Source: The Daily Star
Security & Justice
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets Across Lebanon's Bekaa
The Israeli military said it carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in western Bekaa on Thursday, describing the attacks as a response to what it called the group’s “repeated violations of the ceasefire.”
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Former Central Bank Governor Faces Charges in High-Profile Embezzlement Case
The Beirut Indictment Commission charged former central bank governor Riad Salameh in the high-profile “Consulting Account” case, accusing him of embezzling nearly $44 million and referring him to criminal court for trial.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Opinion
Pirates, Not Sailors: How Hezbollah Navigates Lebanon
Naim Qassem appeared this Sunday in his familiar, grating manner – stern, sermonizing, and entirely predictable. The tone was defiant, the vocabulary recycled, the certainties absolute. Yet for all its length and theatrical confidence, the speech was as hollow as Hezbollah’s long-claimed commitment to “protecting Lebanon.” What was presented as reassurance sounded instead like repetition without substance, conviction without credibility, and certainty divorced from reality.
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Lebanon Must Pick the Abraham Accords over the Muslim Brotherhood
Lebanon must pick a side in the regional map of alliances. One seeks peace, prosperity and higher standards of living for all and consists of the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Bahrain, and Morocco, enshrined by the Abraham Accords. The rival alliance—Qatar, its ATM, and Turkey, its NATO muscle, as well as Syria, Algeria, and Tunisia—dismisses Western systems of governance as degenerate and aims to replace it with Muslim Brotherhood–style Islamist regimes.
Monday, December 15, 2025
Sports
PSV Lament Unnecessary Defeat in Champions League Clash at Juventus
PSV Eindhoven felt they should have taken more from Tuesday's Champions League away clash against Juventus where they conceded a late goal to go down 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League knockout phase playoff tie on Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Man City's 115 Charges Outcome 'in a Month' - Guardiola
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says the club expects to learn the outcome of the hearing into its 115 charges of alleged Premier League financial rule breaches "in one month".
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Thursday 1 April 2021 12:40:07
Wazni: Salameh Suspends Subsidy Program
The Central Bank has around $1.5 billion left for the subsidy program and it’s not willing to continue this trend until the caretaker government comes up with a new plan to lift subsidies and issue prepaid cards for needy families, caretaker Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni told The Daily Star Thursday.
“Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh informed caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab that he can longer continue to support the subsidy program because BDL has only $1.5 billion left for this program and urged the Cabinet to come up with a plan to lift the subsidy and replace it with a prepaid card for needy families in Lebanon,” Wazni explained.
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