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Lebanon caretaker Interior Minister orders a probe into Beirut clashes
Dec 15, 2019 16:56Lebanon's caretaker Interior Minister Raya El-Hassan has ordered the country's law enforcement agencies to open a "rapid and transparent" inquiry, after dozens of people were wounded in clashes during recent demonstrations that had erupted in a barricaded central district of Beirut.
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Over 70 companies in Lebanon to lay off employees amid financial crisis: Senior official
Dec 11, 2019 04:41Lebanese Caretaker Labor Minister Camille Abousleiman says dozens of companies in the cash-strapped Arab country are set to resort to mass dismissals very soon as they are wrangling with their own debt problems in the wake of the acute financial and economic crisis that Lebanon is going through.
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Lebanese businessman Khatib withdraws name from premiership
Dec 09, 2019 05:15Lebanese businessman Samir al-Khatib, one of the leading candidates for the position of prime minister, has withdrawn his candidacy to lead the next government, paving the way for caretaker Prime Minister Sa’ad al-Hariri to re-emerge for the job.
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Lebanon’s new government must immediately carry out reforms: Hezbollah MP
Dec 08, 2019 13:58Lebanon’s new government must have a plan to immediately carry out reforms in the cash-strapped country, says a lawmaker from the Hezbollah resistance movement, stressing that “chances of a solution to the crisis have not been eliminated.”
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Lebanon unrest in best interests of US, Israeli regime: Senior Hezbollah official
Dec 08, 2019 03:36A senior official of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the United States and the Israeli regime are the main beneficiaries of the anti-government protests in his country, warning that Lebanon is on the brink of financial collapse.
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Fresh clashes hit Lebanon as politicians voice optimism about govt. formation
Dec 04, 2019 09:05Fresh clashes have erupted between police and anti-government protesters in the Lebanese capital city of Beirut as officials suggest progress in talks on forming a new cabinet.
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Hundreds of Syrian refugees return home from Lebanon
Dec 04, 2019 03:10Hundreds of Syrian refugees have returned from Lebanon to their home villages and towns, which have been liberated from foreign-backed Takfiri terrorist groups by the Syrian army, state media say.
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Dozens of Lebanese protest against monetary policies amid economic crisis
Nov 29, 2019 07:00Dozens of people have staged a demonstration in Lebanon to express their resentment over the acute economic crisis in the country, as nationwide anti-government demonstrations demanding departure of the ruling elite enters its seventh week.
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Wasting more time for Lebanon govt. formation badly affects people, economy: Hezbollah official
Nov 28, 2019 15:32A high-ranking official of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the cash-strapped country can no longer accept wasting time for the government formation, as economic pressures mount and mass protests demanding departure of the ruling elite continue.
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Lebanon: Hariri says will not be next PM
Nov 27, 2019 02:42Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Sa’ad Hariri, who has stepped down in the face of sweeping protests, says he will not be heading the country’s next government.