A large black Mercedes threaded its way through a crowd on Hamra’s main street on June 27, 1997, as security services cordoned off Beirut. Then Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was behind the steering...
BEIRUT — After a weekslong delay, Banque du Liban has launched Sayrafa, a currency exchange platform that aims to begin the process of eliminating black market currency exchange businesses by...
BEIRUT — When the American University of Beirut said the cost of study at Lebanon’s top school would more than double, 21-year-old Ali Slim felt his dream career in medicine might be over before...
BEIRUT — When 45-year-old Caline Mouawad contracted COVID-19 in January, she hardly noticed — everything felt more or less normal, apart from a slight fever. Four months later, she is so exhausted,...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. A 21-year-old Lebanese man was shot by Israeli forces at Lebanon’s southern border on Friday, and several demonstrators were...
