Lebanon

Clashes Between the Lebanese Army and Syrian General Security Between Hermel and Qaa

According to information reported by LBCI, clashes broke out between the Lebanese army and members of Syria’s General Security, lasting around 20 minutes in the Machrafa area between Hermel and Qaa on Sunday, as the army was attempting to cut off one of the smuggling routes in the region. Al-Jadeed also reported that the Lebanese army returned ...

Israeli Strikes Hit Yater and Chebaa, Security Measures Tightened in Yanouh

An Israeli drone carried out an airstrike at around 11:15 a.m., targeting a motorcycle in the Tir Harma area of the town of Yater (Bint Jbeil district), wounding at least one person, according to concordant reports. Earlier in the morning, an Israeli drone struck two bulldozers with three projectiles in the al-Wastani neighborhood of Chebaa, with ...

Army Denies Presence of Weapons in a House in Yanouh

The Lebanese army said on Sunday that it had carried out two successive inspections of a building in the town of Yanouh, in southern Lebanon, without finding any weapons or ammunition, following an Israeli threat to strike the property. In a statement posted on X, the army said the first search was conducted on Saturday with the consent of the ...

Yassine Jaber: Your Own Words Confirm the Crisis Is Systemic!

Finance Minister Yassine Jaber’s recent statements stand out for his comparison of the Lebanese financial crisis with those in countries such as Greece, Cyprus, and Portugal. In this comparison, he is once again off the mark. In fact, Cyprus experienced only a conventional banking crisis, while Greece and Portugal faced financial crises ...

Jaber’s Blunt Truth: The Law that Destroys Banks and Wipe Out Savings

Finance Minister Yassine Jaber did not mince words: “The banks will be the first losers” if the Financial Gap Law is enacted. And if the banks lose, depositors inevitably lose too. The draft law places the full burden of repaying deposits on the banks alone — a move that would inevitably destroy the Lebanese banking sector and wipe out ...

Lebanon’s Restaurants Boom: Growth or Mirage?

This is the striking number of new restaurant brands registered with the Lebanese Ministry of Economy since the start of 2025. It’s a spectacular surge, but one that is less reassuring than it appears in a country with a limited population and modest tourist inflow. Behind this explosion of concepts lies a clear reality: most of these projects ...

Lebanese MP Ghassan Skaff Dies After Battle With Cancer

Lebanese lawmaker Ghassan Skaff died after a battle with cancer, his office said on Saturday. Skaff was elected to parliament in the 2022 legislative elections, representing the Western Bekaa–Rashaya district. Alongside his political career, Skaff was a prominent neurosurgeon and academic. He had served as professor and head of the Department ...

Lebanon on Edge as Israel Raises the Stakes

The run-up to the mechanism meeting scheduled for December 19 is shaping up to be particularly tense—and for good reason. Israel has been gathering extensive data on Hezbollah’s efforts to rebuild its military capabilities. Israeli representative Yury Reisnick is expected to present these findings to the head of the Lebanese delegation, former ...