The northern section of the grain storage silos, heavily damaged two years ago by a major explosion at the port of Beirut, collapsed early this morning after warnings that the facility was too tilted to stand. . A large cloud of brown and gray dust rose over the waterfront, TV station LBCI reported. There are […]
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Israel: Hezbollah attack on Karish field may bring new war
A Hezbollah attack on the Karish gas field in the eastern Mediterranean could lead to a new war between the Lebanese Shiite group and Israel, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has warned. Lebanon and Israel, neighboring countries officially at war, are holding negotiations under the auspices of Washington to settle their border dispute and remove […]
Lebanon: The public sector is paralyzed, with the country on its way to becoming a failed state
Despite the fact that it is a weekday, 50-year-old Walid Saar, who works at the Ministry of Finance, is not at work and has not been since June. “The public sector will end if we continue like this,” he declares. Like thousands of other civil servants in Lebanon, Saar has been on strike for two […]
Ukrainian ambassador: 87 ships carrying stolen wheat – Trafficking it through Turkey
Grain stolen from Ukraine transported on 87 ships. According to what the ambassador of Ukraine in Lebanon, Ihor Ostas, complained: “at the moment, there is a criminal system that facilitates the transportation of stolen grain from Ukraine. The transit can be made through Turkey and travel directly to Syria, as well as in other countries […]
Lebanon: Fatah official murdered in Palestinian refugee camp
An official of the Palestinian Fatah movement was killed yesterday Monday in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Khilwa, in southern Lebanon, an officer of the faction’s military wing announced. Said Alaeddin held the rank of officer in Fatah, the movement of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and was in charge of relations with the […]
Lebanon: Economic impoverishment, political rot
Two years after the deadly explosion in Beirut, no one has been held accountable, while the economic impoverishment intensifies. The economically weaker suffer the most. Saad al-Din begins his daily struggle for survival. With careful manipulations, he pulls his trawler out of the small port, in the center of Beirut, which is crowded with thirty […]
Two years after the deadly explosion in the port of Beirut there is still no attribution of responsibility
Lebanon’s patriarch today denounced the government’s failure to bring to justice those responsible for the Beirut port explosion, on the second anniversary of the tragedy in which calls for accountability are being made. Bessara Boutros al-Rai, at a memorial service for the victims, said “God condemns those officials” who obstruct investigations that the government “has […]
Lebanon: Syrian ship allegedly carrying stolen Ukrainian grain leaves Tripoli
The Syrian ship, allegedly carrying stolen Ukrainian grain, has left the port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon and is heading to Syria, Lebanon’s Acting Transport Minister Ali Hami told Reuters. The “Laodicea” had docked in Tripoli on July 27 carrying approximately 5,000 tons of barley and 5,000 tons of flour which, according to the Ukrainian […]
UN experts are calling for an international investigation two years after the deadly blast at Beirut port
Two years after the massive explosion in Beirut harbor that killed more than 200 people, independent United Nations experts today called on the international community to open “without delay” an international investigation. “This tragedy is one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in recent history, yet the world has done nothing to understand what caused it,” […]
Lebanon allows ship allegedly carrying stolen Ukrainian grain to depart
Lebanon’s attorney general approved today the release of a Syrian-flagged ship seized after allegations by the Kyiv embassy in Beirut that it was carrying flour and barley stolen from Ukraine, an official said. Prosecutor Ghassan Weidat allowed the departure of the “Laodicea”, which has docked at the port of Tripoli (north) on Saturday, after investigations […]