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Lebanon’s government has approved sweeping reforms that it hopes will appease hundreds of thousands of people who have been protesting for days, calling on Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s government to resign. CBC | World News
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Protests sweep Lebanon as fury at ruling elite grows
Tens of thousands of angry protesters blocked roads, burned tires and marched across Lebanon on Friday for a second day, demanding the removal of a political elite they accuse of looting the economy to the point of breakdown. CBC | World News
Read More »Demand for jobs, basic services sparks protest across Lebanon
Lebanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Beirut early Friday morning, as thousands of people across the country took to the streets to demonstrate against the government’s management of a dire economy. CBC | World News
Read More »Saad Hariri meets with Egyptian president in Cairo: next stop Lebanon?
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Egypt on Tuesday and went straight into talks with the Egyptian president who, together with France’s leader, is reportedly trying to mediate a way out of the crisis in Lebanon that would involve rolling back Hariri’s resignation. CBC | World News
Read More »Saad Hariri returns to Lebanon for independence day celebration
Saad Hariri attended independence day celebrations in Beirut on Wednesday after returning to Lebanon for the first time since resigning as prime minister in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia. CBC | World News
Read More »Hariri meets Macron in Paris for talks on Lebanon crisis
Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister this month while in Saudi Arabia, arrived in Paris on Saturday for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, a statement from Hariri’s press office said. CBC | World News
Read More »Macron offers former Lebanon PM Hariri residency period in France
French President Emmanuel Macron has invited Saad Hariri and his family to come to France after his surprise resignation as Lebanese prime minister earlier this month, amid allegations that Saudi Arabia is holding him prisoner. CBC | World News
Read More »Lebanon again dangerously at mercy of Saudi Arabia-Iran rivalry: Nahlah Ayed
From the start, the case of missing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri strayed wildly from the mainstream of the Middle East’s usual plots, the CBC’s Nahlah Ayed writes. CBC | World News
Read More »Hezbollah leader blasts ‘unprecedented Saudi intervention’ in Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says Saudi Arabia has declared war on Lebanon and Hezbollah, adding that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who resigned in a speech from Riyadh on Saturday, was being detained in Saudi. CBC | World News
Read More »England vs Lebanon: LIVE updates as Jermaine McGillvary accused of BITING by Robbie Farah
ENGLAND take on Lebanon in their second Rugby League World Cup clash this morning and Express Sport is on hand to bring you live updates. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
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