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Armed man holds Lebanon bank staff hostage, demands savings
A man armed with a shotgun is holding staff hostage at a bank in crisis-hit Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, threatening to set himself ablaze unless he receives his trapped savings, according to a security official.
The man entered a branch of…
Two years after Beirut blast, lawsuits raise hopes for justice
Legal cases abroad are giving survivors hope for justice amid a stalled Lebanese investigation, but they say an independent UN probe remains essential.
It has been a long two years for the families of the more than 200 people who were…
Lebanese army arrests 64 people trying to sail to Europe
Lebanon’s deteriorating economy is pushing people to risk their lives sailing to Europe for a better life.
The Lebanese military has arrested 64 people trying to sail from northern Lebanon in an attempt to get to Europe, the army command…
Lebanese parliament reelects longtime speaker in first session
Newly-elected reformist MPs said they would not compromise in their efforts to change the way Lebanon is run.
Lebanon’s new parliament has reelected Nabih Berri for a seventh term as Speaker of Parliament, during the first parliamentary…
Lebanese authorities continue removing the concrete wall surrounding Parliament
Lebanese authorities have begun removing concrete barriers that have blocked access to Parliament in Beirut since 2019.
A number of the new MPs had called for the restrictions to be eased before they attend the first session of the new…
Doctors in Lebanon protest outside Central Bank against withholding liquidity
Doctors organized a sit-in outside the Central Bank of Lebanon, in response to the call of Lebanese Doctors Syndicates in Beirut and the North, and the Syndicate of Private Hospital Owners in Lebanon.
Participants in the sit-in expressed…
Protest in Beirut against capital control law
Hundreds of Lebanese citizens gathered on Monday and Tuesday outside parliament in Beirut Central District in a protest against the capital control law.
The protest coincides with the parliamentary sitting to discuss approving the law.…
Authorities arrest militant network conducting military operations in Lebanon
The Lebanese Minister of Interior, Bassam Mawlawi, on Wednesday said authorities thwarted attempts of a militant network aiming to carry out three attacks in civil communities.
The network recruited Palestinian nationals’ young men in…
Former Lebanese PM Saad Hariri suspends his political career
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced that his choice, after the assassination of his father, Rafik Hariri, was to precede his political project, rather than keeping the Hariri family in politics.
He added that…
Protests against “Beirut Port” judge result in heavy gunfire
Today, Thursday, Tayouneh and the "Adliya" area in Beirut experienced intense clashes and shooting, in conjunction with protests called by the supporters of Hezbollah and the "Amal Movement", in front of the Palace of Justice against Tariq…