A wildfire was raging in the Chouf district of Meshref with reports saying it could engulf nearby houses and educational facilities if not contained. Civil Defense firefighters and Lebanese army teams battled the large blaze, as the weather recorded above the average temperature level for October. The fire has reportedly ... Read More »
Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Abu Dhabi Sunday on the first leg of an Arab and foreign tour aiming to drum up Arab and international financial and investment support for Lebanon to help it overcome its economic crisis, officials said. During the two-day official visit to the United ... Read More »
Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh said on Monday that Lebanese banks were meeting customer demand for US dollars which can still be withdrawn from ATMs in most banks. “Dollars are available in Lebanon and the talk that we see in social media and sometimes in the media is ... Read More »
French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed his country’s commitment to supporting Lebanon on Monday, telling President Michel Aoun that he would visit Beirut in the upcoming year. The two met in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. “Talks focused on the bilateral relations between Lebanon and ... Read More »
A US warship docked off the port of Beirut on Saturday in what American Ambassador Elizabeth Richard said was a sign of the “enduring partnership between the US and Lebanon”. Vice Admiral James Malloy, commander of the US Fifth Fleet, was aboard the USS Rampage, which hosted a reception for ... Read More »
Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday it is important that the 2020 budget maintains or goes below the 7.6 percent deficit-to-GDP ratio and that state spending be directed towards investment. His words came days before he heads to France to meet President Emmanuel Macron. “We need to reach a time ... Read More »
Israeli occupation military confirmed a drone was downed in southern Lebanon, shortly after Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the event. The occupation military, however, claimed the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was downed during “routine activity,” and that there “wasn’t any intelligence leak,” Israeli media reported. Anna Ahronheim, the military and defense ... Read More »
Hezbollah managed to attack an Israeli military vehicle in Avivim northern settlement in a very accurate manner despite all the enemy’s border measures, Al-Manar correspondent Ali Shoaib stressed. Shoaib pointed out that Hezbollah rejected to strike ordinary targets deliberately set by the enemy to avoid major attacks by the Resistance, ... Read More »
Corruption-plagued Lebanon suffers from one of the world’s highest debt ratios, high unemployment and little growth. Lebanon’s top officials declared a “state of economic emergency” Monday, calling for “sacrifices” to pull the country of the slump. The meeting brought together the head’s of Lebanon rival political parties, along with ... Read More »
The Army Command Directorate General issued the following statement on Wednesday: Marking the second anniversary of ‘Fajr al-Joroud’ (Dawn of the Outskirts) battle, Lebanese Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, visited Wadi al-Dib in the town of Arsal, where he laid a wreath on the monument of a number of martyrs ... Read More »
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