Lebanon is bankrupt: Deputy Prime Minister
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL APR 04, 2022 – Passersby walk by a woman (C) sitting on the ground with her daughter begging on Beirut’s commercial Hamra Street, Beirut, Lebanon, […]
From Beirut to Baghdad: Lebanese flee crisis seeking jobs in Iraq
More than 20,000 Lebanese citizens arrived in Iraq between June 2021, February 2022 By AFP – Apr 03,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Lebanese ophthalmologist George Cherfan examines a patient’s eyes at the Beirut […]
Lebanon needs a truly Lebanese leader
KHALED ABOU ZAHR March 24, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/v3dsh In Lebanon, there is a crisis within a crisis that is wrapped up in another crisis. And they all feed off […]
Lebanese, Syrian revolts reassessed in light of Ukraine war
NADIM SHEHADI March 23, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/bw535 In March, we mark the anniversaries of two Middle Eastern revolts that ultimately failed in achieving their goals: The Syrian revolution, which […]
El-Sisi assures Maronite patriarch of Egyptian support for Lebanon’s stability
President El-Sisi affirmed his country’s pride at the depth of the close relations between Egypt and Lebanon, and Egypt’s keenness on its safety, security and stability. (Egyptian Presidency) Short Url […]
Neutrality can be the way forward for both Ukraine and Lebanon
KHALED ABOU ZAHR March 10, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/2aats There is a French saying that literally translates into English as: “Everyone sees noon at his own door.” It means that […]
The legacy of the French mandate is a curse for Lebanon
BY FERHAT TUTKAL FEB 17, 2022 – Illustration by Shutterstock – edited by Büşra Öztürk. The French colonial record is precisely what’s behind the separation of the Arab states in […]
Lebanon needs American help on two key fronts
MARIA MAALOUF February 12, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/53qa2 The US is currently activating its foreign policy in Lebanon in two areas. First, there is an American demand that it must […]
France: Secular state to double funding to Christian schools in Middle East
Secular France is doubling its funding for Christian schools in the Middle East while pursuing a wide-scale crackdown against French Muslim communities which has led to Muslim schools being shut […]
Time short to save Lebanon from a self-inflicted demise
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG February 01, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/vcbh4 Friday marks the first anniversary of the assassination of Lokman Slim, a well-known Lebanese Shiite publisher and commentator and a […]
Vatican envoy slams Lebanese political class during Beirut visit
BY REUTERS BEIRUT FEB 01, 2022 – 1:39 PM GMT+3A man walks through a snow-covered road in Lebanon’s historic city of Baalbek in the eastern Bekaa Valley, Jan. 27, 2022. (AFP […]
All bets off for Lebanon after Hariri’s withdrawal
BARIA ALAMUDDIN January 30, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/6ddmq Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, en route to the Arab foreign ministers’ meeting in Kuwait, declared: “I am not going there […]
Lebanon’s education crisis – an open letter
Lebanon’s education crisis – an open letter (24 January 2022) [EN/AR] FormatNews and Press Release Source Save the Children Posted24 Jan 2022 Attachments Download document(PDF | 609.93 KB | English version) […]
Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s Former Prime Minister, Quits Politics
He was the leader of the country’s Sunni Muslims, one of the three main sects that share power, and the scion of a prominent political dynasty By Ben HubbardJan. 24, 2022 […]
Middle East in denial as solutions prove elusive
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB December 12, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/ptk56 A spokesperson for the US-led international coalition against Daesh last week denied that there had been an attack on the […]
‘I am dead here’: Lebanese join Mideast migrants to Europe
AP , Friday 10 Dec 2021 Ziad Hilweh knew his family might die on the way. But the risk was worth it, he said, to reach the shores of Europe for […]
Lebanese rulers’ desperate positive spin on country’s crisis
MOHAMED CHEBARO December 09, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/mauv2 The dust has now settled on last month’s COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, with the result being a clearly limited, cosmetic […]
Lebanon’s information minister quits to ease Saudi dispute
Middle East Reuters 1/3 Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi gestures during a news conference to announce his resignation in Beirut, Lebanon December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir BEIRUT, Dec 3 (Reuters) […]
Children skipping meals in majority of families in Lebanon, UNICEF says
Previous 1 / 2A child peeks from behind a corner of a building in Beirut’s Karantina district, Lebanon November 22, 2021. Picture taken November 22, 2021. (Reuters) 2 / 2UNICEF Lebanon Representative […]
Priest convicted in France may have abused dozens in Lebanon
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page BY ANADOLU AGENCY ALebanese priest sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison by a […]