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Lebanon: Early results show Hezbollah and allies suffering losses

May 16, 2022 MEO Staff

Lebanon holds elections, with a likely loss of parliament majority by Hezbollah and its allied parties, according to early reports. The preliminary results from Lebanon’s parliamentary election suggest allies of the Iran-backed Hezbollah have lost [ More … ]

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Lebanon declares bankruptcy, losses to be shared by State, Central Bank, depositors

April 4, 2022 MEO Staff

Lebanon as a State, and its Central Bank, has gone bankrupt, according to Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister, Saadeh Al-Shami. Lebanon as a State, and its Central Bank, has gone bankrupt, according to Deputy Prime Minister, [ More … ]

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Amid diplomatic feud, Kuwait and UAE, after KSA and Bahrain, summon ambassadors from Lebanon

October 31, 2021 MEO Staff

Following Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE have summoned their ambassadors from Beirut, over a diplomatic row provoked by Lebanese minister’s criticism of Riyadh’s on-going military intervention in Yemen. On Friday, the Kingdom [ More … ]

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Lebanon forms new government after 13-month deadlock

September 10, 2021 MEO Staff

Lebanese leaders have already agreed a new government after a year of political feuding over cabinet seats that has exacerbated a devastating economic collapse, reported Reuters. The breakthrough followed a flurry of contacts from France [ More … ]

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Lebanon: First official visit to Syria in a decade for energy talks

September 5, 2021 MEO Staff

Lebanon has maintained diplomatic ties with Syria since 2011, but adopted a so-called policy of dissociation from the civil war Lebanese officials visited Damascus on Saturday to discuss plans to import gas through war-torn Syria’s [ More … ]

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Lebanon: Akkar explosions add to country’s woes

August 15, 2021 MEO Staff

Families of the Akkar blast victims devastated as they struggle to identify the charred bodies of loved ones Ismail Hasan collapsed against the wall of the morgue after learning that two of his sons were [ More … ]

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Lebanon, Israel start landmark maritime border talks

October 14, 2020 MEO Staff

Lebanon and Israel have started talks to settle a maritime border dispute between them Lebanon and Israel, still technically at war, began unprecedented talks sponsored by the United Nations and the United States on Wednesday [ More … ]

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Lebanon; Hariri says he is in the running to head a new government

October 11, 2020 Ahmed Rashed

Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said he was a possible candidate to head a new government to stem the country’s economic collapse after a massive port explosion. French President Emmanuel Macron last month extracted [ More … ]

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Lebanon and Israel agree to hold UN-mediated talks on border dispute

October 1, 2020 MEO Staff

United States, which has welcomed the framework agreement, will act as facilitator during the discussions Lebanon and Israel have agreed to hold UN-mediated talks aimed at ending a long-running maritime and land borders dispute, Speaker [ More … ]

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Hezbollah’s chief defendant in Hariri murder convicted, 3 other members acquitted

August 18, 2020 MEO Staff

Salim Jamil Ayyash found guilty of committing a terrorist attack and murder over the killing of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri, and 21 others in 2005 The UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on [ More … ]

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Lebanon’s leaders were warned in July about explosives at the port – documents, Reuters

August 12, 2020 Ahmed Rashed

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut’s port posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it [ More … ]

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Massive explosion rocks Lebanon’s capital Beirut

August 4, 2020 Ahmed Rashed

Dozens of people are feared dead and hundreds have been wounded in a massive explosion at the port in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. The exact cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Mohammed Fahmi, Lebanon’s [ More … ]

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Lebanon at risk of a major food crisis: PM sounds alarm

May 21, 2020 MEO Staff

Lebanon’s financial meltdown could tip the country into a full-blown food crisis, as people hit by soaring prices and the fallout of COVID-19 become unable to afford even basics like bread, the prime minister warned. [ More … ]

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Lebanon seeks financial lifeline from the IMF

May 16, 2020 MEO Staff

Talks began on Wednesday with Lebanon seeking a multi-billion-dollar bailout to avoid bankruptcy. Lebanon’s leaders are seeking a financial lifeline from the International Monetary Fund. Talks began on Wednesday with Lebanon seeking a multi-billion-dollar bailout [ More … ]

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Lebanon: Gov. seeking confidence vote amid protests

February 11, 2020 MEO Staff

The Lebanese parliament convened this morning to conduct a confidence vote for the new government, despite attempts by protesters to prevent the assembly from taking place. Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri stated that 67 [ More … ]

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