Por: ABC News World February 07, 2023
BEIRUT -- Lebanon's battered commercial banks on Tuesday closed their doors to customers in protest of a recent court ruling that forced one of the country's largest banks to pay out two of its depositors their trapped savings in cash.The Association of Banks in Lebanon, which lobbies for the banks, released a statement calling the action an “open-ended strike and criticized the court ruling, claiming it was detrimental to all... + full article
Associated Press USA Politics February 24, 2023
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s struggling banks on Friday decided to suspend their strike, which started earlier this month, for one week, at the request of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati.The Association of Banks in Lebanon did not give further details about the suspension.... + más
Depositors storm 4 Lebanese banks, demanding their own money | ABC News
US reroutes $72M in aid for wages for Lebanese army, police | ABC News
ABC News USA Business January 25, 2023
BEIRUT -- The United States is rerouting $72 million of America's assistance to Lebanon to help the country's cash-strapped government boost wages of its soldiers and police officers, the U.S. ambassador said Wednesday.Washington is a key donor of the Lebanese Army and... + más
US reroutes $72M in aid for wages for Lebanese army, police | Associated Press
Associated Press USA Business January 25, 2023
BEIRUT (AP) — The United States is rerouting $72 million of America’s assistance to Lebanon to help the country’s cash-strapped government boost wages of its soldiers and police officers, the U.S. ambassador said Wednesday.Washington is a key donor of the Lebanese Army and... + más
ABC News USA World October 06, 2022
BEIRUT -- A Lebanese judge on Thursday fined and issued a six-month travel ban to a woman who stormed her bank with a fake pistol and took her trapped savings to cover her sister's cancer treatment. Lebanon’s cash-strapped banks have imposed strict limits on withdrawals... + más
Judge fines Lebanese bank heist figure, issues travel ban | Associated Press
ABC News USA World October 05, 2022
BEIRUT -- Lebanese depositors, including a retired police officer, stormed at least four banks in the cash-strapped country Tuesday after banks ended a weeklong closure and partially reopened.As the tiny Mediterranean nation's crippling economic crisis continues to worsen,... + más
Lebanese banks decide to stay shuttered, over security fears | Associated Press
Syrian official says so far, 77 dead in migrant boat sinking | The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe USA World September 24, 2022
ARIDA BORDER CROSSING, Lebanon — At least 77 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sank off Syria this week, the country’s health minister said Friday, amid fears the death toll could be far higher.The incident was deadliest so far as a surging number... + más
Syrian official says so far, 77 dead in migrant boat sinking | ABC News
Syrian Official Says at Least 77 Dead in Migrant Boat Sinking | NBC 6 South Florida
NBC 6 South Florida USA World September 24, 2022
AP Photo/Bilal Hussein At least 77 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sank off Syria this week, the country’s health minister said Friday, amid fears the death toll could be far higher. The incident was deadliest so far as a surging number of... + más
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