Although it remains unclear who ordered the controversial Jaguar S oil tanker to Lebanon’s Zahrani port, TankerTrackers.com has been able to determine that the vessel was at the Syrian Baniyas …
Extreme poverty in Middle East and North Africa doubled between 2015 and 2018
The World Bank’s report encompasses effects of conflicts in Syria and Yemen, but precludes Lebanon’s economic collapse …
Wildfires erupt in Mount Lebanon area after heatwave hits country – video
Firefighters in Lebanon have been battling fierce wildfires across the Mount Lebanon area and along the country’s border with Israel. The Lebanese Civil Defense said rising temperatures and high wind …
Fuel tank explosion in Lebanon capital kills four
Officials say the blast happened in a Beirut warehouse containing a diesel tank, but its cause is still unknown.
Two dead as forest fires burn in Syria, Lebanon
Forest fires in Syria and neighbouring Lebanon have killed two people and burned swathes of land since Thursday, state media and officials said.Syrian state television on Saturday morning broadcast …
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Lebanon’s outgoing PM rejects end to subsidies amid crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s outgoing prime minister on Friday adamantly rejected any move to end subsidies of goods in the crisis-hit country, warning it would lead to a “social explosion” as the central …
‘We’re scared’: Lebanon on edge as time and money run out
Fouad Khamasi fills his taxi every day with about 40,000 Lebanese pounds’ worth of fuel. It could cost at least four times that much if subsidies come to an end.
Ex-Lebanon PM Hariri says he is in the running to head new gov’t
Saad Hariri who resigned last year amid protests said he ‘will not close the door on the only hope left for Lebanon’.
Lebanon entering phase of ‘deadlock and total paralysis’ as economy sinks further
Political sources warn against further tightening the ‘economic and financial stranglehold’ on Lebanon Lebanon is entering a phase of “deadlock and total paralysis”, political sources have told …