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Lira rebounds on news of Kordahi resignation

8 months ago
The plummeting Lebanese pound on Friday regained some of its value against the dollar after dropping to a record low last week, after Information Minister George Kordahi announced his resignation, in a move that could defuse a major diplomatic crisis with Gulf countries. The pound, also known as lira, was trading at about 22,000 to […]
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Hezbollah insists its helping resolve political paralysis

9 months ago
Hizbullah central council member Sheikh Nabil Qaouq on Sunday stressed that his party is supporting efforts aimed at resolving the governmental crisis and resuming Cabinet sessions. “Addressing the governmental crisis represents a necessary gateway for alleviating the suffering of the Lebanese and curbing collapse in the various fields,” Qaouq said. “Hizbullah is not standing idly […]
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President Aoun promises to honour Baabda pledges

9 months ago
President Michel Aoun has promised to let the competent Judiciary set up the legal mechanism to the Baabda meeting decisions, a parliamentary source told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Miqati had agreed in a meeting they held in Baabda, on Independence day, to refer the ex-ministers charged with […]
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Arab League thinks Kordahi quitting is a good idea

9 months ago
The Arab League Monday backed the resignation of Lebanon's information minister whose comments on the Yemen war sparked a damaging diplomatic row with Gulf States. "From the very beginning, the resignation could have defused the crisis," the League's assistant secretary general, Hossam Zaki, told a news conference in Beirut. "We need stronger confirmation that this […]
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Maronite patriarch wants crisis with Saudi resolved

10 months ago
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday noted that “the crisis with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in particular and the Arab Gulf nations in general has multiple and accumulating reasons.” “It can harm the interest of Lebanon and the interests of the Lebanese,” al-Rahi warned in his Sunday Mass sermon. “That’s why we are looking […]
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American, French don't want Mikati to resign over crisis with Saudi

10 months ago
Washington and Paris have contacted Prime Minister Najib Miqati in the wake of the diplomatic crisis with KSA to urge him "not to resign," media reports said on Saturday. The U.S. and France, however, told Miqati that "it is necessary to address the new problem with Saudi Arabia," al-Akhbar newspaper reported. Quoting "sources linked to […]
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Lebanese minister of information won't quit post over public pressures

10 months ago
Minister of Information George Kordahi announced Wednesday that he cannot decide to resign "on his own" and said it's unacceptable for anyone “to dictate on us whether a minister should resign or not.” “I am part of a cohesive government, and I cannot take a decision on my own,” he said in a press conference […]
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Russia voices concerns about situation in Lebanon, calls for restraint

10 months ago
Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday called on all sides in Lebanon to “show restraint” after deadly clashes rocked its capital Beirut as tensions rise over last year’s port explosion. Six people were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday when violence erupted following a rally by Shiite protesters demanding the removal of the judge investigating last […]
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Jordan ready for energy exports to Lebanon

10 months ago
Jordan says it has discussed ways to expedite Egyptian natural gas shipments via its territory and Syria to Lebanon, which is dealing with a grueling energy-crisis. Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh arrived in Beirut late Thursday, the first foreign official to visit Lebanon’s new prime minister who took office earlier this month. Lebanon is witnessing an […]
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Diesel tankers headed to Lebanon from Iran, via Hezbollah

11 months ago
Lebanese pro-Iranian TV channel Al Mayadeen said on Tuesday that a convoy of diesel tankers brought by Hezbollah from Iran crossed the Syrian border towards Lebanon. The Iran-aligned group says the shipments should ease a crippling energy crisis in Lebanon, while Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Iranian fuel shipments constitute a breach of Lebanon's […]
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Lebanon still not out of the woods, politicians says

12 months ago
More than 12 months since Lebanon’s cabinet resigned and with the country teetering on the brink of collapse, politicians look unlikely to form a much-needed government any time soon, sources warn. Despite one of the world’s largest-ever non-nuclear explosions killing more than 200 people, soaring hyperinflation, food insecurity and crippling fuel shortages, leaders have continued […]
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