Lebanon
France pledges US$17 mn to Lebanon’s struggling schools
Middle East
July 24, 2020
France pledges US$17 mn to Lebanon’s struggling schools
MECHREF, Lebanon (AP) — France’s visiting foreign minister pledged Friday €15 million (US$17 million) in aid to Lebanon’s schools, which…
French foreign minister visits Lebanon amid economic crisis
Middle East
July 23, 2020
French foreign minister visits Lebanon amid economic crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met with Lebanon’s president Thursday at the start of his two-day…
UN: Arab economies to shrink by 5.7% amid virus fallout
Economy
July 23, 2020
UN: Arab economies to shrink by 5.7% amid virus fallout
BEIRUT (AP) — The pandemic will exact a heavy toll on Arab countries, causing an economic contraction of 5.7 percent…
Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast
Middle East
July 22, 2020
Crisis hits Lebanon’s hospitals, among the best in Mideast
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s hospitals, long considered among the best in the Middle East, are cracking under the country’s financial…
Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit
Middle East
July 21, 2020
Lebanon contracts NY-based company to do forensic audit
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government agreed Tuesday to hire a New York-based company to conduct a forensic audit of the…
Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases
Middle East
July 21, 2020
Minister: Lebanon is nearing critical stage in virus cases
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s health minister says the financially troubled Mediterranean country, which has so far managed to contain the…
Ethiopian maids ‘dumped’ in the streets in Lebanon as COVID hits
Middle East
July 18, 2020
Ethiopian maids ‘dumped’ in the streets in Lebanon as COVID hits
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian mother Alemtsehay Nasir went to Lebanon dreaming that her maid’s job would let her earn…
Major Beirut medical centre lays off hundreds as crisis bites
Middle East
July 18, 2020
Major Beirut medical centre lays off hundreds as crisis bites
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Zawqan Abdelkhalek, a nurse at the American University of Beirut’s (AUB) medical centre since 2012, was laid…
Lebanon looks to China as US, Arabs refuse to help in crisis
Middle East
July 15, 2020
Lebanon looks to China as US, Arabs refuse to help in crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Facing a worsening economic crisis and with little chance of Western or oil-rich Arab countries providing assistance…
IMF calls on Lebanese to unite behind government reform plan
Middle East
July 14, 2020
IMF calls on Lebanese to unite behind government reform plan
BEIRUT (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Monday urged Lebanese authorities to unite behind a government economic plan that…