Tag: Lebanon

Wednesday, August 5th 2020 - 08:38 UTC
Beirut port blast kills at least 78, injures over 4,000 and flattens huge area of the city

Lebanon is in mourning after a huge explosion in the capital Beirut killed at least 78 people and injured more than 4,000 others on Tuesday. The whole city was shaken by the blast, which began with a fire at the port which exploded into a mushroom cloud.
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:47 UTC
UK lists both Hezbollah's military and political wings as a terrorist group

Britain's finance ministry on Friday said it had added Lebanon's entire Hezbollah movement to its list of terrorist groups subject to asset freezing. The ministry previously only targeted the Shiite organization's military wing but has now listed the whole group after the government designated it a terrorist organization last March.
Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Lebanese prosecution summons fugitive auto tycoon Ghosn; a visit to Israel could complicate his status

A Lebanese prosecutor said on Wednesday he was summoning former auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn regarding an Interpol “red notice” over financial misconduct charges in Japan, state media reported.
Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 11:55 UTC
Auto tycoon on bail in Japan flees and takes refuge in Lebanon

Carlos Ghosn's main lawyer said on Tuesday he was “dumbfounded” by the news of his client's sudden departure from Japan where he was out on bail ahead of a trial for financial misconduct.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Protests all over the world: are we witnessing an emerging global society?

By Gwynne Dyer – Journalists don’t just travel in packs; they write in packs, too. And what they’re writing this week is endless pipe-sucking ruminations about what’s driving the seemingly synchronized outbreak of protests in a large number of very different countries around the world.
Monday, October 15th 2018 - 14:34 UTC
Key Naseed-Jaber, Quneitra crossings reopened as Syria reaches out to neighbours

The strategic Naseeb crossing between Syria and Jordan on the Damascus-Amman international highway was reopened Monday, just one day after both countries agreed to it. The crossing had been closed since 2015 when the rebels took over that area in Syria's southern province of Daraa. Also Monday the only crossing point near the Syrian border town of Quneitra between Syria and the Golan Heights, under Israeli occupation since 1967, was reopened for United Nations observers, four years after closing due to the civil war, following a deal between Israel, Syria and the UN.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:29 UTC
EU puts Hezbollah in terrorism blacklist; Lebanon fears impact in local politics

The European Union agreed on Monday to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on its terrorism blacklist, a move driven by concerns over the Lebanese militant group's roles in a bus bombing in Bulgaria and the Syrian war.
Thursday, April 4th 2013 - 16:59 UTC
Gas starts flowing from Israel's Levant Basin, what now?

By Jen Alic - The first gas has started flowing from Israel's super-giant Tamar gas-field in the Levant Basin. Where it will go will redraw the Mediterranean energy map and the geopolitics that goes along with it.
Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 20:35 UTC
Lebanese Tycoon Najib Mikati Become’s Prime Minister

Self-made bilionaire Najib Mikati, attained the backing of enough members of parliament to be named Lebanon’s premier. He is now faced with the challenges of repairing political and sectarian rifts, threatening to tear the country apart.