Although growing the plant is illegal in Lebanon, cannabis has long been farmed openly in the fertile Bekaa Valley. Parliament’s decision was “really driven by economic motives, nothing else”, said …
No new corona cases in Lebanon in past 24 hours: health ministry
Lebanon recorded no new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours for the first time during the country’s outbreak, the health ministry said in its daily report on Tuesday. It said that after 487 tests …
‘Keep your hands off’ Lebanon’s banks, lenders tell government
Lebanon’s draft plans for addressing its financial crisis puts the bulk of the cost on banks and sends the wrong message to investors the country badly needs, the banking association chief said, …
Lebanon poised to grant amnesty to thousands of prisoners
Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon’s parliament is set to vote on legislation this week that would pardon thousands arrested or wanted for non-violent crimes and also reduce prison sentences. Two separate laws …
‘Worse than the war’: Hunger grows in Lebanon along with anger
Beirut, Lebanon – “We have never seen days this dark,” says Souzan, a 50-year-old mother of two. Speaking by phone from her small home in Beirut’s southern suburbs, nearly a month into the country’s …
$30M Lebanon retirement community partly funded through energy program
Owners of a $30 million assisted living complex to be developed in Lebanon have been cleared to take advantage of a program designed to encourage energy-efficient building.
Kuwait has 93 new cases, infections now total 1,751
Expatriates returning from Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon arrive to be re-tested at a Kuwaiti health ministry containment and screening zone for COVID-19 coronavirus disease in Kuwait City. — File photo …
IDF: Security fence with Lebanon was damaged in three locations
The Israeli army on Friday identified three separate locations where damage was done to the border fence between Israel and Lebanon, but said that there had been no infiltration into Israel territory.
Coronavirus lockdown brings Lebanon’s migratory birds up close
With Lebanese confined to their homes by the new coronavirus, migratory birds in the Mediterranean country are winging their way into the midst of quieter city life. From flocks of white pelicans and …
Why this remote town in Lebanon has become a coronavirus hot spot
Widespread testing in the town over the past two weeks has revealed numbers that are likely going unrecorded in other parts of the country [Nicolas Tawk/Al Jazeera] Beirut, Lebanon – When Nicolas Tawk …