“We are on the brink, we don’t have the luxury to take our time,” Lebanon’s interim Health Minister Hamad Hassan said. As Beirut continues to recover from the port blast that killed at least 178 …
Long-awaited verdict delivered in assassination of Lebanon’s former leader Rafic Hariri
It was a long-waited verdict that comes at a pivotal moment for Lebanon, and it may disappoint many who were desperate to see justice for the brazen assassination. “The court has ruled, and in the …
A Verdict That Pleases No One in Lebanon
But that may not be enough to define him for the electorate. Dispatch: A Verdict That Pleases No One in Lebanon A Verdict That Pleases No One in Lebanon… BEIRUT—Lebanon waited 15 years for the …
Former fighters, farmers in Lebanon step in to help Beirut after explosion
Lebanon is still scarred by civil war three … life because how can I feel like I’m stopping everything?” But with business at a standstill, Mouzawak was able to hire several cooks from …
U.N. Trial Clears Hezbollah, Finds One Guilty of Lebanon Leader’s Death Amid Crisis
An international court has cleared Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement, three of its suspected members as well as its ally, the Syrian government, of wrongdoing in the 2005 assassination of a …
Little Lebanon To Go restaurant won’t reopen after Amer Fakhoury’s death
Little Lebanon got its start in Somersworth in 2003 when Amer and his wife Michelle purchased the former Quick To Go on High Street in Somersworth. They moved the business to 547 Central Ave. in Dover …
Rafiq Hariri: Lebanon braces for UN-backed court’s verdict on assassination of ex-PM
Hariri, a Sunni Muslim business tycoon and Saudi passport holder, had close ties with the United States, western countries but also Gulf Sunni states and at the time of his death was seen as a threat …
Lebanon: Chronicle of a tragedy foretold
Windows are blown out of the Lebanese Electricity Company building that was damaged in thr explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday … city dwellers who were going about their …
Hezbollah Member Convicted in Killing of Former Lebanon Prime Minister
Hariri, a Lebanese business tycoon, became the country’s first prime minister … The investigation and trial has taken 15 years and cost about $1 billion. Lebanon contributes 49% of the tribunal’s …
Rafik Hariri tribunal: Guilty verdict over assassination of Lebanon ex-PM
The long-awaited verdict is due in the trial of four men allegedly involved in the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri and 21 others in a 2005 bombing. The defendants – suspected members of the …