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Lebanese protesters demand overthrow of broken system
- Middle East
- August 7, 2020, 17:14
Lebanese citizens have again rallied in central Beirut to protest after the explosions at the city’s port that destroyed entire quarters of the capita(...)

‘Moment of reckoning’: angry Lebanese vow not to let leaders off the hook
- Middle East
- August 6, 2020, 19:30
In the heart of a Beirut neighbourhood close to ground zero of Tuesday’s explosion, desperate survivors implored a president inspecting the site to he(...)

Beirut explosion drives stake into heart of city already on the brink
- Middle East
- August 5, 2020, 17:25
The massive explosion in Beirut’s port could not have come at a worse time for Lebanon. Buildings and window glass have been shattered across the capi(...)

Lebanon’s government struggles to suppress ‘revolution of hunger’
- Middle East
- April 30, 2020, 17:03
Spurred by a wave of protests threatening civil conflict, the Lebanese govern- ment on Thursday adopted a plan to rescue the country’s collapsed econ(...)

Bankrupt Lebanon faces serious risk from coronavirus
- Middle East
- March 26, 2020, 12:52
Lebanon is doubly at risk from the coronavirus. On the occasion of the Feast of the Annunciation on Wednesday, President Michel Aoun called on Lebanes(...)

Powerful earthquake hits Turkey, leaving at least 29 dead
- Europe
- January 25, 2020, 09:25
The death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey has climbed to 29 as rescue crews continue the search for people trapped under the (...)

Hizbullah-backed academic set to be prime minister of Lebanon
- Middle East
- December 19, 2019, 21:40
Academic Hassan Diab was named Lebanon’s new prime minister on Thursday after Saad Hariri, who resigned at the end of October, withdrew his candidacy.(...)

Lebanese protesters rise in anger at nomination of Safadi
- Middle East
- November 15, 2019, 20:24
Almost one month since the start of their uprising, Lebanese have poured scorn on social media, blocked a major highway and mounted a protest at the h(...)

Roads blocked across Lebanon as wave of protests continues
- Middle East
- November 4, 2019, 16:03
Protesters blocked roads in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Monday, pressing a wave of demonstrations against the ruling elite that have plunged (...)

Syria struggles to recover as it fights an economic war
- Middle East
- September 16, 2019, 01:00
This year’s Damascus International Fair – a commercial exhibition that resumed in 2017 after a five-year hiatus due to the Syrian civil war – was a gr(...)