Lebanon
Egypt makes 8 charter flights to return stranded citizens from Lebanon
Egypt
May 31, 2020
Egypt makes 8 charter flights to return stranded citizens from Lebanon
Eight charter flights have been prepared to evacuate 1,400 stranded Egyptians from Beirut and return them home, Egypt’s Ministry of…
Lebanon extends mandate of UN force along Israel border
Middle East
May 30, 2020
Lebanon extends mandate of UN force along Israel border
Beirut (AP) — Lebanon’s government agreed on Friday to extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon…
On debt-stricken Lebanon, investors see little room for optimism
Middle East
May 29, 2020
On debt-stricken Lebanon, investors see little room for optimism
LONDON (Reuters) — Emerging market investors are no strangers to sovereign debt crises, but few have been as perilous as…
For Lebanese families made poor by crisis, dinner means bread and no meat
Middle East
May 28, 2020
For Lebanese families made poor by crisis, dinner means bread and no meat
BEIRUT (Reuters) — At a street market in southern Beirut, Lebanese crowd around volunteers handing out free rations of bread…
Lebanon’s migrant workers’ plight worsens as crises multiply
Middle East
May 26, 2020
Lebanon’s migrant workers’ plight worsens as crises multiply
BEIRUT (AP) — Long before the pandemic struck, they lived and worked in conditions that rights groups called exploitative —…
Trapped migrant workers suffer from Lebanon’s dollar crisis, lockdown
Middle East
May 22, 2020
Trapped migrant workers suffer from Lebanon’s dollar crisis, lockdown
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Temitope can’t find work in Lebanon since the Nigerian domestic worker escaped her employer’s house last month.…
Lebanon central bank to give dollars for food imports, defend currency
Middle East
May 21, 2020
Lebanon central bank to give dollars for food imports, defend currency
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s central bank will start providing dollars for food imports as part of “necessary measures” to defend…
Lebanese soldiers detained for slapping, pushing doctor
Middle East
May 20, 2020
Lebanese soldiers detained for slapping, pushing doctor
BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese military has arrested two soldiers caught on camera slapping and pushing a doctor in an…
20 years after withdrawal, Israel, Hezbollah brace for war
Middle East
May 20, 2020
20 years after withdrawal, Israel, Hezbollah brace for war
SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Twenty years after Hezbollah guerrillas pushed Israel’s last troops from southern Lebanon, both sides are gearing…
Lebanon central bank official probed over currency crash
Middle East
May 15, 2020
Lebanon central bank official probed over currency crash
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s financial prosecutor questioned a top central bank manager Friday over the country’s financial crisis, which has…