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Financial Restructuring: Fadi Khalaf Cautions Against a “Partial” Approach

This is Beirut, 2025-12-08 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Secretary-General of the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL), Dr. Fadi Khalaf, has cautioned that any financial restructuring confined to the banking sector is likely to fail unless accompanied by comprehensive state reform. In his editorial for the ABL’s November report, published Monday, Khalaf emphasized that Lebanon’s ...

82nd Anniversary of Lebanon’s Independence: Army Commander Calls for National Unity

This is Beirut, 2025-11-21 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On the occasion of the 82nd anniversary of Lebanon’s independence, Army Commander General Rodolphe Haikal reaffirmed that the military’s deployment plan in the South is “progressing as scheduled,” despite what he described as “exceptional circumstances” requiring “prudence, restraint, and professionalism.” He noted that since the ...

Francophone Europe and the Muslim Brotherhood: Between Myth and Reality

Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 2025-11-12 10:55 - Reading : 11 minute(s)

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While the presence of Muslim Brotherhood members and sympathizers in France and, more broadly, across Francophone Europe has long been established, the issue only entered mainstream public debate recently, following the publication of a government report on the Brotherhood’s influence in France last May. The report stirred widespread ...

Israel Negotiator Dermer Resigns from Ministerial Post

This is Beirut, 2025-11-12 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's strategic affairs minister, Ron Dermer, who also led negotiations for the Gaza ceasefire, has announced his resignation from his ministerial post following the return of hostages held in the Palestinian territory. Dermer, a close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, spearheaded months of intense negotiations that resulted in the ...

U.S. Treasury Delegation in Beirut, Sanctions Top of the Agenda

This is Beirut, 2025-11-08 20:14 - Reading : less than a minute

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This is Beirut has learned that President Joseph Aoun will meet tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Baabda Palace with a delegation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, headed by Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John Hurley, and accompanied by officials from the White House. Talks are expected to focus on counterterrorism ...

Closed Again: Jeita Grotto, a Victim of a Failing State

Natasha Metni Torbey, 2025-11-06 16:50 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Jeita Grotto is temporarily closed. This was confirmed Thursday morning by Tourism Minister Laura Lahoud. Lebanon’s iconic karstic wonder is shutting its doors for the second time in less than a year. The first closure came after the death of Mapas-Lebanon CEO Nabil Haddad in November 2024, leaving the site without an official manager for eight ...

NYC Voters Decide Between Experience and Idealism

Michael al-Andary, 2025-11-03 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday in a mayoral contest that has become one of the city’s most unpredictable in decades. Voters are weighing three very different candidates: a youthful leftist with national attention, a scandal-tainted former governor, and a Republican outsider. The outcome will determine leadership for a metropolis of 8.5 ...

Southern Lebanon’s Olive Trees: Peace Left to Fallow

Katia Kahil, 2025-11-02 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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After a spiral of violence that devastated villages and farmland, the scars of war remain visible in Deir Mimas, Khiam, Houla, Blida, and Mays al-Jabal. More than 60,000 olive trees have been destroyed. “This year, we lost everything,” says Rose from Deir Mimas. “The trees are no longer pruned, the olives wither on the branches, and no one ...

US says Dismantles Possible Telecom Network Threat to UN Summit

This is Beirut, 2025-09-23 18:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US Secret Service said Tuesday it had dismantled a network of electronic devices that could have crashed New York's telecommunications network in an attack ahead of the UN General Assembly. The protective agency did not say who was responsible for the sophisticated material but linked it to "nation-state" actors and ...

UN Security Council Votes for Lebanon Peacekeepers to Leave in 2027

This is Beirut, 2025-08-28 19:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Security Council voted Thursday for UN peacekeepers to leave Lebanon in 2027, allowing one final extension after pressure from Israel and its US ally to end the nearly 50-year-old force. Israel hailed the termination of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and urged the Beirut government to exert its authority after an Israeli ...

Denmark Summons US Charge D'affaires Over Greenland 'Interference' Attempts

This is Beirut, 2025-08-27 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Denmark summoned the US charge d'affaires for talks Wednesday after reports of attempted interference in Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory which US President Donald Trump wants to control. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has repeatedly said America needs the strategically located, resource-rich island for security ...

Israel PM Orders Start of Immediate Negotiations to Release 'All Our Hostages'

This is Beirut, 2025-08-21 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)