Those words — a deliberate echo of the famous explanation of friendship by the writer Michel de Montaigne — contain an elusive truth about the relationship between France and Lebanon. Though a number …
Is France helping Lebanon, or trying to reconquer it?
It was almost as if Emmanuel Macron forgot that Lebanon is no longer a French protectorate. Visiting explosion-ravaged Beirut this week, France’s leader comforted …
Bahrain dispatches urgent relief aid to Lebanon
Bahrain on Friday dispatched the first urgent relief aid consignment to Lebanon to help the country deal with the ordeal and alleviate the pain in the aftermath of the massive blast which rocked the …
UNRWA highlights the needs of vulnerable Palestine refugee families in the wake of the Beirut explosion
English News and Press Release on Lebanon about Protection and Human Rights and Technological Disaster; published on 07 Aug 2020 by UNRWA …
Show of solidarity as Lebanon braces for protests after deadly chemical explosion
Senior officials from the Middle East and Europe started arriving in Lebanon Saturday in a show of solidarity with the tiny country that suffered a deadly explosion this week that caused large-scale …
Show of solidarity after blast as Lebanon braces for protest
Senior officials from the Middle East and Europe started arriving in Lebanon Saturday in a show of solidarity with the tiny country that suffered a deadly blast this week …
Corbella: Lebanon holds a warning about the dangers of government corruption
Earlier this week, as I was interviewing devastated Lebanese Canadians following the horrendous explosion in Beirut, Father Michel Kassas said something so profound I can’t stop thinking about it.
Lebanon’s Aoun, UK’s Johnson agree to work on recovery from blast
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Saturday discussed Lebanon’s urgent humanitarian, medical and reconstruction needs following Tuesday’s devastating blast at …
Israel’s Lebanon aid offer unlikely to find a taker
For some it’s a gesture of goodwill, to others sheer hypocrisy: Israel’s offer of humanitarian aid to Lebanon after the massive Beirut blast is unlikely to be taken up. As Beirut reeled Tuesday after …
Turkey says it is ready to help rebuild port of Beirut
Turkey is ready to help rebuild the port of Beirut, which was destroyed by a massive blast on Tuesday, Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay said during a visit to Lebanon on Saturday.