60 percent of the Lebanese diaspora voted in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, the country’s foreign ministry reported on Monday. Hadi Hashem, a ministry official, reported that between 128,000 and 130,000 of the 225,000
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Sunday saw the second round of Lebanese expat voting, with voters from 48 countries traveling to the polls as the country hopes for a break in the political stalemate. Given the many
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In a report circulated, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for Lebanon’s parliamentary elections on May 15 to be “free, fair transparent and inclusive,” and urged the quick formation of a government that
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According to a Lebanese government official, electricity production has completely stopped in the country after the last two functioning power plants ran out of fuel. Ahmed Abbas, director of the Al-Zahrani plant
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On Thursday, approximately $22 million of humanitarian aid will be sent to Lebanon by the EU to ease the food insecurity exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine, the European Commission announced. In
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Najib Mikati, the Lebanese Prime Minister, will visit Saudi Arabia during Ramadan, a television channel announced. This is another indicator of the two countries’ strengthening relations following the return of Saudi Arabia’s
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An explosion near Sidon in southern Lebanon early on Tuesday killed at least one person and injured seven others, according to local media. According to a news network, an explosion happened near
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Kuwait has pledged assistance to Lebanon’s cash-strapped government, the Lebanese government said Sunday. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah called Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. According to a statement issued
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Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday that it was resuming diplomatic relations with Lebanon following a five-month hiatus. The Foreign Ministry announced in an official statement that it would re-appoint Ambassador Waleed Bukhari
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According to Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh al-Shami, Lebanon’s state and central bank have both been bankrupted. When asked by a news channel if the state had gone bankrupt like the Banque
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