Lebanon’s Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni, a key negotiator with the IMF over a rescue plan to help Lebanon exit a financial crisis, has prepared his resignation letter and brought it with him to a …
Kuwait to rebuild Lebanon’s wheat silos in Beirut port
Kuwait has said it will rebuild Lebanon’s national wheat silos in the port of Beirut, in a gesture of solidarity and brotherhood with Lebanese people, according to Lebanon’s state news agency NNA.
Kuwait to rebuild the destroyed wheat silos in the port of Beirut, says envoy
Kuwait will rebuild the national wheat silos in the port of Beirut, in a gesture of solidarity and brotherhood with Lebanon and the Lebanese people, according to Lebanon’s state news agency NNA. This …
Coronavirus surge in Lebanon compounds the misery in a battered country
An alarming spike in novel coronavirus cases since the devastating explosion at Beirut’s port is compounding Lebanon’s misery at a time when the country was already laid low by overlapping financial, …
Lebanon blast: Why can’t migrant workers go home?
As Lebanon grapples with the aftermath of an explosion that killed more than 200 people and left thousands homeless, the country has plunged deeper into an economic, political and humanitarian crisis, …
Foreign affairs minister heading to Lebanon for 1st overseas trip since start of pandemic
Champagne will meet with Lebanon’s president and foreign minister as well as witness the devastation wrought by the deadly explosion earlier this month, according to a statement released Saturday.
Lebanon blast
An aerial view of the flattened warehouse at the port of Lebanon’s capital Beirut next to the crater left by the explosion at the other warehouse that housed a huge cache of ammonium nitrate and which …
Hezbollah shot down an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon
Hezbollah shot down an Israeli drone near Ayta ash Shab in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar news, which was later confirmed by the IDF. Ayta ash Shab is …
Undeterred by tragedy, Lebanon’s youth continue to fight for change
The explosion is a symbolic manifestation of all the corruption and incompetence that’s happening,” one protester said.
Now Is the Time to Force Hezbollah out of Lebanon
The horrific August 4 blast in Beirut has exposed the rotting foundation of Lebanon’s political system to the world. A nation stuck in a government-led Ponzi scheme and spiraling hyperinflation was …