Lebanon crisis

Minister of Finance, Yassin Jaber, arrives at the presidential palace to attend the first meeting of Lebanon's new government in Baabda, east of Beirut
Lebanon
Economy
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Lebanon finance minister defends tax hike after outcry

The cabinet's decision the day before aimed to increase by sixfold rock-bottom wages and pension payments for hundreds of thousands of civil servants

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 February, 2026
A Lebanese gold trader hands over a 12 kg gold bar at his warehouse in Beirut on November 25, 2009
Lebanese economy
MENA
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Breaking taboo, Lebanese minister suggests selling gold reserves

The New Arab Staff
28 January, 2026
Caracas
Venezuela
Society
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Between Caracas and Beirut: Lebanese diaspora after Maduro

Suzanne Abou Said

Suzanne Abou Said

13 January, 2026
Lebanese army soldiers and forensics inspect the scene of an explosion in Braiqaa in south Lebanon's Nabatiyeh district after a munitions blast in a military vehicle, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)
Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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Israeli strikes on south Lebanon kill top Hezbollah commanders

The New Arab Staff
21 April, 2025
New-Hezbollah-New-Lebanon
Hezbollah
MENA
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Lebanon: Hezbollah signals readiness to give up weapons

Rita El Jammal
10 April, 2025
Lebanese president Joseph Aoun met with the IMF delegation
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon finance minister confident of a new deal with IMF

The New Arab Staff
12 March, 2025
South-Lebanon-celebration
Gaza War
Video

Lebanese celebrate after ceasefire Hezbollah-Israel announced

28 November, 2024
Lebanon
MENA
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Ex-Lebanon bank chief Riad Salameh slapped with arrest warrant

The New Arab Staff
09 September, 2024
Riad Salameh - GETTY
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon's Riad Salameh: financial wizard to enemy number one

The New Arab Staff
04 September, 2024
Power struggles: Lebanon's sweaty summer exposes rife energy corruption
Lebanon
Perspectives

Lebanon's electricity crisis: Generator cartels vs. solar energy

Charles Lawrie

Charles Lawrie

19 June, 2024
Lebanon
Perspectives

In crisis-hit Lebanon, everyday life is a series of hurdles

Kristina Tayar

Kristina Tayar

13 February, 2024
Lebanese diaspora trade safety for family life in return home
Lebanon
Society
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Lebanese diaspora trade safety for family in return home

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Laure Delacloche

15 November, 2023
Lebanon old cinema
Lebanon
Art
Culture
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The rebirth of cinema in Lebanon

The New Arab Staff

Marine Caleb

17 October, 2023
Lebanon crisis
MENA
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Nearly 4 million people in Lebanon need humanitarian help

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 October, 2023
Syrian refugees
In-depth
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In crisis-hit Lebanon, Syrian refugees kidnapped for ransom

Philippe Pernot
12 September, 2023
Lebanese economy
MENA
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Angry Lebanese depositors vandalise banks in Beirut suburbs

The New Arab Staff
16 June, 2023
Thiiird
Lebanon
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Thiiird: A hopeless history of Lebanon's collective despair

Davide

Davide Abbatescianni

05 May, 2023
Lebanon crisis
Society
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Lebanese teachers strike as salaries plummet 90% 

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab (From the Arabic Edition)

07 February, 2023
Kash Kash – Without Feathers We Can’t Live
Lebanon
Culture
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Lebanon's crisis told through the view of Kash Hamam players

Davide

Davide Abbatescianni

03 February, 2023
Beirut cinemas
Lebanon
Culture
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Rehabilitating Beirut's abandoned cinemas from the 1950s

Rodayna Raydan

Rodayna Raydan

02 February, 2023
Lebanese infants ill-fed as baby milk subsidies withdrawn
Lebanon
Society
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Lebanese infants ill-fed as baby milk subsidies withdrawn

The New Arab Staff

Dana Hourany

31 January, 2023