Lebanon turns to Syria for desperately-needed energy imports
A delegation of high-ranking Lebanese ministers visited Damascus Saturday for talks on importing energy via Syria, the first such official visit since its civil war broke out 10 years ago.
A delegation of high-ranking Lebanese ministers visited Damascus Saturday for talks on importing energy via Syria, the first such official visit since its civil war broke out 10 years ago.
Bahraini authorities have authorised the use of a booster dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, the first time the Russian shot has been approved for a third dose, the … Read More
Dubai-based Saudi state-owned media companies will start moving staff this month to the capital Riyadh, sources said, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman presses ahead with plans to remould the … Read More
Fresh fighting was reported Saturday between the Taliban and resistance forces in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, even as the hardline Islamists finalise a new government that will set the tone for … Read More
The United Nations will convene an international aid conference in Geneva on Sept.13
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi group said it intercepted an explosive-laden drone launched by the Iran-aligned group towards the Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, Saudi state media reported on … Read More
The Lebanese pound was up Saturday, trading at 18,550 to the dollar
Iran on Saturday dismissed new U.S sanctions
Lebanon deported a Reuters correspondent after questioning him on arrival at Beirut airport at the start of a reporting assignment last month, detaining him overnight before putting him on a … Read More
Lebanon registered 1,112 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Friday.