About 350 out of the 560 Lebanese judges decided on Wednesday to stop working in protest against low pay amid the country’s steep financial crisis, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. “It is the first [Read More]
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday that Lebanon will never accept the permanent settlement of displaced Syrians inside the country and will prevent it “at all costs,” according to a statement by Lebanon’s Presidency. [Read More]
Syrian and Lebanese officials met in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday to discuss ways to facilitate the monthly return of 15,000 Syrian refugees. Syrian Minister of Local Administration and Environment Hussein Makhlouf held a [Read More]
Lebanon’s gross public debt reached 100.7 billion U.S. dollars at the end of March, an increase of 3.5 percent year on year. Debt denominated in Lebanese pounds totalled 61.3 billion dollars by March, up 1.2 [Read More]
Abbas Nasreddine, a Lebanese citizen in his 60s, has been battling lymphatic cancer for more than two years. But four months ago, he was forced to stop treatment temporarily due to a lack of cancer [Read More]
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)has urged Lebanon and Israel to avoid any action which could put the cessation of hostilities on the border at risk, according to a UNIFIL statement. “Blue Line stability [Read More]
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday warned Israel against making any miscalculations toward Lebanon, stressing that the Lebanese party will spare no efforts to protect Lebanon’s oil and gas. “We are very serious in [Read More]
Lebanon’s gross public debt reached 100.7 billion U.S. dollars at the end of March, an increase of 3.5 percent year on year, the country’s Byblos Bank said in a weekly report released on Tuesday. Debt [Read More]
The first shipment of grain exported from Ukraine since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukraine crisis is now looking for a new buyer after the initial Lebanese buyer rejected it due to the delay in delivery, [Read More]
The Syrian ambassador to Lebanon said on Sunday that UN organizations should deliver their financial support to Syria to encourage the home return of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. “We have called on UN organizations several [Read More]
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