لماذا الإمعان في معاكسة إرادة الشعب اللبناني ومصالحه عبر الإصرار على مهاجمة دول الخليج واستعداء المملكة العربية السعودية؟ ألا تستحق المصلحة الوطنية …

PARIS (REUTERS) – France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday (Jan 11) the United Arab Emirates would join a Saudi-French fund that aimed …

BEIRUT, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A Lebanese judge said on Tuesday she had imposed a travel ban on central bank governor Riad Salameh, who is at the centre of investigations into alleged fraud and other misconduct launched after Lebanon was plunged into a deep financial crisis. Salameh, who said he had no knowledge of the ban and denied any wrongdoing, is being probed by the authorities in Lebanon and at least four European countries, including a Swiss inquiry over alleged money laundering. Salameh, who has been governor for almost three decades, has stayed in his post even as the economy has been crushed by a mountain of debt, the currency has collapsed and swathes of the nation have been driven into poverty. read more

Judge Ghada Aoun told Reuters she had imposed the ban as part of a Lebanese investigation she was leading into Salameh's conduct and said the next step would be to seek to question him. When asked about allegations ranging from fraud to abuse of public funds being investigated in the Lebanese probe, Salameh said: "These cases raised against me personally are part of the campaign to fool the public opinion." "All the actions of the central bank are executed according to the law of money and credit and thus are not the actions of one person that takes decisions by himself," he told Reuters.

CAIRO – Lebanon’s Prime Minster Najib Mikati arrived Monday morning in in Sharm El-Sheikh city to participate in opening ceremony of Egypt’s 4th edition of the World Youth Forum [WYF]. Mikati accompanied President Sisi, Palestinian President Mahamoud Abbas and Crown Prince of Jordan Hussein bin Abdullah II. At the ceremony, President Sisi said that WYF became a platform for dialogue and exchange visions between youth and countries all over the world. He announced officially launching the 4th edition of WYF activities. The forum is held under the slogan of ‘Back Together’, with the participation of young people from 196 countries in Sharm El-Sheikh. WYF activities are expected to take place until January 13. 2021’s WYF agenda includes number of vital topics, which reflect the features of the new reality after Coronavirus pandemic, that affected the lives of millions all over the world.

Participants at the 4th edition of WYF had the choice to participate in the opening session either physically or remotely via the virtual system due to COVID-19. The main session of WYF is supposed to Kick off shortly after the opening ceremony, to be entitled ‘Corona Pandemic: Alarm for Humanity and New Hope’. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Egypt on Sunday to participate in the he fourth edition of Egypt’s World Youth Forum. President Abbas’ two day-visit comes at President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s invitation to attend the forum activities, the Palestinian embassy in Egypt said.