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BEIRUT — Fireworks lit up the night sky over Beirut’s famous St. Georges Hotel as hit songs from the 1960s and 70s filled the air in a courtyard overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The retro-themed ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 13 (UPI) --The oil-rich Gulf countries, once Lebanon's main supporters, now are making a cautious comeback after years of disengagement. This shift comes as Hezbollah has been ...
This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. Joseph Sayegh returned to Beirut last summer after a decade in Paris. He opened his bakery, Levant, a few weeks before the war in Gaza began. “All ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s unprecedented economic and financial crisis has taken a huge toll on the hospitality sector, a mainstay of the Lebanese economy, with hundreds of restaurants closing and hotel ...
The escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could result in an economic contraction of 10 per cent to 25 per cent in Lebanon this year, as vital sectors from agriculture to tourism are ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Despite the turbulent security climate, Lebanon’s summer season registered a thirty percent increase in tourism, Tourism Minister Michel Pharaon said Sunday. BEIRUT, Lebanon – ...
The outbreak of war between Iran and Israel has upended weeks of preparation aimed at delivering Lebanon’s most promising tourism season in years. Amid the chaos affecting civil aviation across the ...
BEIRUT — Four years into its historic economic meltdown, Lebanon’s political elites, masters at survival, are pushing for a recovery that would sidestep tough reforms demanded by the International ...
Pope Leo XIV is preparing to travel to Lebanon later this year, in what could be his first journey abroad since being elected ...
BEIRUT: Lebanon launched Wednesday a wide media campaign through leading international TV stations to promote the country as a tourist destination and to downplay reports about the fighting in some ...
IT COULD be any luxury hotspot on the Mediterranean. The four-hour flight from Dubai, the region’s financial hub, may cost $1,000 each way. Holidaymakers fork out over $450 for hotel rooms, $100 for ...