Backlash after dog burned to death in Baalbeck
BEIRUT — A video surfaced of dog being burned alive by a man in Baalbeck on Sunday, sparking backlash and prompting animal rights NGO BETA to alert the governor of Baalbeck-Hermel, Bashir...
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Telecoms Corruption: The Court of Audit report nails six ministers
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Court of Audit’s decisions in two cases of squandering and misappropriation of public funds in the Telecommunications Ministry were published in the local press Friday. The court...
Economic Service, 15 May 2023
The rise and fall of the ‘club of 13’
They were unprepared. Some didn’t even want to be part of the spectacle, and others were uncertain how they found themselves there. On Thursday, May 20, 2022, in front of thousands of television...
Stéphanie KHOURI, 15 May 2023
Street vendors protest outside Mikati's home in Tripoli
BEIRUT — On Monday, Cart vendors in Mina, Tripoli, burned tires and blocked the road leading to the house of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, to protest the municipality's decision to ban...
Wael Taleb, 15 May 2023
UAE invites Syria's Assad to COP28 climate summit -Syrian media
The United Arab Emirates has invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the COP28 climate summit it is hosting at the end of the year, possibly placing him in the same venue as Western leaders who...
15 May 2023
Salameh will not appear for questioning in Paris
BEIRUT —Banque Du Liban's governor Riad Salameh will not be appearing in the hearing session set for him on Tuesday by investigating judge Aude Buresi in Paris, because he was "not notified of the...
Claude ASSAF, 15 May 2023
Saudi ambassador meets with Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs
BEIRUT — Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari met Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib on Monday, as part of his tour with Lebanese political figures. "We share the same desire with...
15 May 2023
'They have committed no crime': Protest by relatives of Lebanese detained in Emirates
BEIRUT — Dozens of people demonstrated outside the Grand Serail in downtown Beirut on Monday morning to demand the release of Lebanese nationals detained in the United Arab Emirates. The protest...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 15 May 2023
What's behind Gebran Bassil’s ‘No’ to Sleiman Frangieh
The ball is now in Gebran Bassil’s court. While Saudi Arabia has reiterated that it has no veto on any presidential candidate — including Sleiman Frangieh, Amal and Hezbollah’s favorite candidate —...
Salah Hijazi, 15 May 2023
Moawad: 'I will not withdraw my candidacy except for a reformist, sovereign candidate'
BEIRUT — Lebanese presidential candidate Michel Moawad said he will not withdraw his candidacy "except for a reformist, sovereign candidate who is able to gather all opposition forces," he said in...
15 May 2023
Israeli army kills Palestinian in West Bank
Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man Monday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli army said it returned fire after being shot at....
15 May 2023
Civil Defense finds body of drowned man near Raouche
BEIRUT — Beirut's Civil Defense on Monday morning found the body of a Lebanese man who drowned while he was swimming in the sea off Raouche on Saturday, the Civil Defense said in a statement. The...
15 May 2023
Customs dollar hiked again, gas prices dollarized, Nakba commemorated: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . The Finance Ministry increased the exchange rate used to calculate customs duties from LL60,000 to LL86,000, converging with...