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  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    Israel
    Israel shoots down Hizbollah drones heading for gasfield

    Militant group says unarmed aircraft were on reconnaissance mission as tension mounts in maritime border dispute

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Lebanese lenders claim IMF plan to seize assets breaks the law

    Proposal to seize assets labelled unlawful and unconstitutional

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Lebanon’s independents disrupt political order

    Success of newcomers in election signals shift in a country long dominated by entrenched elites

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Lebanon’s Hizbollah and allies lose majority in election

    Blow to country’s most formidable political and military force as independents make gains

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    UN lambasts Lebanon’s central bank for ‘human rights violations’

    Banque du Liban criticised in report for alleged role in ‘man-made crisis’ that pushed population into poverty

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Patronage and threats favour Lebanon’s Hizbollah in key election

    Absence of an alternative means Iran-backed group set to dominate in upcoming vote, say experts

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    The ‘one of a kind’ Beirut theatre surviving Lebanon’s crises

    Renowned Metro al-Madina venue pushes on after being tested by Covid lockdowns and economic woes

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Lebanon reaches preliminary $3bn deal with IMF

    Agreement marks first big step in tackling crippling economic crisis but full approval depends on reform package

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    Lebanon’s veteran central bank chief charged with money laundering

    Riad Salameh and his brother alleged to have used several companies they own to embezzle public funds

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    Disillusioned Lebanese lose faith with politicians ahead of poll

    Disarray in Sunni bloc creates risk of power vacuum that Hizbollah could fill

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    News in-depthWorld
    Lebanon faces exodus of its most educated citizens

    Many doubt their future prospects as country sinks into economic meltdown

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    David Gardner
    All eyes are on Lebanon’s top banker as the country slides deeper into financial peril

    Riad Salameh has so far eluded the justice system at home, but European investigators are tightening the noose

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    Riad Salamé
    Scandal deepens as Lebanon’s central bank chief ducks court appearance

    Riad Salameh fails to attend judicial hearing, adding to intrigue and confusion

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    David Gardner
    Saad Hariri’s retreat leaves a vacuum in Lebanon

    The country is in economic meltdown, facing a ‘deliberate depression’ manufactured by warlords

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
    David Gardner
    Jackals prowl the hills above the new US mega-embassy in Lebanon

    The population is drifting away from crisis-hit Beirut, but America persists with its giant construction project

  • Monday, 22 November, 2021
    Music
    Rhythms from the rubble — the battle to keep Beirut’s music scene alive

    Lebanon’s musicians have banded together to keep creating after civil war, economic crisis and last year’s port blast

  • Saturday, 20 November, 2021
    Food & Drink
    In tumultuous Lebanon, a bright spot in . . . gin-making

    Amid civil and economic turmoil, small distilleries are creating subtle, flavourful brands

  • Sunday, 7 November, 2021
    News in-depthMiddle Eastern politics & society
    Bankrupt Lebanon left to rue criticism of Saudi Arabia

    Comments about Yemen war ignite simmering anger among Gulf states with paramilitary group Hizbollah

  • Wednesday, 3 November, 2021
    David Gardner
    Rich Gulf patrons turn the screws on a bankrupt Lebanon

    Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies are losing patience with a state under the shadow of Iran and Hizbollah

  • Saturday, 30 October, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Gulf states cut ties with Lebanon as diplomatic row escalates

    Saudi allies increasingly worried about rising influence of Iran-backed militant group Hizbollah

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    HTSIThe HTSI editor picks her favourite reads of 2021
    Another Lebanon: a journey back in time

    At turning points in history, what happens to our stories? One writer goes in search of the guardians of the country’s Golden Age

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
    David Gardner
    Violence accelerates Lebanon’s descent into state failure

    Clashes in Beirut bode ill for a country where Iran-backed Hizbollah flexes its muscles

  • Saturday, 16 October, 2021
    Deadly Beirut gun battle signals rising tension over port probe

    Investigation into devastating 2020 blast threatens to reignite civil-war rivalries after Hizbollah show of force

  • Thursday, 14 October, 2021
    Six dead in Beirut after snipers open fire on Hizbollah-led rally

    Worst violence in years as tensions rise over probe into 2020 explosion that devastated Lebanon’s capital

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    News in-depth
    Money for sale: Lebanese depositors sell cheques at half price

    New government faces huge challenge to reform broken banking sector amid crisis of trust in system

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