On Tuesday, Lebanon’s parliament has voted to schedule a parliamentary election on March 27 next year. The vote came as members of parliament distinctly decided against adding six additional seats to represent
MoreOn Friday, funerals were held for the seven people who were killed during violence in the Lebanese capital of Beirut during the week. The conflict emerged over a long-running investigation into last
MoreOn Thursday evening, a round of violence in the Lebanese capital, resulting in at least six deaths and injured more than 30, came to a stop. Conflict engulfed the city after gunfire
MoreThe lead judge investigating Lebanon’s gigantic port blast last year has delivered an arrest warrant for former Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, who failed to appear for questioning, state media stated.
MoreA large-scale fire that destroyed a fuel depo at Lebanon’s Zahrani oil facility has been controlled, the country’s energy minister, Walid Fayyad, said from the site of the fire. The Energy Minister
MoreFollowing the army’s supply of fuel to two key power stations that had run out, Lebanon’s electricity grid was back online on Sunday, ending almost a day of total blackout. The Deir
MoreIranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with senior Lebanese officials on Thursday to convey Tehran’s inclination for supporting the financially bankrupt country. The Iranian Foreign Minister held separate meetings with Lebanese President
MoreOn Tuesday, a parliamentary committee warned that Lebanon’s telecommunications and internet sector is on the verge of collapse in a week or two due to fuel scarcities. “The quantity of diesel at
MoreTarek Bitar, the judge assigned to investigate Beirut’s catastrophic port explosion, has remained in his position as attempts to have him removed from the inquiry failed when a court dismissed two complaints
MoreTechnical discussions between Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are set to be held in the “coming days” to take on the country’s dire economic crisis. The IMF’s spokesperson for the
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