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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 … ]

Analysis

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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UN chief welcomes formation of new government in Lebanon

January 23, 2020 MEO Staff

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the formation of a new government in Lebanon, stressing the international body’s commitment to supporting Beirut. “The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of the formation of a new Government [ More … ]

Analysis

Lebanon delays nomination of new PM amid protests, divisions

December 17, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

President postpones talks which were expected to result in Saad Hariri being named as next prime minister. Beirut, Lebanon – The nomination of Lebanon’s next prime minister has been postponed after major Christian parties said they [ More … ]

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Lebanon: Hariri re-emerges as PM candidate as Khatib withdraws

December 9, 2019 MEO Staff

Businessman Samir Khatib says country’s senior Sunni cleric told him during meeting on Sunday that he backed Hariri Lebanon’s leading Sunni Muslim politician, Saad al-Hariri, re-emerged as a candidate for prime minister on Sunday when [ More … ]

Analysis

Lebanese Business People Back Protesters’ Call for Change

November 26, 2019 MEO Staff

Lebanon has faced five weeks of anti-government protests, driven by widespread anger at corruption among the sectarian politicians who have governed the country for decades. The protesters are now demanding that they go. By Ivana [ More … ]

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Amid popular protests, Lebanon parties agree to name ex-finance minister as new PM

November 15, 2019 MEO Staff

Several major Lebanese parties have agreed on nominating Mohammad Safadi, a former finance minister, as the prime minister of a new government. The major political parties in Lebanon have agreed on naming former finance minister [ More … ]

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Streets of Beirut flood with renewed demonstrations

November 4, 2019 MEO Staff

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 … ]

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