Banking secrecy amendment boosts Lebanon’s reform credibility — will donors see it as real change?
Report by Lara El Hachem, English adaptation by Karine Keuchkerian An 87-vote amendment to Lebanon’s banking secrecy law was a key component of the Lebanese delegation’s mission to Washington. Following negotiations between Lebanese delegations in Washington and Beirut, and at…
Lebanon president urges US and France to press Israel to halt attacks
Aoun condemned an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital earlier in the evening, and called on “the United States and France, as guarantors of the ceasefire agreement, to assume their responsibilities and compel Israel to halt…
President Aoun, Jordan’s King Abdullah II talk missile probe; Lebanon offers full cooperation
President Joseph Aoun spoke by phone with Jordan’s King Abdullah II to discuss the investigation into a missile manufacturing cell recently uncovered in Jordan, according to a presidential statement. President Aoun expressed full readiness to coordinate and cooperate with Jordan…
UK commits additional £10 million of aid to Lebanon
£10 million humanitarian package will support thousands of people who have been displaced and impacted by the conflict.
UNHCR: Lebanon crisis deepens as Israeli airstrikes intensify
GENEVA – The escalating conflict and intensified Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon are taking an increasingly devastating toll on civilians in the country, pushing more people to flee to Syria. More people are being displaced in Lebanon every day. On Monday,…
Iran president says Lebanon’s Hezbollah ‘cannot stand alone’ against Israel
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that its ally Hezbollah “cannot stand alone” against Israel which carried out its deadliest day of airstrikes on Lebanon since 2006. “Hezbollah cannot stand alone against a country that is being defended and supported and supplied…
Pentagon says no US support for Israeli offensive operations as Lebanon tensions rise
US believes invasion or Israeli attempts to create a so-called “buffer zone” inside of Lebanon will not result in the return of Israeli residents to the north The US defense secretary spoke to his Israeli counterpart four times this…
Lebanon’s new government leads to new, more promising phase: Analysts
“Lebanon faces a unique window of opportunity, where Hezbollah is weakened and no longer in a position to derail reform efforts or enforce its will on the country’s decision-making process,” one analyst says” “Lebanon faces a unique window of opportunity,…
Nawaf Salam: Who is Lebanon’s newly designated prime minister?
During his time at the UN, he was a key architect behind the establishment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which blamed Hezbollah for being behind the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. In less than a…