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Qatar joins TotalEnergies, Eni for stake in Lebanon gas blocks
QatarEnergy signed an agreement with TotalEnergies SE and Eni SpA to search for natural gas in Lebanese waters, including in a previously-contested ... Energy -
Bitar needs to hold nerve and hold Hezbollah to account
Lebanese courts have a visible phrase inscribed over their bench: “Justice is the pillar of Governance”.This ethos was recently put to the test, not ... Opinion -
Lebanon lawmaker sit-in enters second week
Two Lebanese lawmakers on Friday entered the second week of a sit-in inside the crisis-hit country’s parliamentary chamber, vowing to remain inside ... Middle East -
Lebanese elite bury blast probe, pushing fragile state closer to edge
In their move to bury an investigation into the Beirut port blast, Lebanon’s ruling elite have driven another nail in the coffin of the collapsing ... Middle East -
QatarEnergy to join Lebanon oil and gas exploration consortium: Statement
QatarEnergy will join TotalEnergies and Eni in a three-way consortium to explore oil and gas in two maritime blocks off the coast of Lebanon, the ... Energy -
Beirut port blast: Lebanese protest in anger over efforts to hamstring probe
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside Lebanon’s justice palace on Thursday to protest steps taken this week to hamstring a probe into the deadly ... Middle East -
US to top up Lebanon army, police salaries for six months
At one point in 2020, Lebanon’s army said it had scrapped meat from the meals offered to on-duty soldiers due to rising food prices. And in June 2021, it said it would sell tourists helicopter rides in a bid to boost its coffers. Middle East -
Explainer: Why has there been no accountability in the Beirut port blast?
Lebanon’s top public prosecutor on Wednesday charged the judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion that killed at least 220 people, stymieing ... Features -
Angry Lebanese protest record-low value of local currency
Protesters burned tires and held up handfuls of local currency bills on Wednesday at the entrance of the Lebanese central bank in Beirut, furious over ... Middle East -
Lebanese environmental NGO accused of being Hezbollah arm
On the outskirts of this southern Lebanese village, workers in a pickup truck parked at a nature reserve named after a fallen fighter of the militant ... Middle East -
Judge investigating Beirut blast files charges against eight officials
The judge investigating the deadly August 2020 Beirut port blast has filed charges against eight high and mid-level Lebanese officials, according to a ... Middle East -
Europeans to quiz Lebanon central bank chief: Official
European investigators will question Lebanon’s central bank chief Riad Salameh next month as part of a probe into his and his brother’s affairs, a ... Middle East -
Lebanon Central Bank sets new rate for withdrawals from dollar deposits
Lebanon’s central bank said on Thursday it had set a new rate of 15,000 Lebanese pounds to the US dollar for withdrawals from bank deposits ... Economy -
Lebanon says it will pay UN dues after losing voting rights
Lebanon will pay arrears to the United Nations to regain its rights at the world body, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after the country, which ... Middle East -
Lebanese MPs sleep in Parliament to press for end to impasse
Two independent Lebanese lawmakers have spent the night in parliament to press for the election of a new president, as factional deadlock leaves the ... Middle East -
US ‘clear-eyed’ about threat Hezbollah poses to Lebanon: State Department
Combating Hezbollah’s influence and shoring up Lebanon’s stability and security remain key objectives for the Biden administration, the official said. Middle East -
French judges denied access to Lebanese blast investigation, Lebanese source says
A top Hezbollah official said in 2021 the group would remove Bitar from the probe, while Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said was biased and should be replaced. Middle East -
Lebanese pound sinks to record low of 50,000 pounds to US dollar
The Lebanese pound on Thursday hit a new record low of 50,000 pounds per US dollar, currency exchange dealers told Reuters, marking a loss in value of ... Banking & Finance -
Police question Lebanese relatives of 2020 blast victims
Several relatives of the victims of the massive 2020 explosion at Beirut’s port showed up on Monday to answer questions by police after they were ... Middle East -
Lebanese protest arrest of Beirut blast victim’s brother
Activists gathered in front of a police station in the Lebanese capital Saturday to protest the arrest of the brother of a victim of a deadly 2020 ... Middle East -
UN extends tribunal investigating assassination of Lebanon’s Rafik Hariri
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended the mandate of the international tribunal that investigated the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s former ... Middle East -
Lebanon’s last hero: The lion of Taif Hussein el-Husseini
There are few within the Lebanon political establishment who deserve the designation of statesman, as the vast majority of Lebanon’s so-called ... Opinion -
European officials to begin Lebanon graft questioning next week: Minister
European investigators will arrive in Lebanon on January 16 as part of a cross-border probe into alleged fraud by the Mediterranean country’s central ... Middle East -
Lebanese court charges seven over fatal UNIFIL peacekeeper attack: Report
Lebanon’s military tribunal on Thursday charged seven suspects in last month’s attack that killed an Irish peacekeeper when a group of armed local ... Middle East -
Stray bullets hit jets at Beirut airport during New Year celebrations, no one hurt
Stray bullets from gunfire celebrations for the New Year hit two Middle East Airlines jets parked at Beirut’s international airport causing minor ... Middle East -
Lebanese naval forces rescue about 200 migrants after boat sinks
Lebanese naval forces carried out rescue operations on Saturday after the sinking of a boat transporting about 200 would-be migrants, the army said on ... Middle East -
Hassan Nasrallah speech canceled due to flu, says Hezbollah
A speech by the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah scheduled for Friday has been canceled after he contracted the flu, the Iran-backed ... Middle East -
Saudi Arabia foils captagon smuggling attempts, seizes over 2.9 mln pills
Saudi security forces thwarted two separate attempts to smuggle over 2.9 captagon tablets into the Kingdom through al-Haditha and Rub’ al-Khali border ... Saudi Arabia -
Europe investigators to visit Lebanon in central bank chief probe
European investigators will visit Lebanon next month as part of a probe into the wealth of central bank governor Riad Salameh, a judicial official ... Middle East -
Lebanon devalues pound on Sayrafa platform in bid to ease fall on parallel market
Lebanon’s central bank announced on Tuesday it was steeply lowering the value of the pound to 38,000 pounds per US dollar on its Sayrafa exchange ... Banking & Finance