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Fuel prices in Lebanon register second increase this week

A canister of gas costs roughly 50 percent of the monthly minimum wage in Lebanon (LBP 675,000), which is now valued at $34.
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عامر شيباني

“No shame in work”: Meet the Syrian man cleaning homes in Lebanon

“When I go into their homes to clean, I imagine that I am entering my own home, and so I clean their houses as if they were my own."
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Logos of the Alfa and Touch telecom companies in Lebanon
Beirut Today

Alfa and Touch employees launch open-ended strike

Alfa and Touch employees launched an open-ended strike until their companies ensure what is written in their work contracts.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Refugee children pulled from school to make ends meet in Lebanon

A new NRC documentary follows Darine, a 9-year-old Syrian refugee forced to drop out of school and work a farm in Lebanon.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

IMF Negotiation Committee agrees on unified numbers for financial losses

The Lebanese committee delegated with the task of negotiating a bailout plan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has finally...
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Illustration of theft: robber stealing phone out of the pockets of an individual on a public street
عامر شيباني

Lebanon’s theft crimes increase by 265 percent compared to 2019

An average of 16 thefts per day were documented in Lebanon during October 2021, as per the Internal Security Forces.
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President Michel Aoun and Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh Al-Shami meeting at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on November 25, 2021. (Photo: Presidential Palace)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Al-Shami: Lebanon close to completing technical talks with IMF

Deputy Prime Minister Saadeh Al-Shami hopes a preliminary agreement will be reached with the IMF before the end of the year.
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Photo of child leaning against a table. In October, 53 percent of families surveyed by UNICEF in Lebanon had at least one child who skipped a meal for lack of food in the house.
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

UNICEF: Hundreds of thousands of children in Lebanon at risk

By October, 53 percent of families surveyed by UNICEF in Lebanon had at least one child who skipped a meal for lack of food in the house.
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Syrian Refuge Camp at Syria Lebanon Borders at time of a blizzard in 2021. (Photo: Hussein Kassir / Alamy Stock)
عامر شيباني

Refugee camps in Lebanon unprepared for winter

“It is now difficult to provide the bare minimum of the camps’ needs."
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Riad Salameh says audit he ordered exonerates him of blame

Salameh said he commissioned an unnamed firm to audit central bank accounts after several allegations came up against him and his brother.
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Photographer from window of a plane showing wing of plane and background full of clouds. For article: “I could not see a future”: Lebanon losing youth in new wave of emigration
Sandra Abdelbaki

“I could not see a future”: Lebanon losing youth in new wave of emigration

Lebanon is witnessing one of the biggest waves of emigration in its history, with experts warning of severe long-term repercussions.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

HRW: Lebanon’s education system at risk of collapse

Schools are incapable of operating due to massive inflation, the fuel crisis, and the coronavirus pandemic.
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