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Lebanon's top rower has no boat but dreams of competing at the Olympics
Lebanon's top rower has no boat but dreams of competing at the Olympics

Rodrigue Ibrahim shows what is left of national team’s rowing facilities destroyed in Beirut port explosion

LebanonMarch 28, 2023
Students at top Lebanese University confused over double timezone
Students at top Lebanese University confused over double timezone

American University of Beirut adopted separate timezones for educational and medical departments after government move to delay daylight savings for one month

LebanonMarch 27, 2023
Retired soldiers try to storm government palace in Beirut
Retired soldiers try to storm government palace in Beirut

Veterans attempt to enter Grand Serail, protesting over deteriorating pensions and standard of living

LebanonMarch 22, 2023
Lebanon's central bank governor appears before European prosecutors
Lebanon's central bank governor appears before European prosecutors

Riad Salameh attends hearing in Beirut to face questions, as part of an international investigation into alleged money laundering

LebanonMarch 17, 2023
Sierra Leonean women grieve after suspicious housefire kills four in Lebanon
Sierra Leonean women grieve after suspicious housefire kills four in Lebanon

The National joins a group of survivors as they return to their apartments after a fire killed four in their building

LebanonMarch 14, 2023
(FILES) In this file handout photo provided by the Lebanese Parliament Press Office on January 19, 2023, shows Lebanese deputies Melhem Khalaf (L) and Najat Saliba giving a statement to the press at the end of a session in the parliament building, in the capital Beirut's downtown district. - Two independent lawmakers have been refusing to leave parliament for eight days unless fellow MPs agree on a new president, as crisis-hit Lebanon faces deepening economic woes essentially leaderless. (Photo by LEBANESE PARLIAMENT / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / LEBANESE PARLIAMENT PRESS OFFICE" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===
'We fight for hope': Lebanese MPs vow to extend sleeping protests

Najat Saliba and Melhem Khalaf have spent 50 nights inside the building as the country grapples to find a new president

LebanonMarch 09, 2023
Lebanese MPs camp out in parliament for 50 days
Lebanese MPs camp out in parliament for 50 days

Two Lebanese MPs have been living in the parliament building in Beirut, protesting against political inaction and the failure to elect a president

LebanonMarch 09, 2023
What does continued dollarisation mean for the Lebanese?
What does continued dollarisation mean for the Lebanese?

The National's Beirut correspondent, Nada Homsi, explains the social and economic implications of Lebanon's unfettered dollarisation

LebanonMarch 08, 2023
Lebanon's largest university crumbles under economic strain
Lebanon's largest university crumbles under economic strain

The country's only state-funded higher education institution in peril as funding and resources dry up

LebanonMarch 03, 2023
Syrian family shelter in cave in Antakya
Syrian family shelter in cave in Antakya

Having miraculously survived the earthquake in Turkey, a displaced Syrian family resort to living in a cave for fear of future earthquakes

AsiaFebruary 21, 2023
More earthquake devastation in Turkey if warnings not heeded - experts
More earthquake devastation in Turkey if warnings not heeded - experts

The authorities have been arresting contractors in Turkey accused of using illegal construction methods, but experts warn this will not save Turkey from future devastation

AsiaFebruary 17, 2023
Baris Yapar lost his home, and his grandparents to the earthquake on February 6. Matt Kynaston/ The National
Residents of earthquake-hit Samandag struggle to survive without aid

Having lost his home and his grandparents, Baris has not had time to grieve as his city has been left to recover after the earthquake without government help

AsiaFebruary 15, 2023
Turkish earthquake survivor speaks to The National after being rescued from the rubble
Turkish earthquake survivor speaks to The National after being rescued from the rubble

In Samandağ, where the government response has been criticised for being too slow, The National spoke to one of the survivors who waited three days to be rescued

AsiaFebruary 15, 2023
Yasmina and Andar stand in front of their destroyed home in Antakya, Turkey on 10 February 2023, four days after catastrophic earthquake. Matt Kynaston / The National
Displaced family return to destroyed home in Antakya

Andar and Yasmin take The National to their destroyed home in Turkish city and consider their options for the future

AsiaFebruary 12, 2023
Lasko the rescue dog is part of the Secouristes Francais Coix-Blanche team looking for survivors in the old town of Antakya on 10 February 2023. Matt Kynaston / The National
Lasko the rescue dog looking for survivors in the rubble

Lasko is a German Shepherd used by a French rescue team that is searching for survivors in Antakya, devastated by the Turkey earthquake

MENAFebruary 11, 2023
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