Lebanon

Aoun Strengthens Lebanese–Bulgarian Relations During Official Visit

This is Beirut 2025-11-11 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On the second day of his official visit to Bulgaria on Tuesday, President Joseph Aoun continued his diplomatic engagements aimed at deepening Beirut’s’s ties with Sofia. Aoun met with the Speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament, Raya Nazaryan, who expressed readiness to collaborate with Lebanese authorities on legal inquiries related to the ship ...

Hakim Calls for Urgent Reforms to Restore Trust and Protect Depositors

This is Beirut 2025-11-11 10:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Lebanon’s financial and economic situation is going through an unprecedented crisis “that requires decisive measures to restore confidence and protect depositors’ funds, while clarifying the responsibilities of the State.” These are the words of Alain Hakim, former Minister of Economy, summarizing the depth of the country’s economic ...

Hannibal Kadhafi Released After Decade in Prison

This is Beirut 2025-11-10 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Lebanon released Hannibal Kadhafi, the son of deposed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, on bail on Monday after nearly a decade in prison, his lawyer told AFP. "We left; he is free," Laurent Bayon said, hours after Kadhafi's bail of $900,000 was paid. The younger Kadhafi, 49, was accused of withholding information about the 1978 ...

US Treasury Delegation Warns Lebanon: Two-Month Deadline for Key Reforms

This is Beirut 2025-11-10 20:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A US official, during a visit to Lebanon on Monday, called on the authorities to “end Iran’s malign influence through Hezbollah,” stressing that Washington is determined to halt Tehran’s funding of the group hostile to Israel. “We believe that the key for the Lebanese people to take back their country is to end ...

FocusSebastian Gorka’s Visit and Lebanon’s Financial Crossroads

This is Beirut 2025-11-10 19:35 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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The Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka’s visit to Lebanon over the past two days has added an unexpected but timely dimension to the country’s search for economic and political stability. His meetings with local officials and policy advisors reportedly centered on policies to cut off ...

ReportLebanon’s Dry Season: Agriculture at Risk, but Hope Remains

Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-11-10 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Lebanon is facing an unusually dry year, with autumn bringing far less rainfall than normal. According to the Minister of Energy and Water, precipitation is down about 51 percent compared with the average. The winter of 2024-2025 had already been exceptionally dry, with Beirut recording just 382 mm, compared with 1,051 mm the previous year. The ...

Bulgaria Adjourns Extradition Hearing for Beirut Blast Shipowner

This is Beirut 2025-11-10 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A Bulgarian court on Monday adjourned an extradition hearing for a shipowner wanted over a devastating blast at Beirut port in 2020, asking Lebanon to confirm he would not face the death penalty. Lebanon wants Bulgaria to extradite Igor Grechushkin, a 48-year-old Russian-Cypriot, over the disaster, one of the world's largest non-nuclear ...

Israeli Airstrikes Intensify Across Lebanon

This is Beirut 2025-11-10 15:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israeli air raids escalated sharply on Monday, striking multiple regions across Lebanon from the eastern border near Baalbek to the southern border. Warplanes launched two raids on the outskirts of Nabi Sheet (Bekaa) and the Shaara area near Janta (Baalbeck-Hermel), while additional strikes targeted the Rihan hills (Jezzin), Qatrani, and ...

The Association of Banks in Lebanon Warn of “Systemic Crisis”

This is Beirut 2025-11-10 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The economic collapse is systemic and cannot be resolved without the state assuming its share of responsibility, the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) warned in its latest monthly report for October 2025. The statement directly challenges the government’s draft “financial gap” law, which omits any reference to a systemic crisis, a move ...

Aoun in Sofia: Calls for Full Lebanese Sovereignty

This is Beirut 2025-11-10 14:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun met on Monday with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at the Presidential Palace in Sofia, where the two leaders held bilateral talks followed by expanded discussions between their respective delegations. The talks focused on strengthening cooperation between Lebanon and Bulgaria across political, economic, and security ...

EditorialThe Decision Over War and Peace: A Call to Order

Michel Touma 2025-11-10 08:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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It is a world turned completely upside down. That seems to be the guiding principle of the radical wing of Tehran’s clerical regime, which persistently seeks to project onto Lebanon its own highly idiosyncratic—and at times surreal—vision of political action. Following the directives of its regional mentor, the local pro-Iranian group shows ...

Suspect in 1994 Panama Plane Bombing Arrested in Venezuela

This is Beirut 2025-11-09 20:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Panamanian authorities announced Sunday the arrest in Venezuela of the suspected mastermind behind a 1994 plane bombing that killed 21 people, mostly Jewish, in an attack attributed to Hezbollah. The aircraft, Alas Chiricanas Flight 901, exploded shortly after takeoff from an airport in Panama’s Colón province on the night of July ...