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12.10 / 08:35

Target Strategy Remark Death President show reports Biden Faces an Iran Reckoning

President Biden on Tuesday showed appropriate outrage at the wanton slaughter by Hamas this weekend, and his pledge of support for Israel is welcome. But there was a crucial word missing from his remarks at the White House: Iran. Tehran is Hamas’s terror master, and its assault on Israel exposes the failure of his Iran strategy.

11.10 / 04:29

Provident Matthews Southern country information reports Department US speaks on Iran's role in Hamas attack, says ‘No evidence of direct involvement…’

Iran had helped Hamas plot the rocket attack on Israel and approved of the assault during a meeting in Beirut last week, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal. Coming back to the Pentagon Chief, he noted that Tehran has backed Hamas which launched a coordinated ground, air and sea assault from Gaza on Saturday for years.

09.10 / 02:01

Target Reuters President Shell country reports Israel-Palestine war kills nearly 1,000, flights canceled, US sends military aid | 10 things we know so far

Reuters reported. 4) Iran helped Hamas plot the rocket attack on Israel and approved of the assault during a meeting in Beirut last week, according to The Wall Street Journal report. 5) US President Joe Biden ordered “additional support" for Israel.

09.10 / 02:01

BLOCK WhatsApp Death WSJ President reports Iran helped Hamas to plot deadly attack on Israel: Report

rocket attack on Israel and approved of the assault during a meeting in Beirut last week, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal. The death toll from the bloodiest war that erupted between Israel and Hamas surged to 1,000. The report also stated that the officers of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard have worked with Hamas to plan the deadly attack since August.

26.09 / 13:35

FIVE Progressive Aware President Actor country Lebanon risks being 'ostracised' if presidential vacuum lingers -French envoy

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon risks being «ostracised» by the international community if its nearly year-long presidential vacuum drags on further, France's special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian told a local Lebanese newspaper in an interview published on Tuesday.

19.09 / 11:27

UPS Citizens CEO Nissan country Hearings in $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan start in Beirut

Lebanese judicial officials say hearings in the $1 billion lawsuit filed by auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn against Nissan and other defendants have started in Beirut

15.09 / 17:44

Platform country cover IMF warns Lebanon that the country is still facing enormous challenges, years after a meltdown began

The International Monetary Fund has warned that Lebanon is still facing enormous economic challenges, four years after the country's historic meltdown began

25.08 / 22:49

Digital Platform Action show Monaco closes corruption probe against Lebanon's caretaker prime minister for lack of evidence

The office of Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati says a three-year probe against him and his family over corruption allegations has been closed by Monaco's judicial authorities for lack of evidence

25.08 / 22:49

Provident Cooper Man Career Flushing country cover reform NOT Lebanon's interim central bank chief vows not to lend money to government, calls for economic reform

Lebanon’s interim central bank governor has called on the country’s ruling class to quickly implement economic and financial reforms that the central bank won’t offer loans to the state and does not plan on printing money to cover the huge budget defic...

24.08 / 16:30

Provident Aviat country Traffic Air traffic controllers at Lebanon's only civilian airport to go on strike over staffing shortages

Air traffic controllers at Lebanon’s only civilian airport say they are badly understaffed and are planning to go on strike next month

24.08 / 00:53

COST UPS MET Flushing country Four years into crisis, Lebanon's leaders hope tourism boom will help bypass reforms in IMF bailout

Lebanon's political elites are pushing a recovery plan for the country's financial collapse that would allow them to sidestep tough reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund

16.08 / 18:13

Twitter BLOCK Waters Platform RIG country Offshore drilling rig arrives in Lebanese waters ahead of work near the border with Israel

Lebanese Cabinet ministers say an offshore drilling rig has arrived at its destination in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast and will start its search for gas in the coming weeks

16.08 / 18:13

Citi Lowe's Target Waters country National Syrian president doubles public sector wages as national currency spirals downwards

Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad has doubled public sector wages and pensions as the war-torn country’s national currency spiraled further downwards, reaching a new low for the year

15.08 / 05:15

FIVE Citizens Fighting Mobile country Lebanon's interim central bank governor freezes assets of former chief and close associates

Lebanon’s interim central bank governor has frozen the accounts of the banks embattled former chief and close relatives and associates

13.08 / 18:07

MET country Agency Jordanian army downs drone from Syria carrying meth - state news agency

BEIRUT (Reuters) — The Jordanian military on Sunday downed a drone carrying crystal meth that was flying into Jordanian territory from neighbouring Syria, the state news agency Petra reported.

12.08 / 19:25

Provident Citizens Career country cover audit Forensic audit into Lebanon's central bank reveals misconduct and 'illegitimate' commissions

A forensic audit into Lebanon’s central bank by a New York-based company has revealed yearslong misconduct by the bank’s former governor and $111 million in “illegitimate commissions.”

11.08 / 08:43

Citizens Shell country US, UK, and Canada sanction Lebanon's former central bank governor over corruption allegations

The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada have slapped sanctions on Lebanon’s embattled ex-central bank governor and a handful of close relatives and associates over allegations of corruption

04.08 / 20:27

BLOCK Citizens love country blast 3 years after Beirut port blast, intrigue foils an investigation and even the death toll is disputed

Three years after Beirut’s massive port explosion, attempts to prosecute those responsible are mired in political intrigue and the death toll remains disputed

03.08 / 17:21

COST UPS Provident Flushing country Banks from 4 Arab countries are in talks to invest in struggling Lebanese banks, official says

Banks from four Arab countries are interested in investing in Lebanon’s struggling banking sector, which has been hard-hit by the small nation’s three-year economic meltdown

31.07 / 12:01

UPS Celebrity band country Lebanon's central bank governor ends 30-year tenure under investigation during dire economic crisis

Lebanon’s embattled central bank governor has ended his 30-year tenure

30.07 / 18:15

Citi Provident Platform Fighting Southern Inside At least six die in Palestinian faction clashes in Lebanon

BEIRUT (Reuters) -At least six people were killed in two days of clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, where the mainstream faction Fatah fought against rival groups that support Islamists, security sources said.

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