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Egypt makes 8 charter flights to return stranded citizens from Lebanon
Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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