Tag: Lebanon

FM says Iran’s support for Lebanon’s Resistance to continue (IRNA)

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has reiterated Islamic Republic's continued support for Lebanon's Resistance against Zionist regime's possible threats. Amirabdollahian made the remarks in an...

Jordan, Syria, Lebanon discuss electricity cooperation (Al-Monitor)

Jordan hosted Lebanese and Syrian officials Wednesday for a discussion on providing energy-starved Lebanon with electricity. The energy and electricity ministers of the three countries...

Israel willing to give maritime talks with Lebanon another try (Rita Bassist, Al-Monitor)

Israel welcomes the new mediator to the US-sponsored talks with Lebanon over their mutual maritime border in the Mediterranean Sea. Energy Minister Karine Elharar spoke to Al-Monitor...

Iranian foreign minister meets top Lebanese officials (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has met senior Lebanese officials to express Tehran’s willingness to support the cash-strapped country. Amir-Abdollahian held separate meetings with  Lebanese...

Turkish company again stops supplying Lebanon with electricity (Al-Monitor)

A Turkish company stopped providing Lebanon with electricity Friday, further exacerbating the country’s energy crisis. Karpowership said it stopped operations at its two offshore power...

Court allows Judge Bitar to resume Beirut blast investigation (Al Jazeera)

The Beirut Appeals Court has rejected requests to remove Judge Tarek Bitar from the Beirut Port blast investigation, which were presented by former ministers...

No bread, no work: Lebanon’s Tripoli faces growing hunger crisis (Barnaby Papadopulos, Middle East Eye)

In August, people queue to buy bread from a Tripoli bakery after the central bank effectively ended subsidies on fuel imports (Reuters) “There is no...

Oshkosh wins $16M deal to boost military mobility for Iraq, Lebanon and Malaysia (Agnes Helou, Defense News)

U.S. Staff Sgt. Edward Dinkins ground guides an M1070A1 HET in an uncoupling exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., in June 2015. (Sgt. Leticia Samuels/U.S....

UN urges Lebanon to implement reforms as extreme poverty grows (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has sounded the alarm on Lebanon’s spiralling economic meltdown, calling on the country’s leadership to urgently implement reforms as extreme poverty deepens...

$383 million humanitarian plan to address ‘living nightmare’ in Lebanon (UN News)

© UNICEF/Fouad Choufany. Personal care kits are distributed to families affected by the Beirut port explosion in Lebanon. (file) For the past two years, Lebanon has...

Beirut blast survivors protest against suspension of probe (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

Families of the Beirut Port blast victims are protesting against the suspension of the investigation into the devastating explosion, saying the probe is the...

Beirut blast probe suspended after request to remove judge (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

The Beirut port blast inquiry has been suspended after accused former Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk formally notified the investigator of the request to dismiss him from the...

US 5th Fleet kicks off first-ever Central Partnership Station exercise in Lebanon that pairs training, humanitarian aid (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The Military Sealift Command Expeditionary Fast Transport ship, USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF 2), arrives in Souda Bay for a scheduled port visit Dec. 30,...

EU Parliament resolution urges sanctions on Lebanon officials (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

People carry national flags as they hold a moment of silence marking the one-year anniversary of Beirut's port blast, near the site of the...

Lebanon to end subsidies and introduce cash cards (Anchal Vohra, ORF)

Lebanon’s new government is expected to lift all subsidies by the end of this month. Over the last two years, Lebanon’s economy collapsed, and...

Lebanon. Najib Mikati Has Formed a New Lebanese Government (Michael Young, Carnegie Middle East Center)

After more than a year of waiting, Lebanon has a new government. The new prime minister, Najib Mikati, succeeded where his two predecessors, Mustapha...