Hassan Diab
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Lebanese caretaker prime minister and three ex-ministers charged over port blast
- Middle East
- December 11, 2020, 17:29
As Lebanon reels from political, economic and coronavirus crises, Beirut has sustained fresh challenges on all three fronts. In a highly-controversi(...)

Lebanon enters two-week Covid-19 lockdown amid political, economic crises
- Middle East
- November 16, 2020, 16:02
Lebanon has entered a two-week lockdown as the country faces its worst ever political and economic crises, and Covid-19 cases have topped 100,000 with(...)

Hariri returns as Lebanon’s prime minister as political instability continues
- Middle East
- October 22, 2020, 18:30
Lebanon’s former prime minister Saad Hariri has been asked to form a salvation government to tackle the multiple crises his country faces. Presiden(...)

New Lebanon government must ‘tackle corruption’
- Middle East
- August 12, 2020, 19:32
Germany’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that Lebanon needed a government that can fight corruption and enact reforms as he toured Beirut port, sc(...)

Politicking by Lebanon’s gilded elite unlikely to redeem ruling class
- Middle East
- August 12, 2020, 17:36
Ships have resumed discharging cargo at Beirut port while traumatised Lebanese continue to rail against corrupt rulers whose indifference and neglect (...)

Lebanese protesters call for removal of president over Beirut blast
- Middle East
- August 11, 2020, 07:25
Angry and grieving protesters on Tuesday read aloud the names of at least 171 people killed in last week’s explosion at Beirut(...)

Lebanon’s government resigns in wake of Beirut port explosion
- Middle East
- August 10, 2020, 06:42
Lebanon’s government resigned on Monday as the prime minister blamed “political corruption” for a massive explosion at Beirut’s port that killed more (...)

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(...)

Urgent aid for Lebanon critical to avert disaster, says think tank
- Middle East
- June 9, 2020, 17:26
Lebanon needs emergency aid and urgent reforms to rescue its citizens from the country’s worst economic, political and social disaster, according to t(...)

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(...)