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Military Retirees Demand Equal Treatment as Part of Salary Scale Law

A few dozen retired military members blocked Bchara el Khoury street in central Beirut Monday afternoon to demand equal treatment...
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Lama Bashour

Is Another Waste Crisis Looming in Lebanon?

The government’s handling of the waste crisis has been abysmal and the lack of progress in formulating solid waste policy has been making the situation worse.
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Kareem Chehayeb

High-Profile Extremist Cleric Sentenced To Death

Extremist salafist cleric Ahmed al-Assir was sentenced to death on Thursday along with eight other affiliates attacking the army during the 2013 Abra clashes in south Lebanon. The military court also issued prison sentences and fines to 30 others, including renowned singer Fadel Shaker, who was sentenced to 15 years...
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Beirut Today

Saudi Women Allowed To Drive But Still Have A Long Way To Go

Easing the long-standing driving restriction would benefit more than 7 million Saudi women of working age, a quarter of the country's population.
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Marwan Tibi

What Is The Impact of Banque du Liban’s Circular 331 on the Lebanese Economy?

Much has been said about Banque du Liban (BDL) Circular 331 and the positive effect it had on the Lebanese...
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Beirut Today

New Taxes Scrapped by Lebanon’s Constitutional Council

In a rare move by a top judicial authority, Lebanon’s Constitutional Council – a high-ranking judicial committee that looks into the validity of all Lebanese laws – decided unanimously on Friday to rescind the new taxes law enacted by Parliament last month. This would translate into a complete cancellation of...
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Beirut Today

Master Yoda Reappears in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Minister of education Dr. Ahmad Issa went under attack in the last couple of days by hundreds of social...
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Bachir El Nakib

New U.S. Congress Sanctions and Their Potential Impact on Lebanon

65% of deposits in Lebanon are in U.S. dollars, and 72% of loans are denominated in U.S. dollars. Lebanese banks are in need of correspondent banks in the U.S. to clear their transactions in U.S. dollars.
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Beirut Today

New Corruption Scandal Hits Lebanese Government: Biometric IDs

The Council of Ministers approved on Sunday the use of biometric IDs during elections for a budget of 40 million USD, awarded without open bidding to the French company SAGEM. This amount was part of a larger enacted budget (133 million USD), earmarked for the management of parliamentary elections scheduled...
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Nur Turkmani

Taste of Cement: “We build, and then we destroy”

In a concrete room underground, the camera intricately zooms in and out of the faces of Syrian construction workers, capturing...
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Hossein Cheaito

Lebanon’s Forcibly Disappeared: To Forget, We Must Remember

Lebanon was recently struck with the devastating loss of eight of its soldiers who were held captive by Islamic State...
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Hossein Cheaito

Beirut Walks Into The Dawn

  Every three days, Lebanon loses an individual to suicide. Every year, over 143 families in the country lose a member to suicide. The act of taking one self’s life is not eerie to the Lebanese scene. It happens all over the country and today more than ever. What happens...
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