In death and life, Lebanese woman illustrates fight over religious law
Nadyn Jouny's sister taped up two messages in her memory inside a closet at the family home — one of motherly love tinged with pain, another of defiance. The first Jouny wrote to her 9-year-old son on the one day a week she was allowed ...
Trump camp quietly releases Congress-approved Lebanon military aid
The Trump administration has quietly released more than $100 million in military assistance to Lebanon after months of unexplained delay that led some lawmakers to compare it to the aid for Ukraine at the center of the impeachment inquiry. The $105 million in Foreign Military ...
Hundreds of Lebanese women marched across a former front line in the Lebanese capital Wednesday carrying white roses and Lebanese flags to denounce overnight clashes between rival groups that injured dozens of people. They pledged no return to civil war. But amid a political impasse ...
Lebanon slips deeper into crisis after Mohammad Safadi's exit
Protesters waving Lebanese flags rallied in cities and towns in their thousands on Sunday to mark a month of protests against the ruling elite as politicians struggled to form a government and solve the biggest economic crisis since the 1975-90 civil war. Lebanon's political troubles ...
Lebanese protesters demanding radical reform have reacted with anger to the reported designation of a new prime minister they regard as emblematic of a failed political system. According to Lebanese press reports and senior officials speaking on condition of anonymity, key political players agreed that ...
Lebanon's surging protests feared poised to take a dark turn after shooting death
For nearly a month, the popular protests engulfing Lebanon have been startlingly peaceful. But the shooting death of a 38-year-old father by a soldier, the first such fatality in the unrest, points to the dangerous, dark turn the country could be heading into. The protests ...
Food shortage fears spark panic buying in protest-hit Lebanon
Fearing food shortages in protest-hit Lebanon, Sanaa crammed bags of fava beans into a packed trolley, one of dozens of shoppers who rushed to buy basic supplies in a Beirut department store. "I don't remember ever stocking up on so much food," said the 40-year-old ...
Lebanon government in 11th hour reform drive as protests swell
Lebanon's teetering government was expected Monday to approve a belated economic rescue plan as the nation prepared for a fifth day of mass protests against the ruling elite. A proposed tax on mobile messaging applications last week sparked a spontaneous, cross-sectarian mobilization that has brought ...
Lebanese demonstrators decry deteriorating economic conditions, chant 'down with capitalism'
Protesters blocked several main roads in the Lebanese capital, some setting tires and rubbish bins on fire, as several hundred people gathered in the heart of the city on Sunday to protest corruption and deteriorating economic conditions. Demonstrators carrying signs and flags marched along a ...
Amid regional tensions, U.S. warship makes brief goodwill visit to Beirut
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Ramage docked briefly in Lebanon, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut said Sunday, amid heightened regional tensions. The Arleigh-Burke-class vessel, capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, stopped Saturday for a "one-day goodwill visit on the sidelines of its participation in ongoing efforts ...
Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV on Monday aired footage it said showed a missile attack by the Iran-backed Lebanese group against an Israeli military vehicle the day before. The video purported to show a missile being launched toward a moving armored vehicle before an explosion sent large ...
Lebanon cancels gig by gay-friendly band for fear of 'bloodshed'
A top Lebanese music festival Tuesday canceled for security reasons a concert by a band accused of offending Christians, in a move activists decried as an attack on freedom of expression. Mashrou' Leila, whose singer is openly gay and whose outspoken Arabic lyrics tackle often ...
