Tag: Lebanon
Lebanon: Hezbollah members injured in clash at Israeli border
Three Lebanese Hezbollah operatives were injured on Wednesday by Israeli gunfire near the border with Israel. “Suspects approached the security fence with Lebanon and tried to sabotage it”, according to…
Lebanon denounces the construction by Israel of a wall around a border village
Lebanon decided on Tuesday to file a complaint with the UN Secretary General against Israel’s annexation of the northern part of the village of Ghajar, considered by Beirut to be…
Jean-Yves Le Drian in Lebanon: an (almost) impossible mission
The first time he set foot in Lebanon was at the end of the 1970s. Then a young socialist, Jean-Yves Le Drian discovered a country at war, plagued by militias,…
Crisis in Lebanon: politicians await the result of Franco-Saudi contacts
Forty-eight hours after the failure of the Lebanese Parliament to elect a President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed ben Salman, “recalled the…
Lebanon: the economic crisis is accelerating the country’s energy transition
For almost four years, the Lebanese have been virtually deprived of electricity produced by the public sector. To supply themselves with electricity, households and businesses in the country have subscribed…
Cinema: With “The Night of the Glass of Water”, Carlos Chahine takes you to the landscapes of Lebanon
Among the film releases this week, “The Night of the Glass of Water” by Carlos Chahine takes us to the mountainous landscapes of Lebanon. In the hollow of the holy…
Lebanon: “decent dress” required on the beach of Saïda
Alcohol prohibited, “decent dress” required, in other words: no women’s jersey. These rules set up by the town hall of Saida are inscribed at the entrance to the city’s public…
The prime minister of that country announced! ‘We will not be able to pay civil servant salaries in June’
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati made a shocking statement concerning the civil servants and announced that they would not be able to pay the civil servants’ salaries in June! The…
Lebanon: when the economic crisis pushes children to work
June 12 is the International Day Against Child Labour. The opportunity to focus on Lebanon where the serious economic and financial crisis is pushing more households, Syrian refugees or Lebanese,…
Jean-Yves Le Drian appointed “personal envoy for Lebanon”
Emmanuel Macron has appointed his former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, as “personal envoy for Lebanon”, in order to “ facilitate ” a solution ” consensual and effective…