Executive decrees for offshore oil and gas exploration will be issued within two weeks, the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper reported on Sunday. “An agreement has been reached on issuing the oil law’s executive decrees within two weeks so that a call for tenders can be organized,” […]
Children are the basis of every community. With them, the future finds its way. In Lebanon, many children and adults are in need of medical aid, much like many other parts of the world. These children are being treated by NGOs, that require constant funding. […]
War has long ended, but power rationing has not. Promises after promises were given to the citizens, but none of them has ever been kept. Before the year 1975, Lebanon had a 24-hour power supply, and it used to sell electricity to Syria. In 1991 […]
A minor earthquake was felt Wednesday afternoon across several Lebanese regions, mainly Mount Lebanon and Beirut. The state-run Bhannes National Center for Geophysical Research said the epicenter of the quake was the Chouf-Deir al-Qamar area in Mount Lebanon and that it measured 4.0 on the […]
The restive eastern border town of al-Qaa bid farewell Wednesday to five of its sons who were killed before dawn Monday in unprecedented multiple suicide bombings, as the region’s Christian spiritual leader called for turning the neighboring area of Masharii al-Qaa into a “military zone.” […]
Unknown assailants Saturday cut a main water pipe in a north Lebanon village, denying a neighboring town from its water supply over a dispute related to last month’s municipal elections. The state-run National News Agency said that the incident comes after the head of Btormaz […]
Lebanese Finance Minister stated that Lebanon hopes to receive additional support from Russia to help its armed forces fight terrorism. Lebanon hopes to receive additional support from Russia to help its armed forces fight terrorism, Lebanese Finance Minister Ali Khalil said Monday. “We are currently […]
THE DAY I ARRIVED in Beirut I was collected at my hotel by Huda Baroudi, a cheerful woman who had offered to show me around. It was a lazy Sunday, grim and gray, and I was jet-lagged. But her eyes were shining and she was […]
The State Security agency arrested Thursday a Syrian man in Beirut on charges of “entering Lebanon illegally” and “having ties and contacts with al-Nusra Front,” al-Qaida’s Syria branch, media reports said. Later on Thursday, the General Security agency announced that another Syrian has been arrested […]
Saudi Arabia has taken new measures concerning bank transfers conducted by Lebanese citizens from Saudi Arabia to their home country, according to the chairman of the Lebanese Chamber of Commerce. Mohammed Shuqair told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that currently each bank transfer “takes around three to […]
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