Tag: Lebanon
When they could not withdraw their money, they attacked the bank! Confusion in Lebanon: “He took our money hostage for 3 years”
Confusion in Lebanon! The citizens who broke into the bank took their money and left. Extensive precautions were taken by the security forces at the scene. Last month in Beirut,…
“The tumult” of Sélim Nassib, “to understand the history of Lebanon without doing politics”
The novel The tumult, by Sélim Nassib (Éditions de l’Olivier), tells the story of Youssef, a teenager who grew up in Beirut in a Jewish family. It is also the…
Philippe Germanos, the irresistible call of the earth
At thirty, Philippe Germanos abandoned a promising career in the world of computer programming and chose to return to his native land. From our correspondent in Beirut, ” Initially, it…
Exhibition: the archaeological site of Byblos honored at the Louvre
It is in Byblos, one of the most important and most visited sites in Lebanon, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, that new archaeological discoveries have just…
a new part of the silos of the port of Beirut collapses
The entire northern part of the grain silos damaged by the devastating explosion at the port of Beirut in 2020 collapsed on Tuesday August 23, according to AFP correspondents on…
When he could not withdraw 200 thousand dollars in the bank, he signed an event that confused the country! New development in the hostage crisis that lasted for hours
An incident that took place on 11 August in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, created a big agenda in the country. Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein, 42, came to the Federal Bank…
Assassination attempt on Salman Rushdie: in Lebanon, embarrassment dominates
The gesture of Hadi Matar, the American assailant of Lebanese origin who stabbed the British writer Salman Rushdie several times in New York on Friday August 12, sparked a wave…
Headlines: two years ago in Lebanon, a huge explosion devastated the port of Beirut
On August 4, 2020, the explosion sounded in a warehouse housing hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate stored without precautions. Result: more than 200 dead and 6,500 injured. How could…
Holidays in bled: on the way to Lebanon
This week, RFI offers you a series of reports devoted to the holidays. For many French people of foreign origin, summer is synonymous with going back to basics. Like every…
It was the symbol of the explosion in Lebanon! demolished after 2 years
The wheat silo, which is the symbol of the big explosion that occurred in Lebanon’s Beirut Port 2 years ago, was partially destroyed due to the fire that has been…