website de știri și informații
A large explosion that rocked a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon was caused by an electrical fault at a warehouse storing oxygen for Covid-19 patients, the Hamas militant group has said. Read more Massive explosions rock Palestinian refugee camp The Islamist group issued an official statement on Saturday. The explosion rocked the Burj el-Shemali […]
A large fire, followed by multiple explosions, has erupted at a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon. The incident was reportedly centered at a weaponry stockpile allegedly belonging to the Hamas militant group. The fire erupted at the Burj el-Shemali camp located just outside the southern Lebanese city of Tyre late on Friday. The camp […]
The Lebanese presidency has said that, amid a diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states over the war in Yemen, Prime Minister Najib Mikati has settled on a plan to lead the country out of its current crisis. In a Twitter post on Thursday, and without providing further information, it stated that Mikati […]
Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry has called on its citizens to leave Lebanon, warning their safety could be at risk if they remain, amid a deepening diplomatic rift between the states. Bahrain had already expelled Lebanon’s envoy. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised all of its citizens to urgently leave Lebanon […]
A Lebanese judge has charged dozens of people for this month’s deadly unrest in the capital of Beirut, which saw seven people killed and more wounded in the worst street violence to have gripped the city in years. Lebanon’s state news agency said on Monday that Government Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Fadi Akiki […]
Due to fuel shortages, two of Lebanon’s biggest power stations were forced to shut down on Saturday, leaving the country – which is already in crisis, both politically and economically – in the dark, an official source has said. The blackout in the country of almost six million is expected to last for several days, […]
Tehran is poised to build two power plants in Lebanon, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said, as the Islamic Republic extends further support to economically hard-hit Beirut. Speaking after a meeting with Lebanese officials on Thursday, Amir-Abdollahian revealed that Iran is ready to construct two power stations, one in the capital city of Beirut […]
Ministers from Cairo and Beirut have said they’re close to finalizing a deal that will see Egyptian gas flow through Jordan and Syria to Lebanon as Beirut seeks to contain an energy crisis that has persisted for months. On Tuesday, energy ministers from Lebanon and Egypt met in Cairo for talks and agreed on a […]
Lebanon’s state electricity company has said that the country is at “high” risk of being plunged into a total blackout by the end of the month as the Middle-Eastern nation’s fuel supplies shrink rapidly. In a statement released on Thursday, Electricite Du Liban revealed that it was down to its last remaining stocks, delivering the […]
The Lebanese government has said it will receive $1.135 billion in International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights as the newly formed government tries to tackle the worst economic collapse in decades. On Monday, Lebanon’s Finance Ministry said in a statement that the central bank would be receiving $1.135 billion in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) […]
Lebanese leaders have formed a new government led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati, finally putting to an end 13 months of political deadlock that worsened Beirut’s crippling economic situation. On Friday, Mikati, who was designated prime minister in July, alongside President Michel Aoun, agreed on the formation of the new cabinet and signed it into […]