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Human rights groups decried the returns as unsafe, even as Lebanese officials maintain that they are voluntary.BEIRUT — Several buses of Syrian refugee families were repatriated...

The woman shot her husband in the town of Brital, wounding him in the stomach. He bled to death, according to local media.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and with the support of the Municipality of Jbeil, have started the works on a sustainable low emission transportation system that...

Murder has gone up by 18% this year in Lebanon, but perhaps an even more insidious danger is a rise in mental distress and suicide.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors, including a retired police officer, stormed at least four banks in the cash-strapped country Tuesday after banks e

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Lebanese depositors have stormed at least four banks after the countrys crippled financial institutions partially reopened

Lebanese depositors, including a retired police officer, stormed at least four banks in the cash-strapped country Tuesday after banks ended a weeklong closure and partially reopened.

A Lebanese lawmaker entered a bank branch, accompanied by lawyers, and freed more than $8,000 in trapped dollar deposits on Wednesday to pay for surgery, her lawyer said.Cynthia Zarazir, who was elected to parliament in May, is the latest in a growing number of angry depositors who have forced Lebanese lenders to unlock savings trapped under informal capital controls imposed in the face of an unprecedented financial crisis.

As Lebanon’s economy continues to spiral, angry depositors have stormed into multiple banks in demand to withdraw their trapped savings.