by Charbel Lebbos | Nov 30, 2022 | Arab News, Health
Fourteen elderly residents of a nursing home in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli were taken to hospital on Sunday after contracting cholera. The health ministry said a medical team sent to conduct rapid testing at the Abu Samra nursing home had confirmed the...
by Charbel Lebbos | Nov 30, 2022 | Arab News
Inside an unassuming Beirut home, three people are deep into planning a daring heist. Surrounded by notes in the starkly-lit living room as the sky darkens outside, a woman recounts the results of a reconnasiance mission. The group have their nerves under control,...
by Charbel Lebbos | Nov 24, 2022 | Arab Economy, Arab News
The World Food Programme will give $5.4 billion in aid over the next three years to Lebanon, which is grappling with a devastating economic crisis that has plunged much of the population into poverty. The announcement came after a meeting between caretaker Prime...
by Charbel Lebbos | Nov 24, 2022 | Arab News
The Taif Accord of 1989, which led to fundamental constitutional changes in Lebanon, reduced the powers of the country’s president. Yet the institution is significant. According to the constitution, the president, who by custom is always a Maronite Christian, is...
by Charbel Lebbos | Nov 3, 2022 | Arab News
The US guarantee of the Lebanon-Israel maritime deal means that the possible return of conservative former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Tuesday’s election will not put the historic agreement in jeopardy, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on...
by Charbel Lebbos | Nov 3, 2022 | Arab News
Lebanon’s state power company increased the price it charges for electricity for first time since the 1990s on Tuesday, a move officials hope will pave the way for an eventual increase in power supply and help to stabilise the country’s electricity sector...
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