The Latest Breaking News from Beirut

Amid economic crisis and a culture of ‘militarised masculinity’, domestic violence is on the rise in Lebanese households and the sizeable Syrian refugee community

Beirut’s public prosecutor on Thursday charged the governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, Riad Salameh, his brother and an associate with corruption, Lebanese officials said. According to two judicial officials, Beirut's Attorney General Raja Hamoush charged Salameh, his assistant Marianne Howaiyak, and his brother Raja Salameh with embezzling public funds, forgery,…

Beirut (AFP) - A Lebanese judge filed new charges on Thursday against central bank chief Riad Salameh, who already faces investigations into the fortune he amassed in a country mired in financial crisis.

Lebanese officials say Beirut's pubic prosecutor has charged the governor of the cash-strapped country’s Central Bank, his brother and an associate with corruption

A British court has ruled a London-based company that delivered the explosive ammonium nitrate to Beirut's port is liable towards the victims of a devastating blast in 2020, Lebanon's Beirut Bar Association said Thursday. On Aug. 4 that year, hundreds of tons of the chemical, typically used in fertilizers, detonated,…

A British court has ruled a London-based company that delivered the explosive ammonium nitrate to Beirut's port is liable towards the victims of a devastating 2020 blast, according to Lebanon’s Beirut Bar Association

Protesters smashed windows of banks in the Lebanese capital Beirut this past week as the currency hit a new low against the dollar. The Lebanese lira has lost about 97 percent of its value, and more than 80 percent of the population live below the poverty line. Millions of people…

The Beirut blast was not an unfortunate accident, but an avoidable catastrophe and a clear violation of the rights of the victims and their families. Isaac and all of the victims deserve justice, writes his mother Sarah Copland.

Beirut (AFP) - Two weeks after a deadly earthquake struck Syria, only a trickle of UN aid has entered the rebel-held northwest of the war-ravaged country, with the slow pace sparking outrage and anger.

Beirut (AFP) - An Israeli air strike killed early Sunday 15 people including two Syrian civilians and badly damaged a building in a Damascus district housing state security agencies, a war monitor said.

Beirut (AFP) - An Israeli missile strike aimed at Iranian and Hezbollah targets early Sunday killed 15 people and destroyed a building in a Damascus neighbourhood home to much of Syria's security apparatus, a war monitor said.