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Lebanon

An opponent of Judge Ghada Aoun grabs the weapon of a soldier, after he hit the protester with it, during a sit-in outside the Justice Palace in Beirut, Lebanon,April 19, 2021. (AP)

Politics, sectarian allotment paralyse Lebanon’s judicial system

Lebanon

United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) soldiers monitor the Mediterranean waters off the coast of Ras al-Naqura, an area at the border between Lebanon and Israel (Rosh Hanikra), on May 4, 2021. (AFP)

Lebanon, Israel resume talks on maritime border

Lebanon

A file picture shows Riad Salameh, Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, attending an Arab forum abroad. (REUTERS)

Activists target Lebanon’s central bank chief in French legal complaint

Lebanon

Lebanese Interior Minister Mohammad Fahmy attends a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda. (REUTERS)

Lebanon arrests two suspects over Saudi drug smuggling

Egypt

Workers walk between photovoltaic panels at the Benban plant in Aswan, Egypt, November 17, 2019. Picture taken November 17, 2019. (REUTERS)

EBRD invests in MENA’s renewable technology, energy sectors

Lebanon

A file picture shows demonstrators carrying Lebanese flags and a banner depicting Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh as “a thief”, in Tyre, Lebanon. (REUTERS)

Lebanon’s prosecutor opens probe into central bank governor

Lebanon

Dead fish are seen floating in Lake Qaraoun on the Litani River, Lebanon April 29, 2021. (REUTERS)

Tonnes of fish wash up on shore of polluted lake in Lebanon

Lebanon

French European and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a joint press conference in Paris, France March 11, 2021. (REUTERS)

France ups pressure on Lebanese officials with entry restrictions

Lebanon

A man watches “Alephia 2053”, an Arabic-language animated feature, on YouTube at his office in Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanese animated feature depicts Arabs’ future through past upheaval