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Desperate for diaspora: Lebanon begs for a tourism cash injection

Lebanon, facing rampant power cuts and skyrocketing inflation, relies on the diaspora for hard currency.

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Lebanon to invite US to mediate Israel maritime border talks

Lebanese officials agree to invite US senior energy adviser Amos Hochstein to Beirut to mediate dispute with Israel.

London-based Energean’s drill ship begins drilling at the Karish natural gas field offshore Israel in the east Mediterranean

Lebanese parliament re-elects longtime speaker in first session

Newly elected reformist MPs said they would not compromise in their efforts to change the way Lebanon is run.

The Lebanese parliament in session

Value of Lebanese pound drops to all-time low

The black market rate, widely used across the country, now sits at 35,600 to the US dollar.

A man counts Lebanese pound banknotes

Post-election calm prevails in Beirut’s divided neighbourhoods

Fragile calm in Beirut’s Ain el-Remmaneh area, home to longtime rival parties that are now key players in parliament.

Hezbollah Nasrallah poster

After elections in Lebanon, does political change stand a chance?

Al Jazeera discusses with analysts what lies ahead as power has shifted in Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system.

Families of the victims of the 2020 Beirut port explosion hold pictures during a protest near Beirut port, Lebanon April

Lebanon election monitors complain of violations, attacks

Sunday’s parliamentary elections were ‘marred by intimidation’ and violence, according to local and foreign observers.

An electoral worker sits next to boxes

Lebanon’s pro-Hezbollah bloc loses parliamentary majority

Hezbollah allies lose seats in parliamentary elections to rivals, as independent candidates make inroads.

Election officials count ballots shortly after polling stations closed, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Lebanese voted for a new parliament Sunday against the backdrop of an economic meltdown that is transforming the country and low expectations that the election would significantly alter the political landscape.

Hezbollah allies projected to suffer losses in Lebanon elections

Partial results show change in the balance of power in parliament where Hezbollah and allies once held a majority.

Lebanese army patrol past a poster showing portraits of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, and the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, Mohammed Raad, in Nabatiyeh, south Lebanon