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Some who left the country in successive waves of emigration have felt drawn back to aid recovery efforts after the bloody and ...

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Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct U.S. intervention in the process and in a step ...

In 2023, then-chief prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat ordered the release of 17 detainees, including port and customs officials, who had been held in pre-trial detention since the explosion. Bitar and legal ...

Syria's General Authority for Land and Sea Ports said on Wednesday that it had agreed to a new contract with French shipping ...

He succeeded Michael Aoun — no relation — who left office in October 2022 after a six-year term wracked by economic meltdown and political instability, as well as the devastating Beirut port ...

As Lebanon confronts the aftermath of another war with Israel, non-sectarian MP Michel Moawad discusses the new president, Hezbollah, and his hope for rebuilding a country ravaged by conflict, ...

Then, in 2020, the Beirut port explosion killed hundreds and damaged ... even if just temporarily. I wanted to help rebuild Beirut, a city scarred by decades of war that had left many of its ...

In August 2020, the Beirut port was rocked by two massive explosions ... It means it's very hard and tough way to continue working and trying to rebuild. Hopefully, we're trying to hope again."; ...

The chief executive of a home builder based in Los Angeles said it’s going to take a while for homes to be rebuilt after the wildfires that have devastated the area. KB Home Chairman and CEO ...