Source: The Daily Star
Security & Justice
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
Can Lebanon Overcome the Lingering Threat of Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance?
A year after the guns fell largely silent along Lebanon’s southern frontier, the war is still killing — quietly, indiscriminately, and often unseen.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Opinion
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
To Project Power, and Disarm Hezbollah, Lebanese State Needs Guns and Butter
The military checkpoint south of Sidon is flanked by armored vehicles mounted with machine guns and concrete blocks painted in the colors of the red and white Lebanese flag, with a green cedar tree.
Tuesday, December 9, 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
Saturday 24 July 2021 19:23:33
Lebanon and Iraq Ink 1 Million Tons of Oil Deal
Lebanon and Iraq signed a landmark agreement Saturday to ship 1 million tons of Iraqi diesel to operate the country’s aging power plants.
The agreement was signed in Baghdad by caretaker Energy and Water Minister Raymond Ghajar and his Iraqi counterpart in the presence of Director-General of General Security Gen. Abbas Ibrahim and senior Iraqi officials.
The Iraqi crude oil will be refined and processed in Iraq before getting shipped by sea to Lebanon.
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