Keywords: Lebanon


US–Lebanon Direct Flights Face Security Hurdles as Trump Seeks to Restore Air Links

Plans to restore direct commercial flights between the United States and Lebanon are facing significant regulatory and operational obstacles, with shortcomings identified at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport raising questions about how soon the long-suspended air connection could resume. The......

Miriam Jammous Dies After 42 Years Without Answers About Her Husband’s Disappearance in Lebanon

Miriam Jammous, whose husband disappeared during Lebanon’s civil war in 1984, has died after more than four decades of uncertainty, leaving behind a family that still has no definitive answers about his fate. Her husband, Shlomo Mourad Jammous, was a prominent figure in Lebanon’s Jewish......

FAO calls for urgent agricultural aid as hunger worsens across the Middle East

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is calling for urgent funding to support agriculture across the Middle East and North Africa, warning that more than 45 million people in the region are facing crisis-level food insecurity or worse. The UN agency said prolonged conflicts, forced......

Global debt nears postwar record as several Arab economies face heavy debt burdens

Global public debt is approaching levels not seen since the aftermath of the Second World War, raising concerns about fiscal stability and the ability of governments to manage rising borrowing costs. The International Monetary Fund has warned that the global debt burden is expected to exceed the equivalent......

Morocco and Lebanon sign three landmark agreements to expand judicial cooperation

Rabat — Morocco and Lebanon have moved to deepen their judicial partnership with the signing of three agreements designed to improve cooperation in criminal matters and make cross-border legal procedures more effective. The agreements were signed in Rabat during a working visit by Lebanese Justice......

Israel intensifies southern Lebanon operations after Naïm Qassem speech

Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon intensified after Hezbollah Secretary-General Naïm Qassem reaffirmed the group’s refusal to give up its weapons while Israeli forces remain in Lebanese territory. Qassem made the remarks on Sunday, September 27, during a televised speech marking......

Lebanon condemns the attack on the East-West pipeline in Saudi Arabia

Beirut has strongly condemned the attack carried out against the Saudi East-West pipeline, targeted on Friday in the regions of Riyadh and Medina. The Lebanese government expressed its solidarity with Saudi Arabia and reaffirmed its commitment to the sovereignty of states against the actions of armed......

Lebanon death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 4,362 since March 2

The death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon has risen to 4,362 since March 2, according to figures released by Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. In a statement reported by Lebanon’s National News Agency, the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre said the cumulative toll......

Lebanon: Four Dead in New Israeli Strikes, Ceasefire with Hezbollah Under Strain

The ceasefire established between Israel and Hezbollah in June once again shows its limits. Four people, including two women, were killed on Sunday in multiple Israeli strikes targeting southern Lebanon. About twenty others were also injured, as the Israeli army claims to have responded to an attack......