The $5 trillion increase in billionaire wealth shown in the new Oxfam briefing is larger than the past 14 years combined.
“I regret the day I was born Lebanese,” Ahmad, a taxi driver, told Beirut Today. “All I can think of is how to leave."
Living conditions in recent weeks have further deteriorated as the lira's value plunged to an all-time low.
Salameh is undergoing investigation by authorities in Lebanon and four other European countries.
Like the rest of the world, Lebanon was hit with a large wave of the Omicron coronavirus variant over the holidays.
The Cabinet has not met since Oct. 12 because of a boycott by Hezbollah and the Amal Movement over the Beirut blast investigator.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati said a comment made by Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah about Saudi Arabia “does not represent the...
Just Saturday, 3,358 people in Lebanon tested positive for the coronavirus—one day after New Year’s Eve festivities.
We ask Lebanese and Syrian refugees on the streets what their greatest struggle is, with most responses revolving around “life is difficult.”
This past year has once again seen Lebanon battling tooth and nail to stay afloat in a sea of challenges and conflicts that marked 2021.
The heart-warming Christmas initiative was led by Tracy and Paul Naggear, whose three-year-old daughter died in the Beirut blast.
This comes as part of a long history of authoritarian regimes in Egypt silencing, persecuting, and jailing dissidents