Lebanon’s leading Sunni Muslim politician, Saad al-Hariri, re-emerged as a candidate for prime minister on Sunday when businessman Samir Khatib withdrew his candidacy to lead … Read more

Lebanese journalists are facing threats and wide-ranging harassment in their work — including verbal insults and physical attacks, even death threats — while reporting on … Read more

The European Union adopted a new €297 million assistance package to support refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon via the EU Regional Trust … Read more

Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri said he did not want to be prime minister of a new government, calling his decision “decisive” and saying he was confident … Read more

Clashes broke out between anti-government demonstrators and supporters of the Shi’ite groups Hezbollah and Amal in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, early on Monday, as tensions … Read more

Lebanon is like a sinking ship that will go under unless action is taken, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri was quoted as saying on Monday, referring … Read more

Former Lebanese finance minister Mohammad Safadi withdrew his candidacy to be the next prime minister on Saturday, saying that he saw that it would have … Read more

A man was shot dead in south Beirut, Lebanon’s state news agency said early Wednesday, after the army announced it had opened fire to disperse … Read more

Experts warned of a pending “major health disaster” in Lebanon with hospitals turning away patients and stocks of medicines and medical supplies predicted to run … Read more

Protesters block the main entrance of the Lebanese electricity company headquarters, during ongoing anti-government protests in Beirut, Lebanon, 08 November 2019.

Protesters demand the … Read more

The World Bank said it stood ready to back a new Lebanese government, warning the country had no time to waste to tackle an emerging … Read more

Lebanese students carry the national flag as they march during ongoing anti-government protests in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday 06 November 2019.

Students lead nationwide protests … Read more

Protesters blocked roads in Beirut and in other parts of Lebanon on Monday, pressing a wave of demonstrations that have paralysed the country for more … Read more

Thousands of Lebanese flocked together Saturday in Tripoli to keep a protest movement alive in a city dubbed “the bride of the revolution.”

Despite its … Read more

Lebanese banks opened to customers on Friday for the first time in two weeks following an unprecedented wave of protests that led the prime minister … Read more

Prompted by weeks of popular protests, Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun called Thursday for the establishment of a technocratic government and an end to the country’s … Read more

Lebanese soldiers and security officials urged protesters to open blocked roads on Wednesday so life could return to normal, after 13 days demonstrations paralyzed the … Read more

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced he was resigning on Tuesday, succumbing to the demands of protesters who have staged nationwide demonstrations for nearly two … Read more

A Lebanese man who used to work at the German embassy in Beirut is wanted by authorities over alleged “irregularities” involving visa documents, according to … Read more

Tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters have formed a human chain running north to south across the entire country to symbolise national unity amid a … Read more

A collection of photos by EPA’s photographers of the current protests on a scale that has rarely been seen before and that are rocking Lebanon’s … Read more

The anti-government protests in Lebanon have spread also to the powerful Hezbollah heartland in the south.

This area is dominated by Hezbollah and its ally, … Read more

Anti-government rallies in Lebanon received major support from the country’s Christian and Muslim leaders who described the weeklong protests as “a historic and exceptional popular … Read more

A policeman looks on as he stands at a military vehicle while anti-government protesters block the road in Beirut, Lebanon.

Protesters announced they will continue … Read more

Elaine Jabbour, who was driving through Baabda District, in Beirut amidst a crowd of protesters with her 15-month-old son expressed her concern that the protestors … Read more

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri agreed on Sunday a package of reforms with government partners to ease an economic crisis that has sparked protests aimed … Read more

After word got around in Lebanon that the government was planning to tax WhatsApp calls, thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of Beirut. 

The … Read more

A tree burns in Mechref south Beirut, Lebanon. Massive wildfires spread across Lebanon this week, before moderate rains in the evening of Tuesday brought them … Read more