Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch took a swipe at leaders of the Shia Muslim community on Sunday for making demands he said were blocking the formation of a new government and causing political paralysis …
Lebanese attempt to flee, claim asylum in Cyprus
For years, small boats have left northern Lebanon’s coast, packed with desperate migrants hoping to reach European shores. Until recently, they carried mostly Syrian and Palestinian refugees. But with …
Buy a bottle of wine from South Africa or Lebanon to help the hardest hit producers
Covid-induced export bans and and the devastating Beirut explosion have brought the wine industry in these two countries to the brink of collapse. Time to do your …
Lebanon’s Geagea backs rotation of sovereign portfolios
Lebanese politicians vowed to Macron that they would form a new government within 15 days of his visit to Lebanon at the start of September. The impasse over the Finance Ministry, however, meant that …
Lebanon’s Geagea backs rotation of sovereign portfolios
Lebanese politicians vowed to Macron that they would form a new government within 15 days of his visit to Lebanon at the start of September. The impasse over the Finance Ministry, however, meant that …
‘They Should Have Let Us Die in the Water’: Desperate Lebanese Migrants Sent Back by Cyprus
Desperate Lebanese Migrants Sent Back by Cyprus TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – For years, small boats have left northern Lebanon’s coast, packed with desperate migrants hoping to reach European shores.
One family’s desperate, deadly attempt to flee Lebanon
Mohammed Sufian did not dream of much: a job, food on the table, the chance to buy his 2½-year-old son the little things a toddler wants. So when he heard …
Despair in Lebanon pushing some to flee to Europe in boats
Hundreds of Lebanese are fleeing miserable conditions in their country on migrant ships hoping to start a new life in Europe …
Shiite fears, demands jeopardize French initiative to save Lebanon
Internal disputes, Shiite demands and fears — fueled by new U.S. sanctions on two former officials — are obstructing French-led efforts to form a new government aimed at saving Lebanon from a deep …
Partition Is the Only Solution to Lebanon’s Woes
Shiite Lebanese of a voice in their own country. It is time to reconsider a century of consociational democracy and …