Sarah El Deeb| Associated Press BEIRUT: Lebanon’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia and his Saudi counterpart are caught in what appears to be a diplomatic tussle over representation, with each country delaying accreditation of the other’s diplomat. Both were named months ago. The delay highlights tension between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon following the bizarre, now-reversed resignation […]

by ice.gov – NEW YORK — Following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York’s Cultural Property, Arts and Antiquities (CPAA) group, in coordination with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (DANY), three marble statues originally excavated from the Temple of Eshmun in Lebanon were repatriated to their home […]

by: en.annahar.com- BEIRUT: French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his support Tuesday for Lebanon’s national racing team in the 40th annual Dakar Rally that will take place in Latin America in January 2018. Lebanese drivers Jad Qomeir and Antoine Eskandar will represent Lebanon in one of the most challenging rallies in the world that covers rough terrain […]

by sputniknews.com — Beirut’s approval of a bid by a consortium of Russian, French and Italian energy companies will help the Lebanese economy overcome the present difficulties, Muhammed Qabbani, the head of the Lebanese parliamentary committee on energy, has told Sputnik, adding that Russia’s involvement is especially important for the project. The Lebanese government decision to […]

by AP – BEIRUT — Lebanese authorities have detained a man suspected in the killing of a British woman who worked at the U.K. Embassy in Beirut and whose body was found near the city over the weekend, a police official said Monday. The woman’s murder was a “criminal act” and was not politically motivated, […]

Article represents opinion of the author  by Ben Brimelow – Business Insider  In the past few years, Saudi Arabia has led an intervention in Yemen’s civil war, been the driving force behind a diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its neighbors, and involved itself in the politics of Lebanon. All of these things appear to have one common […]

Ahram Online – Choosing from a total of 92 submissions, the US Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences announced Ziad Doueiri’s The Insult among nine films shortlisted for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar. The Insult, a Lebanese comedy drama, is the only film from the Arab world to make it to the shortlist. Other entries include […]

The Daily Star BEIRUT: Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil received Thursday evening a delegation from Hungary to discuss a Hungarian aid package to renovate Lebanese churches, a statement from Bassil’s media office reported. “The renovation process will include more than 32 churches across Lebanon,” Peter Heltai, ambassador-at-large of the Hungary Helps Initiative, said, according to the […]

BEIRUT, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s cabinet approved a bid on Thursday by a consortium of France’s Total, Italy’s ENI and Russia’s Novatek, in the country’s much-delayed first oil and gas offshore licensing round, a government source told Reuters. Exploratory drilling is expected to start at the beginning of 2019, Energy and Water Minister Cesar […]