BEIRUT — Three days after the 2022 parliamentary elections, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah spoke Wednesday night, admitting to losing the majority of seats in Parliament, an advantage his party...
With 19 seats compared to 15 in 2018, the Lebanese Forces won a victory in the May 15 legislative elections. It was a victory first against its long-time Christian opponent, the Free Patriotic...
BEIRUT — Hezbollah's parliamentary group met on Wednesday for the first time after the legislative elections and expressed the “need for a calm and objective approach to improving electoral law and...
BEIRUT — In response to rumors concerning the total shutdown of state power provider Electricité du Liban’s power plants since Wednesday morning, the utility has issued a partial denial. It...
BEIRUT — The French Foreign Ministry welcomed on Wednesday the on-time holding of the Lebanese parliamentary elections on Sunday, and called on Lebanese officials to “appoint without delay” a prime...
BEIRUT — In Lebanon’s 2022 parliamentary elections, a record eight women were elected to serve in Parliament, hailing from across the country. Not only do the MPs represent geographical and...
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s central bank changed gears on Wednesday and extended Circular 161’s deadline by two months, until the end of July, in a bid to calm the recent sell-off of the lira. Here’s what...
BEIRUT — The Amal Movement and Hezbollah on Wednesday called on their supporters to "stop organizing motorbike convoys" across Lebanon, as the phenomena has repeatedly occurred following...
BEIRUT – A stray bullet, presumably from celebratory gunfire following the announcement of parliamentary election results, was found in the Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon Takeshi Okubo’s garden...
It was an uphill battle in the Mount Lebanon II constituency, or the Metn district (eight seats: four Maronites, two Greek Orthodox, one Greek Catholic, one Armenian Orthodox), and for good reason....
BEIRUT — Economy Minister Amin Salam said in a statement Wednesday that “[bread] subsidies will continue and I won’t accept that they be lifted arbitrarily,” amid warnings of a crisis from the...
BEIRUT — Marada party head Sleiman Frangieh said during a press conference Wednesday that “there is no link between the parliamentary election results and the presidential elections.” Here’s what...
Rima Mismar's lighter returns to the hand-rolled cigarette and clicks once, twice, three times. The director of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture rolled and lit the cig at the start of this...
BEIRUT — The turnout figures on a district by district level issued by the Interior Ministry yesterday appear to have been incorrect, calculations show. Results posted to the Interior Ministry’s...
BEIRUT — Qatar's Ambassador to Lebanon Ibrahim bin Abdel Aziz al-Sahlaoui conveyed to the head of government, “Qatar's congratulations for the success of the legislative elections,” during a...
BEIRUT — Queues formed at gas stations across Lebanon Wednesday as fuel prices increased and shortages were linked to delays in payments to importers and increased demand over the weekend in light...
BEIRUT — The American University of Beirut announced Wednesday a gradual “transition to collecting tuition fees in fresh dollars – or their equivalent” starting in the academic year 2022-2023....
On May 21, the mandate of the outgoing Parliament will end. The next day, the newly elected members will come to the hemicycle chamber to begin a new legislature. The new tenants of Nejmeh Square...
BEIRUT — President Michel Aoun returned to the presidential palace Wednesday after spending the night in the hospital to conduct medical examinations. Here’s what we know: •...
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