Electoral amendments: The battle for expatriate voting rights in Lebanon

Report by Maroun Nassif, English adaptation by Yasmine Jaroudi   On May 9, 2025, MPs of the Lebanese Forces Party, Change and Opposition blocs, and the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) submitted an urgent draft law to amend the electoral law.  The …

TriStar Summit planning to open new $18M emergency room in Lebanon

TriStar Summit Medical Center announces plans to apply for a Certificate of Need with the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission to establish a new $18 million emergency room in Lebanon. TriStar Summit Medical Center plans to apply for a Certificate of …

Billionaire Elon Musk Eyes Expansion In Lebanon’s Telecom Sector As Starlink Talks Advance

From martyrs to machines: Reinventing journalism with soul at An-Nahar, Lebanon

Gebran Andraos Tueni founded An-Nahar, Lebanon’s paper of record, in 1933 – with capital raised amongst friends. The newspaper remained in the family even after the assassination, in 2005, of Tueni’s grandson who bore the same name. He was publisher of An- …

Trump’s Abraham Accords May Soon Include Syria and Lebanon

JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump’s signature Middle East agreement, the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and several Arab nations, could expand to include Syria and Lebanon, according to Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to …

Israeli strikes kill 2 in south Lebanon

BEIRUT: Israeli strikes in south Lebanon on Thursday killed two people, the Lebanese health ministry said, with the Israeli army saying its raids targeted Hezbollah operatives. In statements carried by the official National News Agency, Lebanon’s health …

Prescriptions Plus Pharmacy in Lebanon Closes After 45 Years

Lou Schlaefer outside the Prescriptions Plus pharmacy area, shortly after the new location had opened LEBANON – Prescriptions Plus Pharmacy, a long-standing pillar for pharmaceutical needs in the Lebanon community, permanently closed its doors on Tuesday, …

TriStar Summit plans emergency facility in Lebanon

TriStar Summit Medical Center, part of HCA Healthcare, on Thursday announced plans to build an $18 million freestanding emergency department in Lebanon. The proposed TriStar Lebanon ER will be located at the intersection of Willard Hagan Drive and South …

Lebanon Chamber Collects Items for Welcome Bags

The Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce is collecting items for New Teacher Welcome Bags to support and celebrate 35 new educators joining Lebanon R-3 Schools this fall. They’re accepting donations all throughout July—the deadline is July 31st.   Donation …

2 Hezbollah members killed in Israeli strikes on S. Lebanon

BEIRUT, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Two members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah were killed on Thursday in two separate Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, according to local media and security sources. According to Lebanon's official National News …