Many Lebanese people had hoped for a silver lining to this tragedy of an independent government and new elections, says academic Gilbert Achcar …
Hezbollah’s genocidal chemicals ignite Lebanon
Hezbollah is known to use the Port of Beirut to receive weapons from Iran and to ship explosives to terrorist cells throughout the world.
Weeks after blast, Lebanon patronage system immune to reform
Three weeks after a catastrophic explosion ripped through Beirut, killing nearly 200 people and rendering thousands homeless, the change many hoped for is nowhere in sight. Instead, activists said …
FedEx and Direct Relief Team Up to Deliver Aid to Lebanon
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 …