 | "I wan to give Lebanon a chance": Information minister to resign to ease crisis with GulfThe expected breakthrough coincided with a visit to the Gulf by French President Emmanuel Macron, who has spearheaded international efforts to help Lebanon out of its worst-ever economic crisis. |
 | Lebanese businesses pay steep price for standoff with SaudisIn 2013, hundreds of Lebanese Shiites working in the Gulf were expelled on suspicion they supported Hezbollah. |
 | Lebanon President Michel Aoun in Qatar for talks over Gulf crisisYemen’s war began with the 2014 takeover of Sanaa by the Houthi rebels, who control much of the country’s north. |
 | Protesters break into Lebanese ministry in Beirut as crisis deepensProtesters have blamed the ministry for sluggishness in issuing ration cards that are supposed to give poor families monthly financial aid. |
 | Lebanon lawmaker denies US accusation of money smugglingEl-Sayyed was sanctioned Thursday along with two Lebanese businessmen by the U.S. Treasury Department. El-Sayyed is an ally of the militant Hezbollah group. |
 | Beirut clash fires up sectarian anger in echo of civil warThe battles, which left seven dead, also fired up the sectarian passions from that violent past, which Lebanese had learned to brush aside without ever dealing with the causes. |
 | Six killed in Beirut clashes as tensions over blast probe soarIn a statement Thursday, the two groups said their protesters came under fire from snipers on rooftops. |
 | Beirut blast investigator forced to pause probe a second timeBitar's predecessor, Fadi Sawan, was also forced to suspend his probe before he was finally removed in February. |
 | Huge fire breaks out at oil facility in southern LebanonIt was not immediately clear what caused the fire that was still raging more than two hours after it broke out. |
 | Lebanon in darkness as country's electricity grid shuts down after running out of fuelLebanon's electricity grid has shut down entirely after the country's two main power stations ran out of fuel, Sky News reported citing media reports. |
 | As Lebanese got poorer, politicians stowed wealth abroadLebanon is in the midst of what the World Bank says is one of the world’s worst economic meltdowns in the past 150 years. |
 | Lebanon resumes contacts with IMF over bailout programDeep disagreements festered within the Lebanese delegation during last year's negotiations with the IMF, with the government on one side and the central bank and local lenders on the other. |
 | Judge seeks arrest of ex-minister charged in Beirut blastLast year in August, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive material used in fertilizers, which was improperly stored in the port for years, exploded to destroy parts of Beirut. |
 | Hezbollah-organised fuel arrives in crisis-hit LebanonThe delivery, containing Iranian oil, violates U.S. sanctions imposed on Tehran after former President Donald Trump pulled America out of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers three years ago. |
 | Lebanon's new PM Najib Mikati pledges to stabilize economic meltdownThe new government faces a mammoth task that few believe can be surmounted, including undertaking critically needed reforms. |
