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Lebanese pound slides further despite new pricing system
Middle East

Lebanese pound slides further despite new pricing system

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon’s battered pound currency has slid to fresh lows against the US dollar despite a new pricing…
Lebanon deescalates sectarian clashes after tense night
Middle East

Lebanon deescalates sectarian clashes after tense night

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese military on Sunday said overnight riots and sectarian tensions in central Beirut and other areas…
Dozens wounded in clashes as hundreds of protesters flood Beirut
Middle East

Dozens wounded in clashes as hundreds of protesters flood Beirut

Protesters poured into the streets of the Lebanese capital Saturday to decry the collapse of the economy, as clashes erupted…
Ethiopian domestic workers stranded in crisis-hit Lebanon
Middle East

Ethiopian domestic workers stranded in crisis-hit Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of domestic workers gathered outside the Ethiopian consulate in Beirut on Thursday, some inquiring about flights…
Egypt makes 8 charter flights to return stranded citizens from Lebanon
Egypt

Egypt makes 8 charter flights to return stranded citizens from Lebanon

Eight charter flights have been prepared to evacuate 1,400 stranded Egyptians from Beirut and return them home, Egypt’s Ministry of…
Lebanon extends mandate of UN force along Israel border
Middle East

Lebanon extends mandate of UN force along Israel border

Beirut (AP) — Lebanon’s government agreed on Friday to extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon…
On debt-stricken Lebanon, investors see little room for optimism
Middle East

On debt-stricken Lebanon, investors see little room for optimism

LONDON (Reuters) — Emerging market investors are no strangers to sovereign debt crises, but few have been as perilous as…
For Lebanese families made poor by crisis, dinner means bread and no meat
Middle East

For Lebanese families made poor by crisis, dinner means bread and no meat

BEIRUT (Reuters) — At a street market in southern Beirut, Lebanese crowd around volunteers handing out free rations of bread…
Lebanon’s migrant workers’ plight worsens as crises multiply
Middle East

Lebanon’s migrant workers’ plight worsens as crises multiply

BEIRUT (AP) — Long before the pandemic struck, they lived and worked in conditions that rights groups called exploitative —…
Trapped migrant workers suffer from Lebanon’s dollar crisis, lockdown
Middle East

Trapped migrant workers suffer from Lebanon’s dollar crisis, lockdown

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Temitope can’t find work in Lebanon since the Nigerian domestic worker escaped her employer’s house last month.…
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