‘We had only moved into the space in 2018,’ Ghazal says. ‘I was meant to open a new flagship store in downtown Beirut in November 2019, but in October that year, we had a revolution against ...

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A few thousand demonstrators marched toward the Finance Ministry in Beirut Sunday to protest economic policies and worsening living conditions in Lebanon. The protest, led by the Lebanese ...

Video shows firefighters tackling a large fire at Lebanon’s main port, near the site of the massive explosion that devastated much of downtown Beirut in August. Photo: Wael Hamzeh/Epa-efe ...

A new era unfolded. Iconic diva Fairouz emerged after many years of silence, taming the city with an exclusive concert in a downtown Beirut still under construction, signalling the advent of peace.

(AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File) Lebanese lawmakers gather to elect a new president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla ...

The Israeli military did not provide the identities of the other Hezbollah commanders allegedly killed in its strike on the crowded neighborhood just kilometers from downtown Beirut. Lebanon’s ...

Back in August 2020, when a deadly explosion took place in Beirut. Nadim Hamoud owned multiple restaurants that were all ...

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as the head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum ...