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UNHCR to Remove Obstacles Hindering Return of Syrian Refugees

Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), announced on Thursday that the agency is working with Syrian authorities to remove obstacles preventing the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland. During a meeting at the Grand Serail with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Grandi said the UN…

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Beirut 'neighbourhood watch' echoes troubled past

In the darkness of Beirut's unlit streets, men wielding batons and torches are taking security into their own hands in an initiative they hope will keep neighbourhoods safe but critics see as a worrying echo of Lebanon's troubled past.

Reuters

‘It’s a bit Mary Poppins’: Lina Ghotmeh to design 2023’s Serpentine pavilion

The Beirut-born architect is aiming for the smallest possible carbon footprint with an African-inspired ‘great shelter’ for meeting in Kensington Gardens

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Hummus and chill: Doha weekends courtesy of Beirut Restaurant

This family-run place has been a Doha landmark for 67 years and still makes the hummus everyone in town raves about.

Al Jazeera

Washington Increases Aid to Lebanon, Urges Election of President

USAID Administrator Samantha Power concluded on Friday her multi-day visit to Lebanon where she announced additional humanitarian and educational aid and discussed with officials the importance of urgent action to respond to the economic crisis, elect a President and form a cabinet. Power held in Beirut a series of meetings…

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Stray Bullet Hits Plane Landing in Beirut, No Casualties

A stray bullet hit a Middle East Airlines jet while landing in Beirut on Thursday, causing some material damage. No one among the passengers or crew was hurt, the head of the Lebanese airline company said. The jet was landing on its way back from Jordan when the bullet hit…

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Middle East Airlines plane hit by stray bullet while landing in Beirut, no injuries

A Middle East Airlines (MEA) passenger plane bound from Jordan to Beirut was hit by a stray bullet while landing in Beirut on Thursday, with no injuries reported, MEA Chairman Mohamad El-Hout said.

Reuters

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How car-park cricket in Lebanon gives Sri Lankan migrant workers an escape

Sri Lankan workers and a women’s project at a Syrian refugee camp come together for games in an underground car park

The Guardian - UK

Scores of Syrian Refugees Head Home from Lebanon

Scores of Syrian refugees headed home Saturday from eastern Lebanon in the second convoy in less than two weeks as Beirut attempts to organize a mass refugee return to the war-torn country. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the “voluntary return” Saturday included 330 Syrians who left from the eastern…

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Scores of Syrian refugees head home from crisis-hit Lebanon

Scores of Syrian refugees have headed home from eastern Lebanon in the second convoy in less than two weeks as Beirut attempts to organize a mass refugee return to the war-torn country

The Independent UK

Cricket: The unlikely sport helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Syrian children in Lebanon pick up sport not traditionally played in the Arab world as part of educational project.

Al Jazeera

Crisis-Hit Lebanon Faces Power Vacuum without President

Already mired in political and economic crises, Lebanon is now also without a president after Michel Aoun's mandate expired without a successor. Cheered on by thousands of supporters, Aoun left the presidential palace on Sunday, a day before his term officially ended. His six years at the helm were marred…

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Russia to Donate 25,000 Tons of Wheat to Lebanon

Russia will donate 25,000 tons of wheat to crisis-hit Lebanon, the public works minister said on Monday. Russia would also donate 10,000 tons of fuel oil to Beirut, minister Ali Hamie told Reuters, without elaborating. The Russian embassy in Lebanon did not respond to a request for comment. News of…

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Lebanon president leaves with no replacement, crisis deepens

President Michel Aoun has left Lebanon’s presidential palace, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement

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Al Jazeera

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun leaves office amid crisis

President Michel Aoun leaves office a day earlier than his mandate ends as parliament fails to agree on his successor.

Reuters

Aoun's presidency ends leaving power vacuum in crisis-hit Lebanon

Michel Aoun, the 89-year-old Christian president who presided over Lebanon's cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, left the presidential palace on Sunday with his term ending, leaving a void at the top of a failing state.

Al Jazeera

Has Lebanon recognised Israel by striking a maritime border deal?

Prime Minister Yair Lapid says Beirut has implicitly recognised Israel, but Lebanon says nothing has changed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tel Aviv Begins Gas Production from Karish

US envoy Amos Hochstein traveled to Beirut on Wednesday to represent his country at the official signing of the historic agreement to delineate the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel and pave the way for offshore energy exploration in the Mediterranean Sea. “Hochstein traveled to Lebanon to finalize the historic…

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Goncourt Academy Announces Shortlist of Winners in Beirut

At Beirut’s Pine Residence, the jury of the Goncourt literary prize has exceptionally announced the names of the four finalists in France's most prestigious literary prize. The name of the winner will be announced, as every year, at the Drouant restaurant in Paris on November 3. Didier Decoin, president of…

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Syrian Refugees Return Home as Lebanese Repatriation Scheme Begins

Hundreds of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon returned home on Wednesday, the first day of repatriations organized by Beirut, amid concerns from rights groups that the scheme may involve elements of coercion. Lugging suitcases, power generators, fridges and even chickens, around 700 Syrians who had agreed to cross over gathered…

Reuters

Future unclear for Syrian refugees as Lebanese repatriations begin

Hundreds of Syrian refugees returned home from Lebanon on Wednesday, the first day of repatriations organised by Beirut, their mood more subdued than celebratory amid concerns over a scheme that rights groups say may involve elements of coercion.

Radio France Internationale

Finalists of France's Goncourt literary prize unveiled from Beirut

The jury of France's most prestigious literary prize announced the names of the four finalists from Beirut on Tuesday. The Académie Goncourt was in the Lebanese capital for the first edition of a literary festival organised by the French Institute.

Reuters

Lebanon, Syria discuss sea border after Beirut's Israel deal

The Lebanese and Syrian presidents discussed delineating their countries' shared maritime border on Saturday before a visit to Damascus next week by a Lebanese delegation tasked with negotiating the issue, a Lebanese official said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Envoy in Lebanon Next Week with Maritime Deal to Sign

US energy envoy Amos Hochstein will be in Beirut next week carrying a copy of the maritime agreement with Israel for Lebanese officials to sign, Lebanese negotiator Elias Bou Saab told Reuters on Wednesday. "Hochstein will be in Beirut next week with the agreement that we will sign," Bou Saab…

Reuters

U.S. envoy in Lebanon next week with maritime deal to sign

U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein will be in Beirut next week carrying a copy of the maritime agreement with Israel for Lebanese officials to sign, Lebanese negotiator Elias Bou Saab told Reuters on Wednesday.

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