The unusual suspects On 11th August 2022 Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein walked into a Beirut bank brandishing a rifle and a canister of petrol and threatened to set himself on fire if he wasn’t given $210,000. Seven hours later, having taken several employees of Federal Bank hostage, the food delivery driver accepted an offer of $30,000 and surrendered to […]
Lebanese MPs on Friday continued their sit-in inside Parliament for the second consecutive day in Beirut to protest the failure of the presidential elections. On Thursday, MPs Melhem Khalaf and Naj.
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The Lebanese judicial body charged with resolving electoral disputes has rejected appeals made by four losing candidates, as it said the last batch will be announced soon.