Lebanon
Lebanese man who financed Hezbollah in US returns home
Middle East
July 9, 2020
Lebanese man who financed Hezbollah in US returns home
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese businessman serving a five-year sentence in the United States for providing millions of dollars to…
Hottest commodity in Lebanon’s economic chaos: The US dollar
Middle East
July 8, 2020
Hottest commodity in Lebanon’s economic chaos: The US dollar
BEIRUT (AP) — The lines snaked around the block. Then they swelled to fill the whole street, before they turned…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah talks to government about Iran fuel idea
Middle East
July 8, 2020
Lebanon’s Hezbollah talks to government about Iran fuel idea
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The powerful Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it is in talks with the Lebanese government about the…
Debating racism in the Arab world
Middle East
July 7, 2020
Debating racism in the Arab world
The Black Lives Matter protests have triggered discussions on racism toward Blacks in the Arab and Muslim world. Activists are…
Just one concert held at Baalbek’s ancient ruins this year as message of hope
Music
July 6, 2020
Just one concert held at Baalbek’s ancient ruins this year as message of hope
BAALBEK, Lebanon (Reuters) — The usually grand Baalbek Music Festival, set among 3,000-year-old Roman ruins in Lebanon, was reduced to…
Lebanon’s top Christian clerics blast politicians as hunger, hardship bite
Middle East
July 6, 2020
Lebanon’s top Christian clerics blast politicians as hunger, hardship bite
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon’s Christian authorities slammed politicians on Sunday for failing to remedy an economic meltdown that has left…
Dozens mourn man who killed himself in busy Beirut district
Middle East
July 4, 2020
Dozens mourn man who killed himself in busy Beirut district
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Dozens of people lay flowers on a main Beirut street where a man killed himself on Friday,…
Families of Syria detainees hope for news amid US sanctions
Middle East
July 4, 2020
Families of Syria detainees hope for news amid US sanctions
BEIRUT (AP) — Alaa Arnous and his family found the photo of his father Mohammed online last week, the first…
Lebanese major retailers to shut down amid economic crisis
Middle East
July 3, 2020
Lebanese major retailers to shut down amid economic crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Major retailers in Lebanon announced on Thursday they will temporarily shut down in the face of an…
Lebanese government raises subsidized bread prices as currency tumbles
Middle East
July 1, 2020
Lebanese government raises subsidized bread prices as currency tumbles
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese government on Tuesday raised the price of a 900-gram loaf of partially subsidized bread to…