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Banks make profit and escape accountability

Lebanon has been going through an unprecedented economic crisis whereby small-to-medium bank deposits were lost and people have witnessed both...
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Beirut Today

Is Lebanon saying goodbye to the IMF deal?

On Wednesday 13 September, Lebanese Members of Parliament Ibrahim Kanaan and George Adwan met with a delegation from the International...
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Beirut Today

Judge Khoury Issues Search and Inquiry Order for Journalist Mariam Lahham

After refusing to undergo a urine test, judge Ghassan Khoury issued a search and inquiry order for journalist Mariam Majdouline Lahham on Wednesday in a new episode of crackdowns on journalists and freedoms in the country. Background of the Case Initially, Lahham was summoned to investigations under the pretense of...
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Marwan Issa

Women are leading Syria’s As-Suwayda Protests

Protests across Syria have entered their fourth week and have witnessed increasing spread across the country. The protests took place...
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Marwan Issa

The Minister of Education vs. Teachers: Confrontation Reaches New Levels

Earlier this week, Minister of Education and Higher Education Abbas Halabi decided to launch the academic year despite unresolved reservations...
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Marwan Issa

Cabinet Approves 2023 Draft Budget Eight Months into the Year

The Lebanese caretaker government has approved the draft of the 2023 budget after six sessions of examinations starting late July, around eight months into the year.  The budget, which organizes state revenue and expenditure, usually comes at the beginning or before the start of a calendar year. As the 2023...
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عامر شيباني

Arrests and violations against juveniles increase

“Prison has grown to be popularly known as a violent place to receive juveniles, despite tha many rehabilitation programs and...
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Marwan Issa

Warnings of Further Shortages as Eyes are on New Acting Central Bank Governor Mansouri

Last week, Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned that by the end of the month, there will be an inability to...
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Marwan Issa

The Scramble for a Lifeline: On the Three Government Sources of Revenue and the Lebanese Political Elites

With the country entering new levels of its accentuating crisis, Lebanon’s way out depends on the resolution of its current political impasse. A healthy and progressive economic recovery plan remains beyond the priorities of the current ruling elites, despite the current government running out of revenue-raising options.  The reliance on...
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Marwan Issa

Three Years after the August 4 Blast, the Struggle for Justice Continues

Friday of this week marks three years since the 2020 Beirut Port explosion, which led to at least 218 deaths...
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Marwan Issa

Riad Salameh exits Central Bank: The mess he left behind

Amidst the applause and music of a small crowd and a marching band, the tenure of Riad Salameh as Central...
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Nader Durgham

Depositors attempt to retrieve savings from banks

Lebanon saw three depositors reclaim their savings through bank hold-ups across the country this past Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, a man, accompanied by his 13-year-old son, staged a holdup at Bank Al Mawarid in Antelias, managing to recover his savings of $15,000. Following his success, two separate holdups took...
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