Tag: BEIRUT
Envoy heads to Beirut to ease Israel-Hezbollah tensions
U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein is scheduled to arrive in Beirut on Wednesday, on a crucial visit to de-escalate tensions between Israel and Lebanon’s...
Lufthansa, Air France cancel flights to, from Beirut
The Lufthansa Group and Air France have cancelled flights to the Lebanese capital Beirut amid rising fears of an all-out war between Israel and...
Port in Tripoli to perform functions of Beirut port destroyed by...
The Lebanese Supreme Defense Council decided at a meeting on Wednesday that a port in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli will take over...
UN, U.S. commiserate with Lebanon over deadly explosions
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has commiserated with the people and government of Lebanon over Tuesday’s explosions in the capital, Beirut.
No fewer than 70 people...
Large blast in Beirut port area shakes Lebanon’s capital, sources say
A large explosion shook the Lebanese capital Beirut and a giant column of smoke was seen rising over the city, Reuters witnesses and local...
AUB lays off hundreds, as situation bites harder
The American University of Beirut’s (AUB) medical centre says it has laid hundreds of staff, as even hospitals buckle under the weight of Lebanon’s...
