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MP Ghazi Zeaiter (Twitter)

February 27th, 2019 - 08:53 GMT

Lebanese MP Vows to Lay Bare His Swiss Weapons for Inspection

MP Ghazi Zeaiter promised Tuesday to present for verification weapons he had purchased from Switzerland, after his failure to do so last year resulted in the country banning arms provisions to Lebanon.

12 years ago, Hezbollah and Israel were left gutted by a summer war that was costly for both sides. Another crisis could be looming. (Mahmoud Zayyat/ AFP)

February 11th, 2018 - 08:00 GMT

5 Reasons Why Israel Is Ready for War With Hezbollah (Oil Is One of Them)

Ziad Doueiri has been arrested, grilled by a military panel, had his film boycotted and risked seeing it banned in his home country. (Source: @ziad.doueiri Instagram)

January 29th, 2018 - 03:51 GMT

Post Oscar nomination, Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri's difficult road to make 'the Insult'

Saad Hariri called on all ministries and public institutions to cut their 2018 budgets by 20 percent. Is it enough to reduce the country's deficit? Economists weigh in. (AFP)

January 29th, 2018 - 08:50 GMT

Lebanon: Hariri's 20 Percent Budget Cut, Enough to Reduce Deficit?

The U.S. Congress has passed several laws to dry up Hezbollah funding and separate Lebanese banks and other financial infrastructure from the Shia group (AFP/File)

January 24th, 2018 - 10:41 GMT

Cut Hezbollah From Financial System: US to Lebanon

Syrian refugees in a Lebanese camp (file photo)

January 20th, 2018 - 09:40 GMT

13 Refugees Freeze to Death on Syria-Lebanon Border

“We don’t have a real economy in Lebanon. The model we have been living in for the past 25 years is no longer sustainable. We need a change.” - Raed Khoury, Minister of Economy and Trade (Courtesy of The Daily Star)

January 14th, 2018 - 12:13 GMT

McKinsey to Pitch Ideal Economic Model for Lebanon in Six Months: Minister

Lebanon's real GDP growth is expected to pick up in 2018 supported by the reopening of trade routes with Syria and Iraq by mid-2018. (File photo)

December 14th, 2017 - 02:07 GMT

Reopening Syria, Iraq Trade Routes Will Add to Lebanon's 2018 GDP Growth

Lebanon has had no solid waste management plan since the Civil War (AFP/File)

December 6th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Lebanon Polluted Due to Syrian Refugees, Israeli Bombs: Environment Ministry

“We are in a garbage crisis whether there is trash on the streets or not,” HRW Lebanon and Kuwait researcher Bassam Khawaja said (AFP/File)

December 5th, 2017 - 08:11 GMT

The Trash Crisis Does Not Exist: Lebanon's Environment Minister

“Syria to us – people born off its land – is like a mother. It’s impossible for someone to find a mother other than his own" (AFP/File)

November 30th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

'A Prison for the Refugees': In Conversation with Syria's Displaced in Lebanon

Prince Mohammad launched the alliance as Saudi defense minister in 2015 (AFP)

November 27th, 2017 - 09:37 GMT

Lebanon Doesn't Attend Anti-Terrorism Summit in Riyadh

Bashrawi turned himself in after entering into Lebanon from Syria (AFP/File)

November 16th, 2017 - 07:38 GMT

Missing Saudi Citizen Turns Himself in After Entering Lebanon from Syria