Latest in Tag: Lebanon Highlight
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Minister of Investment participates in Egyptian-Lebanese Business Forum in Lebanon
Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr is scheduled to fly to Lebanon on a two-day visit to participate in the Egyptian-Lebanese Business Forum, which is taking place in Beirut. The forum is scheduled to be opened by the prime minister of Lebanon, Saad El-Hariry, on Thursday. 200 businesspeople from both countries will participate, …
Interior minister discusses counterterrorism with Lebanese counterpart
A governmental delegation from Lebanon is currently visiting Egypt
Al-Sisi expresses Egypt’s full readiness to support Lebanese army and security apparatuses
Al-Sisi’s words came during a press conference with his Lebanese counterpart who is currently on an official two-day visit to Egypt
Vezeeta seeks expansion in Arab Gulf, Jordan, Lebanon in 2017
The company seeks to increase bookings to 100,000 per month by the end of 2017
Egypt’s exports to Lebanon increase by 65%: Minister of Industry and Trade
Minister of Industry and Trade Tarek Kabil said that Egyptian exports to Lebanon increased by 65% during 2016 compared to 2015, adding that a lot of different fields benefited from the increase. Construction materials manufacturers benefitted most from the hike in exports, as their exports increased by 225% to record EGP 277m. Kabil said in …
Lebanon forms new government, vows to ‘preserve stability’
Nearly two months after Lebanon elected a new president, a 30-member national unity Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri has been announced
In Cartoon: Foreign relations in a nutshell
Egypt proposes approach to end Lebanese presidential vacuum
Shoukry visits Lebanon in an attempt to reach a solution to the Lebanese political turmoil
Shoukry travels to Beirut to confirm Egyptian support for Lebanon
The minster met with several Lebanese political figures and discussed bilateral relations, reviewed conditions in Libya and the region
US delivers military shipment to Lebanon’s army
The US has delivered military equipment worth $50 million (45 million euros) to Lebanon’s security forces. Washington says the cargo aims to help Lebanon tackle the threat from militants in neighboring Syria.
ONTV host Liliane Daoud arrives in Beirut following deportation, plans to return
According to Elelaimy, Daoud is the legal guardian of her Egyptian 10-year-old daughter and the primary parent responsible for the child’s education, and will thus be seeking to return to the country as soon as possible.
Part II: Putting one’s ear to the ground: rumblings of mounting discontent
(The following is a transcript of a lecture presented at the Middle East Institute’s conference “The Middle East peace process after the Arab uprisings”.) Israeli Palestinian youth hold a racist Israeli society responsible for their plight but feel a Palestinian society that refuses to acknowledge their plight is equally guilty. Abed recalls a childhood friend …
Egypt committed to boosting economic cooperation with Lebanon
Current efforts should focus on achieving national unity in Lebanon, says Al-Sisi
BLOM Bank Egypt establishes asset management company in partnership with parent bank
The bank received CBE’s approval to act as the national agent for the Arab Trade Financing Program
Problems threatening Egyptian national security
I am not making a mountain out of a molehill if I said that we are undoubtedly facing a fierce attack on our national and Arab identity, through inciting sectarian and religious conflicts within Arab countries. This is the case witnessed recently in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, which prompted Arab countries to intervene in …
Arab League designate Hezbollah as terror group amid Iraqi and Lebanese rebuttal
The decision will increase polarisation and conflict in the Middle East, says analyst
Egyptian building materials trade mission to Lebanon secures four export contracts
The mission finalised an agreement between the Egyptian polycarbonate sheet company Polyee Playst and Lebanese companies operating in Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Iraq, and Kuwait
Pen-selling refugee finds success in Beirut
Three months after a heartbreaking photo kickstarted a crowd-funding campaign, life has improved for Abdul Halim Atar, the refugee and single father in Beirut who resorted to selling pens to provide for his family
Al Qaeda’s Syria branch hands hostages back to Lebanon
Al Qaeda’s Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, has released 16 Lebanese policemen and soldiers as part of a prisoner swap. The return of the body of a Lebanese soldier was also part of the deal. Television footage obtained by the Qatar-based Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera on Tuesday showed the Nusra Front release 16 captives. The …
Egypt condemns Beirut bombings
The bombings were claimed by “Islamic State”
Lebanon mourns Beirut bombings as IS claims responsibility
The militant group “Islamic State” has said it carried out a twin suicide bombing in Beirut that killed more than 40 and injured 200. The target of the attack was Iran-backed Hezbollah’s stronghold in Lebanon’s capital. The explosions happened just minutes apart in front of the Burj al-Barajneh shopping center, police said Thursday. The Sunni …
Twin blasts in Beirut kill scores of people
Two attackers activated their bomb vests during rush hour in a densely populated quarter of the Lebanese capital, killing dozens of people, officials said. The area is a known stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah militia. The explosions happened just minutes apart in front of the Burj al-Barajneh shopping center, police said Thursday. At least 37 …
Saudi prince charged with multi-million-euro drugs smuggling in Lebanon
The prince was charged on Monday together with nine others – five of them in absentia – with smuggling and selling drugs. Lebanese officials have yet to name him and Saudi Arabia has not commented on the case.
Ministry of Agriculture will sign free trade area agreement with Italy, Jordan, and Lebanon
Agreement will be signed Tuesday or Wednesday, says ministry spokesman
Interpol arrests long-time Egyptian corruption fugitive in Lebanon: Interior ministry
Lebanese Interior Security Forces reported no knowledge of the case
UN: Warnings on Middle East refugee plight unheeded
The UN food agency says funding shortages have forced it to deny food vouchers to 229,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan. Experts say chronic harsh conditions, also in Lebanon and Turkey, are behind the exodus to Europe. The World Food Program said on Saturday donors must do far more to support some 11 million desperate Syrians …
The Middle East: Who says the popular quest for change has been quelled?
A series of recent mass protests in several Arab countries have called into question suggestions that civil wars, brutal crackdowns and military coups and interventions have quelled popular willingness to stand up for rights in the Middle East. The protests, although focussed on specific social and economic demands, fundamentally have the same objectives as popular …
Lebanon ‘You Stink’ protesters dragged out of environment ministry
Security forces in Lebanon have removed activists who had taken over part of the environment ministry building to protest the country’s rubbish crisis. The “You Stink” movement is taking on the country’s political class
Syria can only be saved at the peace table
Syrian refugees are so anxious for the brutal civil war to end, one exclaimed: “If God let the war end tomorrow, we would walk barefoot back home.” Nikki Gamer, of Catholic Relief Services, just met Syrians displaced in Lebanon and Jordan. She says: “They want the violence to stop. And they want to return to …
Lebanon’s ‘You Stink’ movement calls for more protests
20 were arrested in clashes between protesters and security forces on Saturday