Lebanon

January 23, 2022

Penny pinching and power cuts; Lebanon’s middle class squeezed by crisis

BEIRUT, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Lebanese school teacher Sara Wissam and her husband were comfortably off before a run on…

January 18, 2022

Netflix celebrated the upcoming January 20 premiere of its first original Arab film, “Perfect Strangers” on Monday at Dubai’s Bulgari…

January 16, 2022

BEIRUT, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Powerful Lebanese groups Hezbollah and Amal said on Saturday they would end a boycott of…

January 15, 2022

BEIRUT, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s central bank said on Friday it aimed to boost the Lebanese pound’s valueby easing…

January 14, 2022

BEIRUT, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Lebanese truck and bus drivers and others blocked main roads in the capital and other…

January 9, 2022

BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of people rallied in Beirut on Saturday to protest measures imposed against the unvaccinated, saying individuals…

January 5, 2022

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s currency hit a new low Tuesday reaching 20 times its value on the black market since…

January 3, 2022

BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian mother and her three children died in their sleep after inhaling toxic fumes from burning…

December 29, 2021

Lebanese Energy Minister Walid Fayyad said, on Tuesday, that the agreement to import gas from Egypt will add 450 megawatts…

December 28, 2021

BEIRUT, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Syria on Monday condemned Israeli plans to double within five years the number of Jewish…