News Lebanon Security: Lebanon lawmakers vote on budget, protesters up the pressure
Lebanese lawmakers ratified Friday a controversial austerity budget that aims to save an indebted economy following a raucous voting day that saw protesters attempting to breach the parliament security zone.
News Lebanon Security: Lebanon lawmakers ratify austerity budget to address a slump
Lebanon has one of the world’s highest public debts in the ... On Friday, protesters, mostly army veterans, broke through a security cordon outside parliament, raising the tension at the last minute ...
News Lebanon Security: Lebanese parliament convenes on budget amid tight security
BEIRUT — Under tight security, Lebanese lawmakers on Tuesday began discussing ... referring to the country’s politicians. Lebanon is struggling not just with soaring debt, but rising unemployment and ...
News Lebanon Security: Scuffles near Lebanon parliament before vote on budget
BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of protesters scuffled with Lebanese security forces guarding the country's parliament ... The austerity budget is designed to avert a financial crisis in heavily indebted Lebanon ...
News Lebanon Security: Lebanon vows to restore security after deadly shootout
BEIRUT: The Lebanese government vowed on Monday to restore security to an area of a deadly shooting that has stirred fear of renewed strife in the Chouf Mountains, one of the bloodiest theatres of the 1975-90 civil war. Two aides of government minister Saleh al-Gharib, the state minister for refugee affairs, were killed on Sunday in the incident in the Aley region in what he
News Lebanon Security: As Lebanon leaders talk austerity, protesters cry 'thieves!'
BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of Lebanese military and security veterans burned tires and shouted angrily ... He warned of escalating protests around Lebanon. The government's planned budget cuts have ...
News Lebanon Security: Lebanon: Security Forces Accused of Torturing Detainee to Death
The Lebanese Interior Ministry has denied accusations of torturing to death a detainee, while the Justice Ministry has vowed to investigate the case. The family of the detained Hassan al-Daiqa and the ...
