Lebanon

  • Oct 21, 2019
  • 2 min read

Lebanese protest response will deepen economic malaise

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are calling for a corrupt political system to be overturned

Lebanon
  • Oct 18, 2019
  • 2 min read

Lebanese government teeters on the brink amid protests

The prime minister's allies have called on him to step down following major demonstrations over economic conditions

Lebanon
  • Oct 16, 2019
  • 11 min read

Hezbollah and Israel will avoid intentional escalation

Lebanon has accused Israel of flying a drone over Beirut weeks after a cross-border exchange of fire involving Hezbollah

Lebanon
  • Oct 15, 2019
  • 2 min read

Wildfire response will harm Lebanese government image

The country is witnessing its worst forest fires in decades as homes have been evacuated in countryside south of Beirut

Lebanon
  • Oct 8, 2019
  • 2 min read

Lebanon travel ban end may raise hopes of more UAE aid

The UAE has ended a ban on its citizens travelling to Lebanon as Hariri visits Abu Dhabi looking for financial support

Lebanon
  • Sep 30, 2019
  • 7 min read

Lingering border dispute will hamper Lebanon gas hopes

US officials, encouraged by Beirut, have been mediating between Lebanon and Israel in a maritime boundary dispute

Lebanon
  • Sep 19, 2019
  • 2 min read

Sanctioned Lebanese bank's collapse has social impacts

The Jamal Trust Bank today went into liquidation after being hit with US sanctions in August

Lebanon
  • Sep 2, 2019
  • 2 min read

Israel-Lebanon border will return to uneasy calm

There has been an exchange of fire on the Israel-Lebanon border following an alleged Israeli drone attack on Hezbollah

Israel