A direct consequence of Hezbollah’s political control is that Lebanon’s financial system is rife with corruption, money laundering, drug smuggling and other illicit finance. As a result, many of …
Lebanon tribunal: the case, suspects and evidence
Judges at The Special Tribunal for Lebanon are due to give their verdict on Friday in the trial of four men accused over the 2005 Beirut bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik …
Crisis-weary Lebanon braces for Hariri tribunal verdict
Fifteen years after a truck bomb killed Lebanon’s former Sunni leader Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut, triggering regional upheaval, a U.N.-backed court trying four suspects from Shi’ite Hezbollah delivers …
Lebanon’s foreign minister quits post – government source
BEIRUT, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday, a government source said. Hitti decided to quit over …
Lebanon’s foreign minister quits post – government source
BEIRUT, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday, a government source said. Hitti decided to quit over …
Spotlight: Moody’s latest downgrade to prevent Lebanon’s access to int’l markets: experts
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Lebanon’s issuer rating to C from Ca. The C rating reflects Moody’s assessment that the losses incurred by bondholders through Lebanon’s current default are …
Analysis: Often on brink, Lebanon headed toward collapse
Only this time, it’s different, Every day brings darker signs Lebanon has rarely seen in past crises: Mass layoffs, hospitals threatened with closure, shuttered shops and restaurants, crimes driven by …
Lebanon FM resigns in protest at mishandling of crisis
Lebanon’s foreign minister announced his resignation Monday in protest at the government’s mishandling of the worst economic crisis in decades that has forced Beirut to ask for IMF support. Lebanon is …
Verdict looms in killing of Lebanon ex-PM Hariri
A UN-backed tribunal will give its verdict Friday on the 2005 murder of former Lebanese premier Rafic Hariri, but questions will remain over a long and costly trial whose suspects remain at large. The …
Hariri Assassination: The Day That Rocked Lebanon
The death of Rafic Hariri is to many Lebanese what the JFK assassination was to Americans four decades earlier — everybody remembers what they were doing when the news broke. On Valentine’s Day 2005, …