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New $122 million Beirut airport terminal planned amid economic …
WEBMar 20, 2023 · Terminal 2 at Rafik Hariri airport will cater for charter and low-cost flights, caretaker minister says. The National. March 20, 2023. Lebanon's only international airport will build a $122 million new terminal, officials said …
US envoy in Beirut faces major hurdles in efforts to prevent war
WEBAug 14, 2024 · According to diplomatic and political sources, the US and western efforts are met in Beirut with “frustration” from the powerful armed group, which has rejected incentives in return for limiting its response to the killing of its top commander.
US Beirut embassy shooting highlights regional security issues for ...
WEBJun 5, 2024 · The US embassy in Lebanon was closed on Wednesday after a possible ISIS shooting outside its heavily fortified entrance, an attack that highlighted America's troubled diplomatic presence in Beirut and underscored security risks to US personnel in the region.
World news - The National
WEBMENA Today. The must read newsletter for the region. King Charles III bids farewell to Japan's Emperor Naruhito as state visit ends. King Charles and Queen Camilla met Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at Buckingham Palace to say goodbye at the end of their three-day state visit.
Lebanese protesters set fires and break windows at Beirut banks
WEBFebruary 16, 2023. Frustrated Lebanese protesters caused damage at banks in Beirut on Thursday as Lebanon’s commercial banking institutions marked the 10th day of their strike. Protesters broke several windows and doors of at least five banks in the Badaro area of the city and set fire to tires outside.
At least nine dead in Beirut restaurant gas leak explosion
WEBApr 30, 2024 · At least nine people died and two were injured due to an explosion caused by a gas leak in a Beirut restaurant on Tuesday, Lebanese authorities said. The explosion happened at the Pizza Secrets restaurant in central Beirut, with the victims dying of suffocation from fumes, the city's fire department said.
‘Allo, Beirut?’ exhibition reconnects to forgotten past of Lebanon’s ...
WEBNov 25, 2022 · Visitors to Allo, Beirut? are encouraged to imagine how they would redesign the capital in the period immediately after the Lebanese Civil War
Life in Beirut goes on, amid Lebanon's crises and the threat of war
WEBAug 12, 2024 · People at the beach in Beirut on August 7 amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. AFP Opinion
Beirut explosion: what we know so far - The National
WEBAug 10, 2020 · Everything we know so far. Lebanon was rocked by a huge explosion on Tuesday night, with details still emerging as to the scale of the damage and the cause. Liz Cookman. August 10, 2020. On Tuesday evening, Lebanon's capital Beirut was rocked by an enormous twin explosion, heard as far away as Cyprus, which devastated the city.