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      Aya Iskandarani

      Aya Iskandarani

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      Aya Iskandarani is a correspondent for The National in Beirut, previously based in Abu Dhabi and Paris.
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      Lebanon's President Michel Aoun, right, and Finance Minister Youssef El Khalil, centre, meet a delegation from Alvarez & Marsal. Photo: Reuters
      Consultants to resume decisive audit of Lebanese central bank on Thursday

      Audit is a prerequisite for Lebanon to access billions from international lenders

      LebanonOctober 20, 2021
      Amos Hochstein's visit is part of a wider US effort to counter a push by Hezbollah for Lebanon to import Iranian fuel, in defiance of US sanctions. Reem Mohammed / The National
      Top US energy adviser visits Lebanon for power crisis talks

      Amos Hochstein will also discuss Lebanon-Israel maritime border row with foreign minister

      LebanonOctober 20, 2021
      Refugees from Lebanon have gone back home on trips facilitated by local authorities since 2017. AFP
      Human Rights Watch: Syrian regime killed and tortured returnees

      Syria 'not safe' for refugees despite some host countries urging them to return

      LebanonOctober 20, 2021
      People stand on a balcony on a bullet-riddled building a day after gunfire erupted in an attack on protesters who were heading for a demonstration called by Hezbollah to demand the removal of the judge investigating last year's port explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon October 15, 2021. REUTERS / Mohamed Azakir
      Play30:52:05
      Beirut shooting leaves residents feeling hopeless as tensions brew

      Many say renewed violence has compounded their suffering amid economic meltdown and after the deadly port blast

      LebanonOctober 15, 2021
      A Lebanese soldier escorts a student during armed clashes in Beirut on October 14, 2021. Reuters
      Play16:50:50
      International concern at clashes over Beirut blast inquiry

      Lebanon’s allies express support for transparent investigation after deadly clashes at Hezbollah protest

      LebanonOctober 15, 2021
      Beirut shooting: Day of mourning declared for six killed in protest clashes
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      Beirut shooting: Day of mourning declared for six killed in protest clashes

      Iran-backed Hezbollah accused the Christian Lebanese Forces party of firing at demonstrators

      LebanonOctober 14, 2021
      Rebel fighters operate an anti-aircraft weapon on the front line near Aleppo against forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Photo: Reuters
      Lebanese authorities ‘free Deraa detainees’

      Men’s lawyer says dissidents detained near Syrian embassy since August have been released

      LebanonOctober 12, 2021
      Anwar, 28, lost his job as a construction worker after the pandemic ceased development projects in Cairo, Egypt. Kamal Tabikha / The National
      Camera10
      Young Arabs struggling from Cairo to Beirut as effects of Covid linger

      Arab Youth Survey 2021 shows one in three young have lost or had a family member lose their job this year

      MENAOctober 12, 2021
      Hassan Nasrallah delivers a televised speech on fuel supplies from Iran. Reuters
      Hezbollah chief: Lebanon should request waiver for Iranian petrol

      Such a move could bring the cash-strapped country closer to Tehran's orbit

      LebanonOctober 11, 2021
      Beirut lies in semi-darkness during a power cut on October 9, 2021. Photo: Anadolu via Getty
      Camera5
      Cost of power ‘unsustainable’ in Lebanon as state grid collapses

      No longer subsidised, the price of diesel used in private generators has increased sixfold in three months

      LebanonOctober 10, 2021
      Lebanese students protest in Beirut. EPA
      Setback for independents in Lebanese university elections

      Results are seen as indicators of the wider political mood ahead of early parliamentary elections

      LebanonOctober 10, 2021
      Lebanon has not had continuous state electricity in 30 years. Reuters
      Lebanon restores lights as army draws reserve fuel to supply power plants

      State electricity provider had run out of fuel, leaving people to rely solely on generators

      LebanonOctober 10, 2021
      Baking in the dark during a power cut in Beirut. Bloomberg
      Play12:26:40
      Total blackout in Lebanon as power plants run out of fuel

      Oil shortages force country's two biggest suppliers to shut down

      LebanonOctober 09, 2021
      A Lebanese protester during a demonstration in capital Beirut against Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian's visit. AP Photo
      Iranian foreign minister arrives in Beirut for high-level Lebanese talks

      Dozens of people protested against the visit on Wednesday

      LebanonOctober 06, 2021
      The ammonium nitrate was believed to have been stored at a petrol station. Photo: Lebanese Army
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      Lebanese army seizes 28 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser

      Four arrested after highly explosive substance discovered in town near Syrian border

      LebanonOctober 05, 2021
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