• Lebanon's Health Minister Firas Abiad speaks during a press conference on the first case of cholera, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (thenationalherald.com)
  • The recent Beirut explosions, compounded by already-existing civil and political unrest, an economic and humanitarian crisis and COVID-19 have created a "perfect storm" that would make the deportation of Lebanese nationals from the U.S. both dangerous and wrong. (cliniclegal.org)
  • BEIRUT - HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, founder and chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), and Dr. Mohammad Karkai, general director of Lebanon's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the digital transformation plan of the Fund. (ag-ip-news.com)
  • For nearly 18 months now, Lebanon has been assailed by compounded crises-specifically, an economic and financial crisis, followed by COVID-19 and, lastly, the explosion at the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020. (worldbank.org)
  • Protesters carry an injured woman during a demonstration, in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, near the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (fox59.com)
  • A relative of Ali Ibrahim Rmeiti, who was killed by Israeli shelling, mourns during his funeral procession in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (khon2.com)
  • The Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV network reported that Hezbollah fired Saturday two Burkan rockets, which carry heavy warheads, at an Israeli post known in Lebanon as Jal al-Allam. (khon2.com)
  • FILE - Lebanese caretaker Minister of Economy and Trade Amin Salam, second left, meets with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (yahoo.com)
  • FILE - A man smashes windows at Byblos Bank during a protest demanding the release of depositors' trapped savings, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, June 15, 2023. (yahoo.com)
  • FILE - People queue for bread inside a bakery in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (yahoo.com)
  • FILE - Customers scuffle with riot police as they try to storm a bank in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (yahoo.com)
  • FILE - A man holds Lebanese pounds in front of the Central Bank building during a rally against the Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh and the deepening financial crisis in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (yahoo.com)
  • Former director general of Lebanon's Finance Ministry Alain Bifani speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (yahoo.com)
  • FILE - A protester throws a glass bottle at the Lebanese Central Bank in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 24, 2023. (yahoo.com)
  • BEIRUT (Reuters) - European investigators will visit Lebanon in January as part of a cross-border probe into alleged fraud by Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh to the detriment of the Lebanese state, three judicial sources said. (yahoo.com)
  • Lebanese Red Cross paramedics carry the body of Rabih Maamari, a cameraman at pan-Arab TV network Al-Mayadeen who was killed by an Israeli strike, at a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (fox5sandiego.com)
  • An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed Tuesday two journalists reporting for the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV on the violence along the border with Israel, according to the Lebanese information minister and their TV station. (fox5sandiego.com)
  • BEIRUT (AP) - An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed two journalists who were reporting for a Beirut-based TV station on military activity along the border with Israel, according to Lebanese officials and the broadcaster. (fox5sandiego.com)
  • Opened in 1942, in a neo-Egyptian style building, the National Museum of Beirut is the main archaeological museum in Lebanon. (wilmotte.com)
  • The rise in violence in mid-2006 that has seen the destruction of much of Beirut and other parts of Lebanon shows similarities to other conflicts in the region in the past. (globalissues.org)
  • In this project, funded by Sida-Sarec and operated in collaboration with the National Council for Scientific Research, Beirut, Lebanon and the Center National de Télédection, Tunis, Tunisia, this research area is resumed using new technology. (lu.se)
  • Ominously, since the end of the civil war in 1990 until the present, Lebanon's political elite have forged a Faustian deal with Hezbollah grounded in preserving national coexistence, but practically expressed in providing political cover for Hezbollah in return for an extraordinary theft of the state by the political ruling class. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported airstrikes around several other border villages, including Labbouneh and Hibarieh. (khon2.com)
  • Damages to the school complex in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp from clashes that erupted between factions in the camp over the past week could delay the start of the school year for some 6,000 children, the Lebanon head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. (kxnet.com)
  • Ongoing clashes inside the camp on Saturday killed 'two people from Fatah' and an Islamist, while 'a civilian was killed by a stray bullet' outside the camp, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said, reporting dozens of others wounded. (yahoo.com)
  • The study included 720 cases of suspected TB, corresponding to all suspected cases reported from June 1, 2016, through May 31, 2017, to the TB centers from the 9 governorates that make up Lebanon's national TB program. (cdc.gov)
  • It builds on the national survey undertaken by the Lebanese Armed Forces as per article 61 of the 2019 budget law and decree 6569/2020. (undp.org)
  • He, further, commended previous cooperation between TAG.Global and the Fund since the two parties had conducted the General Scheme of the Fund's Information Systems in 2003, according to which, the Fund managed to offer its services without any interruption to beneficiaries during 2006 Lebanon War, and the outbreak of corona virus (COVID-19) in 2020. (ag-ip-news.com)
  • FILE - Firefighters hose the branch of the Credit Libanais Bank that was burnt by anti-government protesters in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. (yahoo.com)
  • In late 2019, he became the main focus of public anger as the economy began to unravel, and in 2020 Lebanon defaulted on its debt for the first time. (zawya.com)
  • Detection of Coronaviruses in Bats in Lebanon during 2020. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2020, we conducted surveillance for CoVs among six different bat species in Lebanon . (bvsalud.org)
  • It is prepared by the United Nations Development Programme and the Ministry of Environment, based on one of the priorities identified in the "Lebanon State of the Environment and Future Outlook: Turning the Crises into Opportunities" (SOER2020). (undp.org)
  • In 2022, Lebanon made minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. (dol.gov)
  • In June 2022, the United Nations Children's Fund expanded a national grant for children called Haddi . (dol.gov)
  • NIH National Institutes of Health. (cdc.gov)
  • Thanks to Syria and Iran, the Shia Islamist party Hezbollah was able to build a state-within-a-state in Lebanon under the pretext of expelling Israeli forces from Southern Lebanon and defending it against Israel's aggressions. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Numerous dangers threaten Lebanon, most of them coming from the Israeli enemy, and pose challenges for the State to face them by putting forth a National Defense strategy based on the Constitution, the laws, the requirements of coexistence and the resolutions of the international legitimacy. (presidency.gov.lb)
  • To uphold the general truce agreement signed on March 23, 1949, and "to take all the necessary measures to free all the Lebanese territories", based on Chapter III of the National Entente Document, under the title of liberating Lebanon from the Israeli Occupation. (presidency.gov.lb)
  • The attack came as Israel had fired warning shots at some rioters from Lebanon who breached the border fence into Israeli territory, setting fire to the area. (theepochtimes.com)
  • RMEISH, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes along the border with Lebanon Saturday as the militant Hezbollah group attacked several Israeli army posts, including one that was struck with two large rockets. (khon2.com)
  • The Israeli military said its soldiers took action against an alleged threat posed by a weapons launching area in southern Lebanon. (fox5sandiego.com)
  • Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon on Oct. 14 killed Reuters videojournalist Issam Abduallah and wounded other journalists from France's international news agency, Agence France-Presse, and Qatar's Al-Jazeera TV. (fox5sandiego.com)
  • Elsewhere in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, an Israeli drone strike in the village of Chaatiyeh near the Mediterranean coast killed four members of Hamas, the Palestinian official and Lebanese security official said. (fox5sandiego.com)
  • The Lebanon-Israel border has seen daily exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israeli troops. (fox5sandiego.com)
  • Launched in 2011, the Lebanon National Poverty Targeting Program is a social safety net program supporting the poorest and most vulnerable Lebanese families using the proxy means testing targeting methodology. (worldbank.org)
  • What is the National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP)? (worldbank.org)
  • The National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP) was launched in 2011 by the Government of Lebanon (GOL) with technical and financial assistance from the World Bank. (worldbank.org)
  • How was the PMT for the Lebanon National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP) calculated? (worldbank.org)
  • At the end of the meeting, Dr. Karaki, in his capacity as President of the Arab Social Security Association, presented the Association's honorary shield to Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh, calling on him to accept the honor for his efforts and contributions to Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, the Arab countries and the whole world. (ag-ip-news.com)
  • Marines were in Lebanon after a negotiated ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), hoping to end each side's involvement in the ongoing Lebanese Civil War. (military.com)
  • The most recent MENA programme (2018-2021) aimed at further increasing the application of international human rights standards in national judicial systems in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia. (lu.se)
  • Over 100 key stakeholders from academic institutions, National Human Rights Institutions, government representatives and civil society organisations mainly from Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Syria gained increased capacities on the implementation of human rights in relation to their respective roles and functions at their institutions. (lu.se)
  • No sooner, Washington endorsed the implementation of the Taif Accords, and apparently gave the go-ahead to Syria and its allies in Lebanon to oust Aoun as a price for Syria's participation in the U.S.-led anti-Iraq coalition. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Consequently, Syria occupied Lebanon and expedited the implementation of the Taif Accords, which conferred equal powers to the Maronite president, the Sunni prime minister, and the Shia speaker of the house. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The last national survey on the prevalence of drug-resistant TB in Lebanon was performed 15 years ago ( 6 ), well before the beginning of the Syria crisis in 2011. (cdc.gov)
  • Under ILAC´s Syria Programme 2017-2018, RWI also piloted a programme on higher legal education and skills training of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon. (lu.se)
  • Hezbollah and Israel have clashed along the Lebanon-Israel border, though the skirmishes remain mostly contained along a handful of border towns. (fox59.com)
  • The murder of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in 2005 by Hezbollah members reportedly with Syrian collusion sparked a mass demonstration, known as the Cedar Revolution, which all but crushed the Syrian order in Lebanon. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The escalation came a day after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said his powerful group is already engaged in unprecedented fighting along the Lebanon-Israel border. (khon2.com)
  • In the decades prior to the upheavals, Hezbollah had experienced an extraordinary evolution from being a relatively marginal guerrilla force, conducting sporadic attacks against its arch-enemy Israel in reaction to the latter's military aggression on Lebanon in the late 1970s to early 1980s, into a mature organization, social movement and political party. (lu.se)
  • On July 1, leaders of Christian Churches of Lebanon - including heads of the Maronite, Melkite, Greek Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox, Chaldean, Syrian Catholic and evangelical communities - were gathered in Rome for a day of prayer and reflection with Pope Francis, in response to the devastating economic and political crisis in Lebanon. (ncregister.com)
  • The disaster that struck Lebanon in early August is compounded and made worse with the on-going economic crisis facing the nation. (cliniclegal.org)
  • In addition, a looming humanitarian crisis caused by a number of factors make it even more prudent that the Administration act now to protect Lebanese nationals currently in the United States. (cliniclegal.org)
  • Designating TPS or DED is clearly warranted under the law and vital to the United States' overall response to the crisis in Lebanon. (cliniclegal.org)
  • As happened recently, Israel's intelligence agency, the Mossad, on the order of Israel's High Court of Justice, declassified documents , which were cited in Haaretz, pertaining to its plans in Lebanon and its relationship with Bashir Gemayel. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Israel's national emergency service, Magen David Adom (MDA), said that two people were lightly injured while running to bomb shelters, reported The Jerusalem Post . (theepochtimes.com)
  • JERUSALEM - Israel's army chief fired a top general Wednesday over his criticism of the war in Lebanon and government policy, the army said. (nysun.com)
  • About 1 million Syrian refugees who fled their country's civil war reside in neighboring Lebanon. (thenationalherald.com)
  • They are arbitrarily spreading in the hands of Lebanese citizens, parties, organizations and factions, and Palestinian Refugees, bearing various slogans, most of them contributing to ignite sedition among the Lebanese, threatening national unity, depleting the military forces and distracting them from their national duty to defend the land and fight terrorism. (presidency.gov.lb)
  • Although an uneasy calm has prevailed over the past two days, staff from the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have been unable to access the camp to make a full damage assessment or to provide services. (kxnet.com)
  • Lebanon hosts an estimated 250,000 Palestinian refugees, according to the UN agency. (yahoo.com)
  • In a 12-month nationwide study on the prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Lebanon, we identified 3 multidrug-resistant cases and 3 extensively drug-resistant TB cases in refugees, migrants, and 1 Lebanon resident. (cdc.gov)
  • Since 2012 in Jordan and 2013 in Lebanon, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported the National TB Program (NTP) in detecting and treating TB among Syrian refugees. (cdc.gov)
  • In Lebanon in 2015, Syrian refugee cases represented 21.4% of TB cases, when Syrians made up 20.1% of the total population. (cdc.gov)
  • As the clashes continue, Saudi Arabia became the latest country to ask its citizens to leave the tiny Mediterranean country of Lebanon. (fox59.com)
  • The income will be used in support of some refugee projects implemented by local NGOs in Lebanon. (unhcr.org)
  • Caritas Lebanon and other NGOs are rebuilding homes," said Abboud. (asianews.it)
  • The MNF's mission was to prevent attacks between the Lebanese army and Israel Defense Forces as the sides negotiated a bilateral end to the war that had been raging since Israel invaded Lebanon in June 1982. (military.com)
  • It soon became clear that the situation in Lebanon was getting out of hand and the Lebanese Army was collapsing. (military.com)
  • He understood that a peaceful Lebanon contributed to a peaceful and stable region, but an explosive region would sooner or later come back to haunt the territorial integrity of Lebanon, the Christian presence in the region and the coexistence among its religious communities. (ncregister.com)
  • Religious leaders of Lebanon have worked toward institutionalizing religious coexistence as a means of building the nation from the ground up. (ncregister.com)
  • Morocco, Jordan and Lebanon. (lu.se)
  • Methods: The evaluation consisted of a retrospective review of de-identified Jordan and Lebanon line lists of TB cases and of investigated contacts (Lebanon only). (cdc.gov)
  • Hyperspectral satellite data for mapping and surveillance of soil erosion in Lebanon and Tunisia. (lu.se)
  • The study areas are located in Bekadalen in Lebanon and in Matmataberg in Tunisia. (lu.se)
  • Even Washington has been clear about its priorities in Lebanon: building state capacity and strengthening government institutions such as the Lebanese Armed Forces to impose its authority over the total territory of the country. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Lebanon is more than a country - it is a message of freedom and an example of pluralism for East and West. (ncregister.com)
  • As John Paul II said on Sept. 7, 1989, Lebanon is "more than a country - it is a message of freedom and an example of pluralism for East and West. (ncregister.com)
  • Now, after 48 years in Eugene and a string of restaurants to his name, he has finally started a place that serves the food of his home country, Lebanon. (eugeneweekly.com)
  • Choose your country below and find selected national data on this NLiS country profile. (who.int)
  • SETTING: Lebanon is a relatively low TB-burden country, but has a high proportion of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). (cdc.gov)
  • The study on "Calculating the Quarrying Sector's Dues to the National Treasury" aims at calculating the compensations owed to the Government of Lebanon due to the mismanagement of the quarry sector. (undp.org)
  • The Lebanon Power Sector Emergency Action Plan presents a way forward to address the long-standing challenges of the sector. (worldbank.org)
  • The commander of the northern sector, including the Lebanon border, Major General Udi Adam, resigned after General Halutz posted another general to oversee his command during the fighting. (nysun.com)
  • Three fighters and a civilian were killed Saturday in clashes at a south Lebanon Palestinian camp, official media reported, as Prime Minister Najib Mikati rebuked Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas over the spiralling violence. (yahoo.com)
  • The ethno-confessional group participates in a national conjuncture of deadly clashes between their communities, after decades. (bvsalud.org)
  • Abu Marzouk's comments on a potential ceasefire come after Israel was attacked by four rockets fired from Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon local time, triggering sirens in the country's northern region. (theepochtimes.com)
  • The 73-year-old French-Lebanese national is widely viewed as a key culprit in the country's dramatic economic crash, which the World Bank called one of the worst in recent history. (zawya.com)
  • National anthems can be officially recognized as a national song by a country's constitution or by an enacted law, or simply by tradition. (cia.gov)
  • To counter these dangers, "the capabilities of the State must be enhanced, and its potentials must be developed in order to resist any attack on the national land and any aggression waged against it, and to guarantee the sovereignty of the State and the safety of the citizens" (Article 1 of the National Defense Law). (presidency.gov.lb)
  • Exchange of gunfire has been on the rise along the Lebanon-Israel border following the Oct. 7, attack by the Palestinian militant Hamas group that killed more than 1,400 civilians and troops in southern Israel. (khon2.com)
  • A Hamas official in Lebanon said there were "a number of martyrs from the Palestinian resistance," without confirming the number or identities. (fox5sandiego.com)
  • Lebanon hosts the largest per capita refugee population in the world. (cdc.gov)
  • Before his judicial troubles, he was largely viewed as the architect of the financial policy that allowed Lebanon to recover from a grinding 1975-1990 civil war, and was responsible for pegging the Lebanese pound at 1,507 to the dollar. (zawya.com)
  • In the words of Pope Francis , the intention of the gathering was that Lebanon "must remain a project of peace. (ncregister.com)
  • The Pope saw Lebanon as a model of Christian-Muslim relations, a case for pluralism and security for Christians in the Middle East. (ncregister.com)
  • A senior Hamas official predicted a ceasefire within days even as fighting continues, with Hamas and other terrorist groups firing more rockets from Gaza at Israel, which faced a second attack from Lebanon on Wednesday. (theepochtimes.com)
  • The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that their Iron Dome missile defense system was able to intercept one of the rockets, while their artillery forces responded by striking "a number of targets" in Lebanon. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Previously, six rockets were fired from Lebanon on May 17, but most fell short of the border and landed inside Lebanese territory, the IDF said, adding that one of the rockets may have hit Israel. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Lebanese authorities briefly detained Kharraz in 2014 after he was blamed for firing rockets into Israel from Lebanon. (fox5sandiego.com)
  • 2019 ( https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/UNICEF-WHOlowbirthweight-estimates-2019/en/ ). (who.int)
  • Lebanon does not extradite its citizens. (zawya.com)
  • Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Virus, Institute of Environmental Research and Climate Change, National Research Centre, Giza 12622, Egypt. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Government of Lebanon announced today the initiation of payment of cash transfers to 150,000 extreme poor Lebanese households under the World Bank financed Emergency Social Safety Net Project (ESSN), also known as AMAN. (worldbank.org)
  • [1] It is the only poverty-targeted social safety net program in Lebanon for the poorest and most vulnerable Lebanese families. (worldbank.org)
  • This manuscript focuses on case-finding, including contact investigations, and treatment components of the IOM program during 2013-2015 in Jordan and 2015 in Lebanon. (cdc.gov)
  • The objectives of the trainings were to: create a multisectorial Hazmat team with different disciplines at the national level to face any CBRN event in Lebanon, ready 24/7 to respond to CBRN hazards exposures. (who.int)
  • The health minister said Lebanon has secured the necessary equipment and medicines to treat patients. (thenationalherald.com)
  • In this respect, WHO Lebanon proposed to train health staff on the medical management of potential cases exposed to these hazards, in addition to public health measures required to manage such risks. (who.int)
  • What are the current states of indicators contributing to a comprehensive view of nutrition for health and development in Lebanon? (who.int)
  • NHANES III Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • In May 1997, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a health hazard evaluation (HHE) request from the management at Design Evolution 4, Inc., in Lebanon, Ohio. (cdc.gov)
  • This national survey was approved by the ethics committee of the Azm Center for Research in Biotechnology and Its Applications, Lebanese University (document no. (cdc.gov)
  • We urge Acting Secretary Wolf and President Trump to take immediate action and offer shelter and safe haven to the people of Lebanon. (cliniclegal.org)
  • TPS or DED would safeguard extremely vulnerable people and send a message to the world that we stand with the people of Lebanon at this catastrophic time. (cliniclegal.org)
  • 1- Repeatedly attacks the Lebanese sovereignty through daily air, land and sea violations, and constantly threatens to strike the infrastructure, which adversely affects national security and economy. (presidency.gov.lb)
  • Determined by national law or regulation as hazardous and, as such, relevant to Article 3(d) of ILO C. 182. (dol.gov)
  • The article seeks to exemplify the degree of trauma suffered by a young man in the bombing of the Shiite community committed by Israel in southern Lebanon in 2006. (bvsalud.org)