More than $11 million worth of critical medical supplies transported in wake of explosion More than 60 tons of critical aid will soon offer needed relief to medical personnel in Beirut …
After the Beirut Explosion, Disaster Capitalism Has Lebanon in Its Sights
The explosion that devastated Beirut was an indictment of the parties that have misruled Lebanon for decades. Now, however, those parties are using the disaster as a pretext to deepen neoliberal …
As Lebanon’s central bank teeters on the edge of bankruptcy, the spectre of hunger rises its head
Several sources say that Lebanon’s Central Bank has enough reserves for only another three months. After this, subsidies for food and other basic necessities like bread, flour, fuel, and medicin …
Lebanon County man accused of fatally assaulting his father
A 22-year-old Lebanon County man is facing one count of criminal homicide after police say he fatally assaulted his father Saturday night. Noah C. Hodges was taken into custody after the incident in …
The pain of loving Lebanon
Beirut’s blast was just the latest tragedy for a place of culture, beauty, and conflict, writes CNN’s Clarissa Ward.
Kuwait to rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo after blast: report
Kuwait said it will rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo that was destroyed by the massive Beirut port explosion, raising fears of food shortages in a country already in financial meltdown.
UPDATE 1-Lebanon’s finance minister ready to resign, local media says
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, …