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Depositors storm more Lebanese banks over withdrawal limits

Cases of bank hold-ups have snowballed across Lebanon as residents have grown exasperated over informal capital controls that banks have imposed since an economic downturn began in 2019.

Another armed man storms Lebanon bank to withdraw frozen savings

The act was the latest in a series of heists in the country, where the savings of depositors have been devalued and trapped in banks for almost three years amid a crippling economic crisis.

Ancient glassware pieced back after Beirut Port blasts shattered them

Eight glass vessels dating back to the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods are on display at the British Museum. They were housed in Lebanon before the 2020 Beirut explosion shattered them to bits and they had to be painstakingly put back together.

Lebanon bank gunman who sought access to his own savings released

A Lebanese judge orders the release from detention of the man who last week took hostages at a Beirut bank in an attempt to access his savings frozen after the country's 2019 financial implosion.

Hostage drama at Beirut bank ends after armed man turns himself in

Forty-two year-old Bassam al Sheikh Hussein locked himself inside a Beirut bank with up to 10 hostages when he was refused access to his funds.

Beirut blast: Pleas for international probe after two years of disaster

The victims' families have appealed to the international community to set up an independent investigation of the port disaster under the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II modernised Port of Beirut

The modern foundations for the Port of Beirut were established during Ottoman rule, a Lebanese historian suggests.

Beirut grain silos partially collapse as port blast anniversary nears

The collapse comes four days before the two-year anniversary of the explosion on Beirut port on August 4, 2020.

Hezbollah 'ready' to act over Lebanon's maritime standoff with Israel

Lebanon's powerful Shia movement warns Israel that it could seek to disrupt attempts to extract oil and gas from Karish and other areas that Beirut says lie within its territory.

Hezbollah and allies lose majority in Lebanon parliament

Results of Sunday's election leave parliament split into several camps raising prospects of political paralysis and tensions that could delay badly needed economic reforms.

Early results of Lebanon's elections show significant loss for Hezbollah

Independents scoop up at least 10 seats, a major achievement considering they went into the vote fragmented and facing intimidation and threats by entrenched mainstream parties.

Lebanon starts counting votes in parliament election amid economic crisis

Voter turnout exceeded 50 percent in many regions, says Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who voices hope that the elections would bring a new parliament that helps the country recover from its economic crisis.