First Emirates Airlines Flight Carrying Emirati Citizens Lands in Beirut Marking a Step Toward Economic and Tourism Revival

This is Beirut 07/05 11:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Beirut International Airport United Arab Emirates Emirates

The first Emirates Airlines flight from the United Arab Emirates carrying Emirati citizens landed on Wednesday at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport marking a symbolic and warmly welcomed moment in Lebanese-UAE relations. The airport’s arrivals hall was adorned with flowers to greet the aircraft and its passengers, reflecting the ...

Haidar Asks Unions to Conduct Their Elections and Correct Their Legal Status Within 3 Months

This is Beirut 07/05 11:25 - Reading : less than a minute

The Minister of Labor, Mohammad Haidar, issued a directive as part of the regulation of craft unions and professional unions (both workers and employers) and their licensed federations across Lebanon. The directive requested that “all craft unions, professional unions (workers and employers) and their licensed federations, in accordance with ...

Zgharta: Municipal Elections Shaping the Political Landscape

Yara Germany 07/05 11:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Lebanon Municipal elections Zgharta

As municipal elections draw near, the caza of Zgharta is becoming a political battleground. More than just local stakes, the real contest is over control of the Federation of Municipalities. In Zgharta district, municipal elections transcend local affairs. They become full-scale political battles, shaped by the deep-rooted rivalry between two ...

Minister of Tourism: To Re-Establish Lebanon as a Preferred Tourist Destination for Gulf Countries

This is Beirut 07/05 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Lebanon’s Minister of Tourism Laura Lahoud reaffirmed the government’s commitment to restoring the country’s status as a top destination for visitors from the Gulf, during a ministerial meeting held on Tuesday at the Grand Serail under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. The meeting comes amid renewed efforts by the Lebanese ...

Interior Ministry Publishes Official Results of Mount Lebanon Municipal and Mukhtar elections

This is Beirut 07/05 11:00 - Reading : 10 minute(s)

Mount Lebanon Results Municipal Elections Mokhtars

The Ministry of Interior has published the official results of the municipal and mukhtar elections held on May 4 in the Mount Lebanon governorate. On Wednesday, May 7, all results were posted on the Ministry of Interior's X account. This election marked the start of the first phase of the municipal and mukhtar elections in Lebanon, which will ...

Agriculture Minister Secures UNIFIL Support for Farmers' Access to Border Lands

This is Beirut 07/05 10:55 - Reading : less than a minute

Agriculture south Lebanon unifil

Minister of Agriculture Nizar Hani met with the head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), General Aroldo Lázaro, to discuss measures facilitating farmers' access to agricultural lands located in sensitive border areas. The initiative, launched following communications initiated by the UNIFIL commander, has now received ...

Israeli Drone Strike Kills Hamas Member in Saida

This is Beirut 07/05 09:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Hamas Israel Lebanon Drone Saida

An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in the southern Lebanese city of Saida early Wednesday, May 7, 2025, killing a member of the Palestinian group Hamas whose death was confirmed by the Islamist movement. The attack is the latest in a series of targeted assassinations attributed to Israel since the ceasefire agreement that took effect on ...

Lebanon Steps Up Security as Gulf Tourists Set to Return

This is Beirut 06/05 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon GCC Nawaf Salam Tourists GULF Saudi Arabia

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met on Tuesday at the Grand Serail with ambassadors from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to coordinate preparations for the anticipated return of Gulf nationals to Lebanon. The meeting follows the United Arab Emirates’ recent decision to lift a long-standing travel ban on Lebanon, imposed during a previous ...

One Person Killed in an Israeli Drone Strike in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut 06/05 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Israel Strike Kfar Rumman Nabatieh

An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in the town of Kfar Rumman, near Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, on Tuesday evening, killing one person and injuring another. The identity of the victim was not immediately disclosed. Later during the evening, Hezbollah announced in a statement that the victim was one of its fighters, Adnan Harb. The ...

Lebanon and Iraq Deepen Energy Ties with Renewed Oil Agreement

This is Beirut 06/05 18:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Iraq Central Bank Baghdad Energy Oil agreement

Lebanon and Iraq have renewed a key energy deal through which Baghdad will supply Beirut with two million tons of crude oil, now under new payment terms that reflect shifting regional dynamics. In a notable departure from past arrangements, Lebanon has agreed to settle its dues in US dollars via direct transfers from the Banque du Liban, ending ...

Air Links with UAE 'Officially' Re-Established with Landmark Flights to Beirut

This is Beirut 06/05 17:30 - Reading : less than a minute

Joseph Aoun United Arab Emirates Lebanon Beirut International Airport

Three Emirati planes will land on Wednesday at Beirut International Airport, marking the official resumption of air links between the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, following the lifting of the travel ban on Emirati citizens. This decision, announced by President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will take effect on May 7, following Lebanese ...

Hamas Turns Over Third Rocket Attack Suspect to LAF

This is Beirut 06/05 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) announced on Tuesday that it had taken custody of a third individual suspected of launching rockets from southern Lebanon toward Israel. In an official statement, the LAF said the suspect, identified by the initials “Q.S.,” was handed over by Hamas at the entrance to the El Buss camp in Tyre, southern Lebanon. ...