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 … ]
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 … ]
Demonstrators in Lebanon blocked key roads on Monday after a weekend of mass rallies confirmed that political promises had failed to extinguish the unprecedented protest movement. Protests regain momentum after period of relative calm as [ More … ]
Lebanon has become the latest Middle Eastern country to repeal a law allowing rapists to escape punishment if they marry their victims. Lebanon’s parliament has abolished a law that allowed a rapist to escape punishment [ More … ]
The main points on the agenda of Italian Minister Gentiloni’s visit to Lebanon are bilateral political, economic and cooperation and regional crises, in addition to inaugurating the new pavilion of the National Museum of Beirut, [ More … ]
A delegation of senior Hamas officials on Thursday concluded a successful six-day visit to Algeria, where they held meetings with leaders of parties, national figures, and officials. The delegation, led by the member of Hamas’s political [ More … ]
The Syrian refugee who was photographed selling pens in the streets of Beirut, Abdul Halim al-Attar, is now running three businesses in the city after an online crowdfunding campaign in his name collected $191,000, reports [ More … ]
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