The Port of Beirut

A large shipment of Captagon seized by in Lebanon

Lebanese authorities said they had seized a large quantity of Captagon bound for the port of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The drugs were hidden inside...
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The RedBull team jumps to show us Lebanon from above

Fred Fugen, Vincent Cotte and Aurélien Chatard set off from a Lebanese Army helicopter to take us on an adventure like few people have...
Naïm Kassem, nouveau secrétaire général du Hezbollah

Hezbollah is pushing to facilitate the formation of a new government (Sheikh Naïm Kassem)

Hezbollah number 2, Sheikh Naïm Kassem, said his movement was exerting pressure on the parties concerned to facilitate the formation of a new government....
United Arab Emirates allow import of Lebanese apples

United Arab Emirates allow import of Lebanese apples

The United Arab Emirates has indicated that it allows the import of Lebanese apples. As a reminder, the import of Lebanese fruits and vegetables...
Riad Salamé is involved in the transfer of 5 billion dollars abroad (Ghada Aoun)

The sale of dollars at the Sayrafa rate from this Monday (BdL)

The governor of the Banque du Liban Riad Salamé announced the start of the sale of foreign currencies via commercial banks at the rate...
The headquarters of the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL). Photo Credit: NNA.

Lebanese banks wipe out $ 250 million in international aid (Thomson Reuters)

Lebanese banks have reportedly received $ 250 million in aid for refugees and vulnerable people in the face of the economic crisis, a report...
United Nations staff urged for caution in Lebanon

United Nations staff urged for caution in Lebanon

United Nations personnel in Lebanon are urged to be cautious in a letter that has been authenticated due to the deteriorating social and economic...
Fuel distributors on strike only tomorrow

Lebanon / Crisis: Increase in fuel prices

The prices of the 20-liter can of SP 95 and SP 98 petrol have increased by 1700 LL and 1800 LL respectively, according to...
Between Baabda Palace and Ein Tineh, the tone is on the rise

Between Baabda Palace and Ein Tineh, the tone is on the rise

The tension between the Presidential Palace of Baabda and the Ein Tineh Palace, residence of the Presidency of the House, sharply deteriorated after Nabih...
Gébran Bassil calls for the rapid formation of a government led by Saad Hariri

Gébran Bassil calls for the rapid formation of a government led by Saad Hariri

The leader of the Free Patriotic Current called for the swift formation of a constitutionally-compliant government headed by Saad Hariri. He underlined in a...
Lebanese pound close to 30,000 LL / USD threshold

Banque du Liban calls on authorities to approve rationing plan

The Banque du Liban called on the government in a press release to adopt the rationing plan for basic necessities, indicating that it could...
Bank Audi réalise 2,5 milliards de livres libanaises de bénéfices sur les neuf premiers mois de 2024

After Riad Salamé, Banque Audi and its managers also in the sights of French...

The INTELLIGENCE ONLINE site indicates that Bank Audi would now be in the sights of French justice in an article dated June 16, 2021...
The siege of the Grand Serail before the explosion of the Port of Beirut.

Government: no progress despite the hope of the last days

The last few days have been marked by a resumption of tensions between different political parties involved in the formation of the next government,...
Lebanon / Crisis: Almost unofficial end of the food subsidy program

Lebanon / Crisis: Almost unofficial end of the food subsidy program

The president of food importers Hani Bohsali said several staple food items were withdrawn from the subsidy program of the Bank of Lebanon. Its...