Tag: Lebanon

For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight

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BAR ELIAS, Lebanon — Mohammed Zakaria has lived in a plastic tent in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for almost as long as war has...

Lebanese parliament approves World Bank loan to help poor

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BEIRUT — Lebanon’s parliament on Friday approved a $246 million loan from the World Bank that would provide cash assistance for more than 160,000...

France: Lebanon is running out of time before total collapse

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PARIS — France's foreign minister warned on Thursday that Lebanon is running out of time before it could see a total collapse, urging the...

Burning tires: Lebanon’s protesters send dark, angry message

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BEIRUT — It’s an expression of anger but also of helplessness: Anti-government protesters in Lebanon are burning tires to block key roads, releasing dense...

Syrian pound hits record low as economic crisis worsens

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BEIRUT — The Syrian pound hit a record low Wednesday just days before the Arab country marks the 10th anniversary of a conflict that...

Anger in Lebanon as currency, prices spiral out of control

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BEIRUT — Protesters in Lebanon burned tires and closed several major roads on Thursday as the severe economic crisis gripping the country continued to...

Albanian minister in Lebanon for Syria repatriation efforts

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TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s interior minister on Thursday said he was in Lebanon looking to repatriate more Albanians related to other nationals who had...

COVID-19 kills former Lebanese militant Anis Naccache

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Anis Naccache, a former pro-Palestinian militant who participated in the 1975 kidnapping of oil ministers in Vienna, died Monday after battling...

UN gives green light to fund Lebanon tribunal for 2021

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council has given a green light to keep the U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s former...

Wife: No signs of torture on body of slain Hezbollah critic

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BEIRUT — An independent autopsy revealed no signs of torture on the body of a well-known Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of the Shiite...