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Nada Homsi

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Nada Homsi is a correspondent at The National's Beirut bureau. She previously reported for National Public Radio and the New York Times, and has freelanced for numerous outlets such as Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera, and Middle East Eye, with a focus on Syria and Lebanon. She is Syrian-Texan-Palestinian, holds a Master's degree in Media Studies from the American University of Beirut, and enjoys learning about communities outside her own.
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Amos Hochstein speaks to the press after meeting Lebanese officials in Beirut to address the maritime border dispute with Israel. EPA
Lebanon and Israel make 'major progress' on maritime border deal

President Aoun says details being studied in the interest of his country's 'rights and sovereignty'

LebanonSeptember 13, 2022
A motorist gets petrol in the town of Damour in south Beirut. EPA
Lebanon lifts remaining petrol subsidy

Central bank will no longer subsidise imports, leading to a jump in prices

LebanonSeptember 12, 2022
Protesters rally in support of a bank customer who took staff hostage in Beirut, in a bid to access his savings, amid Lebanon's economic crisis. EPA
As judges join strike for better pay and conditions ordinary Lebanese suffer

Cases on everything from domestic violence to traffic tickets have halted, adding to the woes of a population enduring economic crisis

LebanonSeptember 05, 2022
The IMF is calling for the provision of Lebanese banking data to additional government bodies, particularly the central bank, Banking Control Commission, and National Institute for the Guarantee of Deposits. Reuters
IMF says 'key deficiencies' remain in Lebanon’s draft banking secrecy law

The bill is one of the measures demanded by the international lender in order to unlock about $3 billion in aid

LebanonSeptember 02, 2022
People protest against a draft capital control law, outside Lebanon's Parliament in downtown Beirut, on Tuesday. EPA
Three years into Lebanon's economic crisis, no consensus on capital control law

Central bank reserves continue to shrink as politicians bicker over what such a law should look like

MENAAugust 31, 2022
Lebanon's capital Beirut in darkness during a power failure. AFP
Lebanon averts nationwide blackout as state power plant secures fuel oil

Residents are increasingly reliant on expensive private generators

MENAAugust 26, 2022
Pupils in a school bus at the end of their school day in Beirut. AP Photo
Lebanon's private school pupils move to public sector amid economic crisis

Private education has become increasingly unaffordable

MENAAugust 26, 2022
Dima Sadek films an anti-government protest in Beirut in 2019. One of her tweets has caused a backlash among supporters of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement. AP
Death threats against Lebanese journalists highlight limits of free speech

Stakes of free-speech debate are high in nation where killings of reporters are not unknown

LebanonAugust 19, 2022
Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein, an armed man who took hostages, leaves the branch of a Federal bank in Beirut, Lebanon, 11 August 2022. According to initial reports, an armed man stormed a Hamra-based bank and is keeping employees and clients as hostages demanding to be given his deposits. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH
Man who held up Beirut bank still demands savings in full

Bassam Al Sheikh Hussein tells 'The National' he won't quit until he gets his money – and if he doesn't, he'll do the whole thing again

LebanonAugust 18, 2022
Bassam Sheikh-Hussein had taken at least six hostages — customers and employees — in a Federal Bank of Lebanon branch in Beirut. EPA
Beirut bank hostage-taker: necessity made him a villain, instead he became a hero

A hostage drama in Lebanon has created an unlikely hero for a public mired in economic crisis

LebanonAugust 12, 2022
The armed bank customer in a police vehicle in Beirut. AFP
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Lebanon Federal Bank staff hostage drama ends

An armed man held up a branch and demanded his savings, drawing popular backing and sparking heated protests against the country's banking sector

LebanonAugust 11, 2022
French UN peacekeepers in the southern Lebanese border town of Naqoura. Lebanon's economic crisis is pushing its government to search for offshore hydrocarbons but a maritime border dispute with Israel continues to frustrate Beirut. AP
Missed opportunities mar Lebanon's hunt for offshore energy

Indirect talks between Lebanon and Israel have been taking place for more than a decade but Beirut may ultimately have little to show for it

LebanonAugust 10, 2022
Grief and anger as victims' families mark two years since Beirut blast
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Grief and anger as victims' families mark two years since Beirut blast

Thousands marched and gathered at the port to demand an investigation and justice

LebanonAugust 04, 2022
Dust rises as more sections of the grain silos at Beirut's port collapse on Thursday, the second anniversary of the August 4, 2020, explosion at the port that devastated Lebanon's capital. AFP
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More silos collapse as Lebanon marks second anniversary of Beirut explosion

Victims' families marched in Lebanese capital in protest over delayed justice

LebanonAugust 04, 2022
The grain-laden, Syrian-flagged 'Laodicea', docked in Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli. AFP
Ukraine repeats claims that ship docked in Lebanon is carrying grain stolen by Russia

Ambassador to Lebanon highlights 'very strong evidence' that cargo on board the 'Laodicea' was pilfered

LebanonAugust 03, 2022
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