30 Ogero plants to shut down due to fuel shortages
BEIRUT — Ogero Managing Director Imad Kreidieh said Wednesday that the Al-Minieh power station, located in Tripoli, has stopped operating due to a fuel shortage. He added that 30 other Ogero...
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Biden administration to consider sanctioning Lebanese officials
BEIRUT — US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf said Wednesday that the Biden administration is considering imposing sanctions on Lebanese officials if the country...
Mario DOUEIRY, 1 June 2023
Caretaker cabinet’s ability to raise public sector salaries disputed in Parliament
BEIRUT — Parliament’s joint committees held a contentious session on Wednesday, when MPs reacted to the caretaker cabinet’s April 18 move to increase public sector salaries and transportation...
Richard SALAME, 31 May 2023
What’s behind the controversy over disbursing financial aid in dollars?
After initially announcing they would distribute financial aid to Syrian refugees in dollars, UN organizations have now reversed their decision. Under pressure from Lebanese authorities, they will...
Anne-Marie El-HAGE, 31 May 2023
Lebanese tourism sector breathes sigh of relief after Saudi captive rescued
After concerns that this week’s kidnapping of a Saudi airline worker in Beirut could hurt the summer’s crucial tourism season, workers in the industry say they are relieved the man’s quick rescue...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 31 May 2023
Beirut football coach charged with sexual harassment of minors
BEIRUT — A football coach in Beirut was arrested and charged by the Lebanese judiciary with sexual harassment of minors, the state-run National National News Agency reported. The coach, who was...
31 May 2023
Bekaa explosion: 'It doesn't look at all like an Israeli tactic'
BEIRUT — Following Wednesday's explosion that killed five people near the Syrian border, which killed five people, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command...
Raphaël ABDELNOUR, 31 May 2023
Second Interpol red notice for Riad Salameh as he appears for questioning in Beirut
BEIRUT — Riad Salameh, Banque du Liban (BDL) governor, appeared at the Beirut Justice Palace on Wednesday, a day after Lebanon received a second Interpol red notice issued against him, a judicial...
31 May 2023
Will Saudi Arabia soon be a member of 'BRICS bank'?
Riyadh is engaged in negotiations to join the Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB), also known as BRICS Bank, the Financial Times has revealed. Created by a group of five counties — Brazil,...
Amélie ZACCOUR, 31 May 2023
UAE withdraws from US-led maritime coalition
The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn from a US-led maritime coalition tasked with securing tense Gulf waterways that are vital to the global oil trade, it said Wednesday....
31 May 2023
Geagea: FPM and opposition agree Azour as preferred presidential candidate
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea reaffirmed Wednesday that the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), led by his political rival Gebran Bassil, has told opposition forces of its commitment...
31 May 2023
Quick release of kidnapped Saudi bolsters Joseph Aoun’s position
Lebanese security forces worked quickly to rescue Mashari al-Mutairi, the Saudi national who was abducted in Beirut on Sunday evening. The kidnapping incident came as Lebanon works to mend its...
Salah Hijazi, 31 May 2023
Blast at Palestinian base in Lebanon kills five: security source
Five fighters from a pro-Syrian Palestinian militant group were killed in an accidental explosion at a base in eastern Lebanon, a Lebanese security source said Wednesday. A...
31 May 2023
Ogero employees announce additional two-day 'warning strike'
BEIRUT — Employees of the state-run telecommunication company Ogero announced on Wednesday that they will observe a two-day "warning strike" on June 6 and 8 to protest deteriorating living...
31 May 2023
Lira hits record low as Turkey prepares for new cabinet
ISTANBUL — Turkey's lira tumbled on Wednesday to a fresh record low against the dollar as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepared to decide the shape of his new cabinet and the direction of...
31 May 2023
Sudan army suspends truce talks with paramilitary foes, government official says
The Sudanese army has suspended its participation in US- and Saudi-brokered cease-fire talks with its paramilitary foes, a government official told AFP on Wednesday. The...
31 May 2023
Loud night-time explosion heard in Bekaa
BEIRUT — A loud explosion was heard on Tuesday night in several villages in the eastern and central Bekaa, including in areas on the outskirts of the villages of Massa and Qousaya, a security...
31 May 2023
Macron meets Rai, calls on Lebanon to end 'political impasse'
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron held talks in Paris on Tuesday with Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai. Marcon expressed his support for Rai's "efforts" in the face of...
31 May 2023
Man killed in grenade explosion in Palestinian refugee camp
BEIRUT — A man was killed Tuesday evening in a grenade explosion at a house in the Mieh Mieh Palestinian refugee camp east of Saida, South Lebanon, a Palestinian security source told L'Orient...
31 May 2023
Municipal mandate extension upheld, Saudi man freed, car dealers protest: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. The Constitutional Council yesterday rejected appeals to a law extending municipal councils’ mandates, the state-run National...
31 May 2023
Private astronaut crew, including first Arab woman in orbit, returns from space station
An all-private astronaut team of two Americans and two Saudis, including the first Arab woman sent into orbit, splashed down safely off Florida on Tuesday night, capping an eight-day research...