Latest in Tag: Lebanon Highlight
Latest in Tag: Lebanon
Al-Sisi, Lebanese Mufti meet amid turmoil in Arab region
Egyptian president discusses terrorism, religious moderation with Egyptian, Lebanese clerics
Real estate companies offer new diverse offers to attract clients to face recession
Some of small- and medium-sized real estate companies tended towards providing gifts to motivate the client to buy their units.
6 Middle East countries lose $35bn as impact of Syrian war and ISIS spread
Analysis suggests Syria and Iraq bear brunt of direct costs of war, losing 14% and 16% in per capita welfare, respectively
Terrorism is our common enemy: Lebanese minister
Lebanese interior minister meets Egyptian counterpart and Sheikh of Al-Azhar during Cairo visit
UNHCR expects refugee crisis as winter approaches
UN able to reach only 60% of refugees in Egypt needing assistance this winter due to lack of funding
ANHRI calls for release of Saudi woman rights activist
Souad Al-Shammary was arrested for a tweet calling Saudi society “male-dominant”
Egypt participates in international ISIS strategy meeting
Obama stresses there is no âquick fixâ in military and ideological fight against ISIS
Beirut blast killed Lebanese security officer
The explosion happened at around midnight near an army checkpoint and a cafe where football fans were watching a World Cup match.
Suicide bomber kills two on Lebanon road to Damascus
The attack came as members of the security forces raided two hotels in central Beirut and detained at least 15 people
Syrian babies âborn refugeesâ in Lebanon
Lebanon is home to more than a million refugees from Syriaâs devastating war. Half of them are children, the United Nations says, warning they risk becoming a âlost generationâ.
IMF says Lebanon economy to grow by 4% in medium term
Reuters – The International Monetary Fund forecasts Lebanon’s economy will grow by 2% in 2014 and a “modest 4% over the medium term,” despite two years of violence, political paralysis and a huge refugee influx. But with heavy pressures weighing on the economy, the IMF also said in a report published on Friday that Lebanon …
Lebanon rapped for blocking Palestinians fleeing Syria
AFP – Human Rights Watch and a UN refugee agency expressed concern on Tuesday that Lebanon was blocking Palestinians fleeing Syria from entering the country. UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said it was âconcerned about the increased restrictions on Palestine refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria from entering Lebanonâ. âWe are monitoring the …
States hosting Syrian refugees near âbreaking pointâ
UNHCR, ministers stress the need for a political solution to ease Syrian humanitarian crisis
Syria bars refugees who fled via unofficial posts from voting
âSyrians who left Syria illegally do not have the right to vote in host countries,â Hisham Shaar was quoted as saying by pro-regime newspaper Al-Watan on Monday.
Lebanonâs Audi says Q1 net profit $85.8m
Reuters – Lebanonâs Bank Audi reported first-quarter net profit of $85.8m on Sunday, the same level as in the same period a year before. The bank said in a statement its net profit was driven by 12.2% growth in total income but that it had put aside $20.1m of net loan loss provisions. War in …
Hezbollah shifts tactics, narrative for Syria fight
Shedding its guerrilla tactics to fight alongside an army
Egyptian accused of terrorism charges after returning from Syria
38 year-old Egyptian had been fighting in Syria alongside the Al-Nusra Front
Syria rebels lick their wounds in Lebanon border town
Arsal too has suffered violence, including Syrian air strikes, incidents pitting Lebanonâs army against Lebanese and Syrian extremists, and on Saturday a car bomb that killed three soldiers.
Syria rebels seize key area on Turkey border: NGO
The air raids come a day after a Syrian warplane was shot down by Ankaraâs jets in an incident slammed as âflagrant aggressionâ by Damascus.
One dead as pro-, anti-Damascus gunmen clash in Beirut
AFP – A firefight between pro- and anti-Damascus factions in Beirut killed one gunman and wounded 13 Sunday, a security official said, in the latest spillover of the conflict in neighbouring Syria. The gun battle raged from 3am to 8.30am (0100 to 0630 GMT) in a poor Sunni Muslim district in the south of the …
Foreign Minister meets with Kuwaiti leaders ahead of 25th Arab League Summit
Nabil Fahmyâs Kuwaiti visit comes on the heels of a two-day stint to Beirut
Obama urges Lebanon to stick to election timetable
Obama thanked Salam for hosting Syrian refugees, nearly one million of whom have fled to Lebanon.
Fahmy meets Lebanese delegations
Egyptian foreign minister in Lebanon to discuss Syria, cooperation
Israel bombs Syria army targets after Golan attack
The Syrian army said the air strikes killed one soldier and wounded seven, cautioning that the assault endangered âthe security and stability of the regionâ.
Syria army in hot pursuit of rebels on Lebanon border
The capture on Sunday of Yabrud by Syrian troops and fighters of Lebanonâs Hezbollah marked a significant setback for the rebels as it severs their important supply lines from across the Lebanese border.
US Seals take control of rogue Libya oil ship: Pentagon
The Morning Glory âis carrying a cargo of oil owned by the Libyan government’s National Oil Company.
UN, NGOs urge effort to stop Syria war, aid refugees
Nearly three million people have fled Syria since the beginning of the conflict in March 2011, and aid groups say 5.5 million children have been affected.
Israel shells Lebanon after border blast
A Lebanese security source had said earlier that â10 Israeli rockets hit an uninhabited border area and that there were no casualties.â
As Syria war enters fourth year, regime eyes victory
For now, neither side seems to have the means to win decisively a conflict that has cost more than 140,000 lives and displaced nearly half Syriaâs population, many of them now refugees.
Lebanonâs new energy minister says government to press on with gas tenders
Reuters – Lebanon’s new energy minister said on Saturday the government should press forward with its first offshore gas licensing round without further delay and his ministry would not be held up by the country’s political problems. Beirut estimates it has some 96 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas reserves but political dysfunction has …