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Protest against Iranian regime’s practices against women
A group of feminist activists organized this Sunday afternoon outside National Museum in capital Beirut a protest under the title “Feminists for Jenna” (Mahsa Amini), in support and solidarity with feminism activists in Iran. This protest…
Lebanese organize solidarity march in support of breast cancer patients
The Barbara Nassar Association for Cancer Patient support organized a march of solidarity with women with breast cancer in Lebanon, coinciding with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The march, entitled "We don't want lights, we want…
Lebanese Parliament fails to elect a President of the Republic
Lebanese Parliament on Thursday failed to elect a President of The Republic after no candidate could obtain two-thirds of votes of MPs. Parliament is unable to hold a second session due to losing constitutional quorum. Speaker of…
Saudi Arabia tells Lebanon to hand over dissident who threatened Beirut embassy
Lebanese security officials held a joint press conference with the Saudi ambassador to Beirut today in the wake of threats made to the Kingdom's diplomats by a Saudi dissident on Twitter. An audio recording threatening the Kingdom's embassy…
Lebanese depositors protest outside banks against parliament’s draft capital control law
Lebanese depositors staged a sit-in outside multiple Beirut bank branches to denounce violating their rights. Angry over local banks' seizure of their assets, protests come amid the extensive deployment of Lebanese army forces in the…
New Beirut port silo collapse brings back blast trauma
Clouds of dust rise over the port after the collapse, which brought down the last of the northern block of silos.
The northern section of the grain silos damaged two years ago by a deadly blast at the Beirut port has collapsed after…
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…