Alison Tahmizian Meuse
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Israel inks twin Arab treaties with UAE, Bahrain
Israel on Tuesday inked twin diplomatic treaties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, offering a diplomatic boon to the Trump administration, and → Read More
‘Writing is on the wall’ for Saudi-Israel peace
BEIRUT — When the Crown Prince of Bahrain and the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the → Read More
Beirut port chief thwarted safety code in 2006
AL MINA — On Thursday, a month after one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history rocked the Lebanese capital, residents once again watched in → Read More
US sanctions Hezbollah-aligned Lebanon politicians
BEIRUT – The United States blacklisted two former Lebanese ministers, described as "Hezbollah enablers" on Tuesday, marking its first round of anticipated → Read More
Lebanese wedding venue Cyprus turns escape route
Cyprus, until last year known as Lebanon’s number one wedding destination, is now seen as an escape route to Europe after dozens of Lebanese reached the → Read More
Lebanon probes procurement of ‘death ship’ Rhosus
BEIRUT — Lebanese investigators are understood to be probing why the MV Rhosus — a substandard vessel burdened with 2,750 tonnes of hazardous ammonium → Read More
Israel claims air raids on Hezbollah border posts
Israeli aircraft carried out strikes against Hezbollah border positions after Israeli troops came under fire originating from Lebanon, the Israeli Defense → Read More
Report ties Hezbollah to ammonium nitrate imports
Hezbollah is believed to have imported up to 670 tonnes of tonnes of ammonium nitrate – the material blamed for the Beirut Port explosion – to Lebanon → Read More
UN tribunal says no direct proof Hezbollah murdered Hariri
BEIRUT - There is no direct evidence that Hezbollah or the allied Syrian government was responsible for ordering the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese → Read More
Lebanon ex-interior minister: Israel blew up port
Israel was "clearly" responsible for the explosion that shattered Beirut on August 4, killing more than 170 people, wounding thousands and destroying → Read More
Trump may be right about Beirut ‘attack’
The explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital on Tuesday and left an earthquake of devastation in its wake was not only due to negligence and corruption, → Read More
Egypt jails six young women over TikTok videos
Egyptian courts have handed down multi-year prison sentences to six young women in the past week over TikTok content, deeming lip-syncing, dancing and → Read More
Lebanon’s tanking credit rating hits rock bottom
Moody's global ratings agency has downgraded Lebanon to its lowest possible grade, "C", predicting on Monday that international and local Eurobond holders → Read More
MBS expected to be Saudi king by year’s end
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, whose ailing 84-year-old father King Salman was hospitalized on Monday, will likely take control of the kingdom → Read More
Emirati Mars launch made in Japan, USA
The United Arab Emirates made history on Monday, launching what has been hailed as the first interplanetary probe launched by an Arab state: the Mars-bound “Hope.” The unmanned orbiter … → Read More
Saudi prince defends trophy projects amid crisis
When Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan announced austerity measures in May, including an US$8 billion cutback on spending on Vision 2030 — Crown → Read More
Lebanon faces abyss as top technocrats jump ship
The resignation of two of Lebanon’s most respected financial officials in the span of a fortnight has raised fears among civil society that there is no → Read More
Lebanon’s beverage makers seek survival, revival
The unraveling of Lebanon’s US dollar peg has launched a painful reckoning in its prolific beverage industry, as winemakers and brewers struggle to secure → Read More
UAE ambassador offers Israel carrots, not sticks
The United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba, has penned an unprecedented op-ed in an Israeli newspaper, urging against the → Read More
US couple sues Lebanese banks for $150 million
Cases against Lebanese banks mount as the government fails to institute capital controls → Read More