Lebanese economy

Retired Lebanese soldiers protest to demand an increase in their sal
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Lebanese workers strike as fuel and VAT hikes offset pay rise

Lebanon’s public sector workers launched a two-day strike as wage disputes and fuel and tax hikes reignited unrest amid the country’s deep economic crisis.

The New Arab Staff
24 February, 2026
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 New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 February, 2026
Lebanese retired soldiers try to storm parliament over wage dispute
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Roadblocks in Beirut after Lebanon announces fuel and VAT hike

The New Arab Staff
17 February, 2026
Aerial view showing large part of Beirut on October 25, 2024. (Photo by ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Al Habtoor Group exits Lebanon after dispute with authorities

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

The New Arab Staff
28 January, 2026
Long queues form in front of gas stations in Lebanon
Lebanon
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Lebanon signs gas exploration deal with international consortium

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 January, 2026
The Lebanese army receive arms from the Beddawi camp, 5 km north-east of Tripoli, northern Lebanon as part of the fourth stage of the plan to collect weapons from Palestinian refugee camps on September 13, 2025
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Security, political reforms vital to Lebanon recovery: minister

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 January, 2026
Lebanon [Getty]
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Lebanon's cabinet approves draft law on financial crisis losses

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 December, 2025
Lebanon's Minister of Economy Amin Salam leaves following a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, on September 13, 2021
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Lebanon approves former minister release accused of corruption

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 December, 2025
A man shows fake oranges filled with Captagon pills and dissimulated in boxes containing real fruit, after the shipment was intercepted by the customs and the anti-drug brigade at the Beirut port, on 29 December 2021. [Getty]
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Lebanese farmers hopeful as four-year Saudi export ban may end

Ali Awadah
19 November, 2025
A man walking near the ATM machine of Audi bank on August 4, 2023 in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Lebanon minister expects cabinet to sign fiscal gap law soon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 October, 2025
Lebanon Central Bank -- Getty
Lebanon
Economy
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Lebanon central bank: Global interest rates complicate debt plan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 September, 2025
Riad Salameh - GETTY
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Fury as Riad Salameh, banker who bankrupted Lebanon, is bailed

Halima Tabiaa
29 August, 2025
Lebanese depositors stage a protest outside Lebanon's Central Bank in Beirut
Lebanon
Economy
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Lebanon passes banking restructuring law in key reform

The New Arab Staff
31 July, 2025
Travelers walk on the Lebanese side of the Masnaa border crossing with Syria on December 9, 2024. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lebanon plans return of 400,000 Syrian refugees with $100 offer

The New Arab Staff
11 June, 2025
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Chaos and fraud claims overshadow north Lebanon municipal vote

Rita El Jammal
13 May, 2025
Lebanon Central Bank -- Getty
Lebanon
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Amnesty urges Lebanon to drop case against Daraj, Megaphone

The New Arab Staff
15 April, 2025
IMF welcomed Prime Minister Nawaf Salam's request to support the country's economic crisis [Getty]
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IMF welcomes new Lebanon govt request for help on ailing economy

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 March, 2025
In this photo International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen in Washington D.C., United States on April 19, 2024
Lebanon
MENA
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No EU aid for Lebanon without reform, IMF deal

The New Arab Staff
21 February, 2025
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Lebanon
Society
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Why the USAID freeze is shaking Lebanon’s development sector

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Laure Delacloche

19 February, 2025
Olive Harvest Article. Alex Martin Astley
Lebanon-Israel conflict
Society
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Lebanon's olive harvest under the press of Israel's war

Alex Martin Astley

Alex Martin Astley

06 November, 2024