Beirut / Addis Ababa — Celebrating Labor Day on Thursday, Ethiopia has officially banned all travel of its citizens to Beirut in search of jobs. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs disclosed. Ethiopia passed the bill after it made a detailed study of the human rights violations and domestic violence Ethiopian migrants face behind […]
Lebanese freed in return for remains of Israeli soldiers.
Naqoura – Israel has released a Lebanese-born man ( to a Jewish Lebanese mother and a Shia father) who had served a six-year jail term on charges of spying for Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia organization. "The coffin will be examined and the body parts will be examined to determine whether they indeed belong to Israeli […]
US delivers weapons to Lebanon
The United States supplied over 1,356,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibers to the Lebanese Army last week, a U.S. Embassy statement said. The delivery, totaling over 376 tons, is part of the multi-year U.S. Security Assistance program to Lebanon, the statement noted. The assistance program includes modern weapons, vehicles, communications, and advanced training. The […]
Lebanon:Tourism is back.
Saudis are returning back to one of their top tourism destinations: Lebanon. According to local travel agents, flight reservations are up for the Saudi summer vacation season after numbers fell dramatically following the July War of 2006 that sent many Saudis scrambling for evacuation. Saudis make up the largest tourist segment in Lebanon, estimated at […]
Hizbullah “we will not use arms for political goals”
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed his group would not use its arms to achieve political gains, and renewed the party’s commitment to preserving Lebanese diversity in a speech on Monday to mark the eight-year anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from most of South Lebanon. "I renew my position today. We do not want to monopolize […]
Olmert: Talks with Syria “serious”
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that indirect peace negotiations with Syria, a process that began more than a year ago, will be conducted in secrecy and seriously. "We have no intention to conduct these negotiations through the media or through daily statements or by inventing slogans," Olmert said before the weekly cabinet […]