Top Lebanese officials said Monday they want to prevent the country, which is still recovering from the recent ...

The move has been met with relief by the war-weary in Lebanon but there was still a possibility it could change its position ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank will grant Lebanon a $250 million loan that will be used to help ease electricity cuts in the crisis-hit country, the country’s finance ministry said Thursday.

US$11 billion. Lebanon’s reconstruction will require not only a huge amount of money, but also a real political commitment and some kind of a peace process in the Middle East. Agriculture, industry ...

Lebanon's new president and prime minister, both of whom took office in early 2025, pledged to prioritise reforms and secure ...

JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images Lebanon’s finance minister announced that the country has received preliminary approval to raise the value of a World Bank loan for reconstruction from $250 million to ...

Clearing debris in Beirut after a strike in October. The World Bank estimates that Lebanon needs a total of $11 billion for reconstruction after the war.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The New ...

Lebanon has been running on a cash economy ... pulling almost half the population into poverty, according to the World Bank. The country has struggled to reach an International Monetary Fund ...

Cardinal Bechara Boutros Raï, patriarch of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, lamented the decline of the Christian population ...