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Deputy House Speaker Calls World Bank Regional Head “A Hypocrite & Liar”, Threatens To Expel Him From Lebanon

Lebanon Will Not Be Able To Generate Electricity By The End Of March

There’s Another Flaw In Lebanon’s Vaccination Process

Lebanon’s Health Ministry Provides Expiring Vaccines To Hospital Not Credited For Vaccination

Headlines

Here’s How Much People Are Getting Paid In Lebanon Today

Hussein Yassine·February 25, 2021

Lebanese Pound Continues Freefalling On The Black Market

Souad Lazkani·February 25, 2021

Armenian Military Just Demanded The Resignation Of PM And The Armenian Government

Hussein Yassine·February 25, 2021

Spain’s Top Military Chief Stepped Down For Jumping Vaccine Queue

Souad Lazkani·February 25, 2021

Facebook Just Launched A $600,000 Lifeline Initiative For Lebanese Businesses

Hussein Yassine·February 25, 2021

Latest News

Deputy House Speaker Calls World Bank Regional Head “A Hypocrite & Liar”, Threatens To Expel Him From Lebanon

Deputy House Speaker Elie Ferzli, who was one of the Lebanese MPs who got vaccinated against ensuring equitable access to the vaccines, called out the World Bank Regional Director Saroj...

Opinions

Why You Should Take Coronavirus in Lebanon Seriously

How It Felt As A Lebanese Muslim To Hear Pope Francis’ Christmas Message To Lebanon

The Lebanese Revolution Must Remain Nonviolent To Achieve Its Goals

Free Speech in Lebanon Today Has a Price Tag On It

A Message To The Lebanese Peaceful Revolution: Don’t Let Them Win!

Politics

Gebran Bassil Wants Lebanon To Have 3 Times As Many Cabinet Ministers Than Switzerland

Lebanon has fallen far from its proud title of “Switzerland of the East”. A reflection of how distant the country is from its golden age European doppelganger is easily seen...

In Light Of Lokman Slim’s Killing & Beirut Blast, Hezbollah’s Nasrallah Victimizes Himself

Here Is The List Of Government Candidates Reportedly Proposed By President Aoun

How Macron’s Upcoming Visit To Lebanon Will Be Different

Lebanese Justice Minister Accuses Top Officials Of Protecting Riad Salameh

Lebanese MPs Are Accusing Aoun Of Working For His Party And Not As A President

Saad Hariri Reportedly Under Pressure To Step Down

Bassil Wants A New Governing System In Lebanon

Leaked Audio Of President Aoun Saying Hariri Is Lying About Gov’t Formation

While Canadian Politicians Are Resigning For Travelling During COVID, Hariri Is Travelling In Europe

They Just Named A Garden in Lebanon After Michel Aoun

Lebanese Politicians Condemn Diab’s Indictment

France Asked Hezbollah To Help Ease Bassil’s Position

Hariri Will Name Those Blocking Efforts To form Government

Business & Economy

Here Is A Breakdown Of Increased Prices In Lebanon

Due to Lebanon’s ongoing deteriorating economic state, this year’s inflation rate has resulted in market food prices surging up to a 400% increase rate based on Bloomberg’s calculations brought through...

How OMT Helped Facilitate The Money Transfers Of Lebanese Diaspora To 150,000 Families

Anghami Is Moving Its Headquarters Out Of Lebanon

Lebanese Filmmaker Says You Can Change ‘Lollars’ To Dollars By Investing In Movies

Beirut Ranked Highest In The Region For Cost Of Living

Bank Audi Just Sold Its Egyptian Subsidiary

Lebanon’s Real Estate Sector Is Booming

How Some Lebanese Bank Depositors Secured Most Of Their Money

Lebanon’s Blom Bank Just Sold Egyptian Subsidiary For $480 Million

Expat Business Leaders Initiate Lebanon’s Most Critical Investment

Dubai Firm Just Invested In Lebanese Music Streaming Service Anghami

Gulf-Based Fintech Company Opens New Center In Lebanon

This Company Wants To Create Electric Cars In Lebanon

Cyprus Is Taking Measures To Protect Deposits In Lebanese Bank Branches

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Lebanon Records 3,469 New COVID-19 Cases & 52 Deaths

Lebanon Records 3,469 New COVID-19 Cases & 52 Deaths

Lebanon’s Health Minister Calls Vaccination Scandal “Exaggerated”

Lebanon Records New COVID-19 Cases & Deaths

Lebanon Records 3,513 New COVID-19 Cases & 62 Deaths

Lebanese MP Apologizes For Parliament Vaccine Scandal

Lebanese MP Apologizes Over Parliament Vaccine Scandal

Updates From Lebanon's Vaccine Scandal_ New Names, World Bank Gets Threatened, Outgoing Minister Received Vaccine & More

Updates From Lebanon’s Vaccine Scandal: New Names, World Bank Gets Threatened, Outgoing Minister Received Vaccine & More

The Lebanese Parliament vaccine scandal exposed on Tuesday continues to unfold, with new names, updates, and statements coming in. Journalist Timour Azhari, who first revealed the scandal, shared on Wednesday...

Hospital In Lebanon Reportedly Refused To Vaccinate A Non-Lebanese Elderly Man

How Lebanese Reacted To MPs Breaking The Rules To Get Vaccinated

Lebanon Records 2,723 New COVID-19 Cases & 59 Deaths

President Michel Aoun & His Wife Just Got Vaccinated

Lebanon’s Head Of COVID-19 Vaccination Committee Withdrew His Resignation

Here’s The List Of Lebanese MPs That Got Vaccinated And Put The World Bank Funding At Risk

Breaking: Lebanon’s Head Of COVID-19 Vaccination Committee Just Resigned

World Bank May Stop Lebanon’s Vaccine Funding Because MPs Vaccinated Themselves and Their Staff

World Bank Calls Out Lebanese MPs For Vaccinating Themselves

Hezbollah

Tar Detected On Lebanese Shore Caused By Israel’s Oil Spill

Black tar has been discovered on the coast of Tyre, covering around 200 meters of the area that make up a great part of the Tyre Nature Reserve, as documented...

IDF Wants Wikipedia To Label Hezbollah As A Terrorist Organization

U.N. Just Extended The Special Tribunal For Lebanon's Mandate

U.N. Just Extended The Special Tribunal For Lebanon’s Mandate

More U.S. Sanctions Can Be Expected Over The Killing Of Lokman Slim

Lebanon’s Media Committee Is Blocking Two Critical TV Channels From Broadcasting In “Hezbollah Areas”

Ex-Minister Youssef Fanianos Is Refusing To Be Questioned Over Beirut Port Blast

MTV Lebanon Is Being Sued For Segment Accusing Hezbollah Of Lokman Slim’s Murder

Israeli Air Force Conducts A Combat Drill Near Lebanese Borders

IDF Posted Valentine’s Day Memes Teasing Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah

Justice Minister Slams Critics Of Religious Clerics Who Prayed For Lokman Slim

FPM Member Wants A Priest To Apologize For Praying At Lokman Slim’s Funeral

MTV Removed Dima Sadek’s Segment Accusing Hezbollah Of Killing Lokman Slim

Foreign Diplomats Joined Lokman Slim’s Family At His Memorial Service

Israel Threatens Destruction Of Lebanon If Hezbollah Attacks

Tech & Startups

This Is How You Can Protect Your WhatsApp Account Against Piracy & Banning

Early on Monday, the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) warned users of the WhatsApp application that they might be exposed to piracy operations. “A number of WhatsApp users got their...

WhatsApp Just Suspended Several Lebanese Ministers

Meet The Lebanese Aerospace Engineer Working For NASA Mars 2020 Mission

This Lebanese Wastewater Management Solution Won A Global Innovation Contest

This Lebanese Startup Is Revolutionizing Wastewater Management

UAE-Based Initiative Will Give $10,000 Each To 10 Lebanese Startups

These 10 Lebanese Startups Were Selected To Receive Funding To Help With Beirut Recovery

These Two Lebanese Innovators Are About To Reach ‘Stars Of Science’ Grand Finale

Facebook’s New ‘Love Local’ Campaign Is Highlighting Small Businesses In Lebanon

These Lebanese Discovered A Smart Way To Combat Air Pollution In Lebanon

Lebanon Just Won 38 Awards At Innovation Week IWA 2020

Lebanese Edtech Startup Just Raised $1.8 Million In Funding

Lebanese Recycle App Just Won The GreenTech Award For Best Startup

Huawei Is Going After This Lebanese Businessman For $35 Million

How Lebanon Became A Hub For Cyberwarfare

Lebanon’s First Rental Platform Allows You To Make Money By Lending What You Own

Middle East News

Turkey Just Jailed Two Pilots And An Exec For Helping Carlos Ghosn

A Turkish court convicted an executive from the Turkish jet company MNG along with two pilots for their role in...

Civilian Plane In Saudi Arabia Set On Fire By Yemeni Rebels

UAE Just Became The First Arab Country To Reach Mars

Iraq Is Emptying Chemical Containers 'To Avoid What Happened In Lebanon

Iraq Is Emptying Chemical Containers ‘To Avoid What Happened In Lebanon’

United States Just Picked Robert Malley As New Iran Envoy, This Is What We Know About Him

United States Just Picked Robert Malley As New Iran Envoy, This Is What We Know About Him

World News

The Americans Who Helped Carlos Ghosn Escape Will Be Extradited After All

Americans Who Helped Carlos Ghosn Escape Will Be Extradited

U.S. judicial authorities have declined to delay the extradition to Japan of two American citizens charged with assisting Carlos Ghosn...

The United States Will Not Remove The Sanctions On Iran

The U.S. Will Facilitate The Naturalization Of 9 Million Migrants

U.S. Will Make Naturalization Easier For 9 Million People

Former Top Chinese Banker Is Executed For Taking $277 Million In Bribes

Myanmar's Military Just Staged A Coup, Detaining President and State Counsellor

Myanmar’s Military Just Staged A Coup, Detaining President and State Counsellor

Explained

Chapter VII Of The United Nations Charter, Explained

Chapter VII Of The United Nations Charter, Explained

The Cairo Accord, Explained

The Cairo Agreement, Explained

The Covid-19 Vaccine, Explained

What Is Civil Marriage And Does It Work In Lebanon?

Everything You Need To Know About Al-Qard Al-Hassan

Hezbollah’s Al-Qard Al-Hassan, Explained

Currency Board For Lebanon, Explained

What Is Secularism And What Does It Mean For Lebanon

Secularism In Lebanon, Explained

Gebran Bassil Sanctions, Explained

The Politics Behind The Massive Explosion At Beirut Port Explained

How Lebanon's _Kafala_ System Is Unfair to Migrant Domestic Workers

Lebanon’s Kafala System, Explained

Campus

Lebanese American University Just Launched A Creative Initiative To Help Students Pay For Tuition

AUB Students Take Legal Action Against Their University

Lebanese American University Receives Accreditation For Online Education

AUB Delivers Severe Ultimatum To Students At Risk Of Losing Their Education

Lebanese University Now Has A Secular Club

The students at the state-run Lebanese University (LU) are making history with the secular movement rising on campus. For the first time ever, a secular club has been formed for...

IB Students In Lebanon Forced To Do Their Exams In-Person Unlike Other Countries

Lebanese Official Exams Will Proceed As Usual Despite Pandemic

Teacher Hospitalized After Being Attacked By Security Forces In Beirut

More Than 20,000 Job Opportunities In Europe Are Open For Lebanese Programmers Right Now

A Company Sold Donated Laptops That Were Supposed To Go To Schools In Lebanon

AUB Will Provide More Than $90 Million In Financial Aid To Students

The American University of Beirut Debunks Rumors & Affirms Its Commitment To Lebanon

Fact Check: Is AUB Relocating To Dubai?

Lebanon Ranks Among Worst Countries In Math And Science Studies

Reports

US Federal Lawsuit Was Just Accepted To Stop Lebanese Army Funding Over Hezbollah Links

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Photos/Video: Ammonium Nitrate & Possible Tunnel Found At Alleged Hezbollah Missile Factory In Beirut

Luxury Lifestyle Of This Lebanese Customs Officer Is Raising A Lot Of Questions

U.S. Courts Just Summoned Gebran Bassil & Key FPM Members For ‘Kidnapping, Illegal Detention, And Torture’

Health & Science

Nominations Are Now Open In Lebanon For Upcoming International Science Prize

Nominations Are Now Open In Lebanon For Upcoming International Science Prize

Lebanese People’s “Tragic Optimism” Could Help Them Survive Their Ongoing Tragedy

Lebanese Researchers Created An Efficient Anti-Coronavirus Chemical

Lebanese Researchers’ Anti-Coronavirus Chemical Just Earned Two Efficiency Certificates

The U.S. Just Approved A Coronavirus Vaccine For Emergency Use

The U.S. Just Approved A Coronavirus Vaccine For Emergency Use

Meet The Lebanese-Armenian Chairman Behind The Vaccine Company With 94% Effectiveness

The961 Premium

The Famous French Singer Who Visited Lebanon & Introduced Europe To Fairouz

The Story Of The $900,000 Car That Survived The Lebanese Civil War

The Story Of The $1 Million Car That Survived The Lebanese Civil War

The Story Of The Lebanese Who Married A Moroccan Prince

The Story Behind The Crater On Planet Mercury Named After Gibran Khalil Gibran

This Lebanese Businessman Protested The Berlin Wall With A Giant Wooden Cross

The Story Of The Lebanese Man Who Protested The Berlin Wall With A Giant Wooden Cross

The Time Guerillas Took Over The Bank Of America In Lebanon

The Time Guerillas Took Over The Bank Of America In Lebanon

The Forgotten Song Dalida Did For Lebanon After Visiting During The Civil War

The Story Of The ‘Lion Of Lebanon’

The Story Of The Bedouins Of Lebanon

How The Bedouins Of Lebanon Came To Be

The Story Behind The Forgotten Kleiat Airport Of Lebanon

Fact Check

Fact Check: Is AUBMC Vaccinating People Who Are Not Registered On The Ministry’s Platform?

Fact Check: Is Fairouz COVID-19 positive?

Fact Check: Did Beirut Airport Remove PCR Testing For Arrivals?

Fact Check: Did The UAE Suspend Visas For Lebanese Citizens?

Fact Check: Did A Meteor Just Hit Lebanon & Cause A Fire?

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