who was allegedly a top scientist on the nuclear weapons program run by Fakhrizadeh, survived an assassination attempt in 2010. He is now a member of Iran’s parliament. Separately, …
Lebanese singer: Israel is not really Lebanon’s enemy
Lebanese singer Elissar Zakaria Khoury, known by her stage name Elissa, said in recent television interview that the recent talk about demarcation of Lebanon’s borders with Israel is evidence that …
Hostilities force Syrians out of Lebanon
At least 270 Syrian families have left a north Lebanon town, as hostility towards them mounted over a murder allegedly committed by a Syrian national, the United Nations refugee agency said. The …