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Fuel prices rise 30% in socially angered Lebanon
In this country mired in an unprecedented crisis, angry protesters blocked roads and set tires and dumpsters on fire. Here in Beirut, Monday June 28, 2021. MARWAN TAHTAH / AFP…
a history of Lebanon on the borders of the tragic and the marvelous
Joseph (Wajdi Mouawad) and Alice (Alba Rohrwacher) in “Sous le ciel d’Alice”, by Chloé Mazlo. PASCAL CHANTIER / AD VITAM The opinion of the “World” – Not to be missed…
Podcast. Lebanon, the end of a mirage
It is the end of a mirage. Since 2019, the Pays du Cèdre has experienced a major financial crisis that has pushed its inhabitants into poverty. Formerly considered the “Switzerland…
Renault manager fled in Lebanon: Ex-elite soldier helped Ghosn escape
Monday 14 June 2021 Renault manager fled in Lebanon Ex-elite soldier helped Ghosn escape It’s a cinematic escape: To avoid a trial in Japan, the former Renault manager Ghosn escapes…
Lebanon on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe
By Benjamin Barthe Posted today at 3:15 p.m., updated at 3:40 p.m. Reserved for our subscribers ReportageThe Lebanese have suffered since 2019 a financial collapse, an economic and health disaster…
Special Tribunal for Lebanon cancels trial of alleged member of Rafic Hariri assassination, due to lack of funding
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), over which threats of disappearance weigh for lack of funding, announced Thursday, June 3 the cancellation of the opening of the trial of Salim…
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon caught up with the country’s financial crisis
The court was initially tasked with trying those accused of the attack that claimed the lives of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri and twenty-one others on February 14, 2005. JOSEPH…
Israel: clashes between Lebanon and Israel
MARWAN NAAMANI dpatopbilder – Hezbollah supporters wave Palestinian flags and hold placards during a rally to express solidarity with the Palestinian people. Photo: Marwan Naamani / dpa Protesters climbed the…
“The robbery of the century” of banks in Lebanon
During a demonstration against the Lebanese government, near the presidential palace in Baabda, south of Beirut, on March 27, 2021. BILAL HUSSEIN / AP After the battle of the streets,…
Paris probably with its own concept: Germany wants to build Beirut’s port
Friday, April 02, 2021 Paris probably with its own concept Germany wants to build Beirut’s port 200 people die in a devastating explosion in the port of Beirut. Entire neighborhoods…
“Isolating Lebanon from the regional context to reflect on its survival is an outright negation of reality”
Tribune. The August 4 explosion in the port of Beirut may have claimed fewer lives than might be expected – 208 – but it has spread death everywhere. In the…
Homophobia in Lebanon: Focus on the Marsa association
Lebanon is facing a wave of homophobia which very often puts the lives of LGBT + people at risk. The Marsa association in Lebanon is the first sexual health center…