Michel Aoun, the 89-year-old Christian president who presided over Lebanon’s cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, vacates the presidential palace on Sunday, leaving a void at the top of the failing Lebanese state. Lebanon’s parliament has so far been unable to agree on a successor in the role, which has the power … Read more
NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Shery Bechara and Lilas Mayassi, co-founders of Lebanon’s first all-female thrash metal band, “Slave to Sirens,” and the subjects of a new documentary, “Sirens.” Source link
In the city from which Lebanon’s richest politicians hail, the poorest residents once again mourn their dead. Among them, Mustafa Misto, a taxi driver in the city of Tripoli, and his three young children, whose bodies were found off Syria’s coast on Thursday after they left Lebanon on a migrant boat carrying more than 100 … Read more
Lebanon’s financial system has been in paralysis since 2019 with the Lebanese Pound having lost nearly 95% of its value Lebanon’s financial system has been in paralysis since 2019 with the Lebanese Pound having lost nearly 95% of its value The story so far: On Friday, September 16, five incidents of bank robbery attempts, not … Read more