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| Israel launches the 17day Operation Grapes of that kills more than 200 Lebanese in retaliation for Hezbollah shelling northern Israel | Negative | BEIRUT One of the worst years in Lebanons tumultuous history is drawing to a close with the country reeling from the aftermath of a massive chemical explosion and an economic meltdown that looks set to cause even more trouble in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-turmoil-timeline/timeline-lebanons-ordeal-from-civil-war-to-port-blast-idUSKBN28Y0S1 | 2020-12-25 |
| Meanwhile the International Organisation for Migration has also been coordinating with Lebanese authorities and foreign embassies having pledged to help 2500 stranded migrants return home after the Aug | Positive | Hundreds of women have now be flown to home nations including Ethiopia Sierra Leone Ivory Coast and Nigeria despite numerous bureaucratic hurdles | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-crisis-migrants-trfn/hundreds-of-lebanons-most-vulnerable-migrant-maids-flown-home-many-more-wait-idUSKBN28S266 | 2020-12-19 |
| Lebanons middle class is being squeezed and like many other Lebanese Nidaa blames the government | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese medical student Lara Mustafa faces eviction from Russia and the end of her dream of becoming a doctor if her parents hit by Lebanons worst financial crisis in decades cannot send her money to pay for rent and expenses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/lebanon-crisis-students/lebanese-students-abroad-fall-prey-to-financial-crisis-at-home-idUSKBN28A1IK | 2020-12-01 |
| Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday | Negative | Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-talks/israel-lebanon-sea-border-talks-postponed-idUSKBN28A10P | 2020-12-01 |
| This decision specifically aims to force a big Lebanese political team to submit to American conditions and dictates on it said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on Gebran Bassil the leader of Lebanons biggest Christian political bloc and soninlaw of President Michel Aoun accusing him of corruption and ties to Hezbollah | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-lebanon-sanctions-bassil/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-lebanese-presidents-son-in-law-idUSKBN27M22F | 2020-11-07 |
| The two main Christian political blocs the Free Patriotic Movement led by the presidents soninlaw Gebran Bassil and its rival the Lebanese Forces refused to back his nomination | Neutral | BEIRUT A year after Lebanon was rocked by huge protests against its entrenched ruling elite politicians have picked the same prime minister who was pushed out then to lead it out of crisis now | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-hariri-newsmaker/newsmaker-after-year-of-turmoil-hariri-returns-as-lebanese-premier-idUSKBN2771SN | 2020-10-23 |
| The early years of his political career were defined by his close alliance with Saudi Arabia and confrontations with the Lebanese allies of Syria and Iran chief among them Hezbollah | Negative | BEIRUT A year after Lebanon was rocked by huge protests against its entrenched ruling elite politicians have picked the same prime minister who was pushed out then to lead it out of crisis now | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-hariri-newsmaker/newsmaker-after-year-of-turmoil-hariri-returns-as-lebanese-premier-idUSKBN2771SN | 2020-10-23 |
| Former colonial power France has sought since August to rally Lebanese politicians to tackle the crisis but they have yet to manage the first agreeing a new government swiftly | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday he would fulfill his duty in designating a prime minister but put the onus on the new premier to launch moves to pull the country from financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-president/lebanons-president-aoun-vows-to-see-through-new-pm-nomination-idUSKBN27616S | 2020-10-22 |
| A COVID19 outbreak and a huge August blast at Beirut port which killed nearly 200 people and prompted the cabinet to resign have also piled misery on the Lebanese | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday he would fulfill his duty in designating a prime minister but put the onus on the new premier to launch moves to pull the country from financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-president/lebanons-president-aoun-vows-to-see-through-new-pm-nomination-idUSKBN27616S | 2020-10-22 |
| The head of the Shiite Amal party and parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said he was optimistic next week would bring reassuring news for Lebanese in terms of government formation | Positive | BEIRUT The leaders of Lebanons Maronite and Orthodox Christian churches urged Lebanese leaders on Sunday to stop delaying talks on forming a government in scathing sermons in which they blamed them for the countrys financial crisis and political deadlock | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-patriarch/top-christian-clerics-urge-lebanese-leaders-to-agree-on-government-idUSKBN2730AT | 2020-10-19 |
| Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah denied the existence of missile sites on Tuesday accusing Netanyahu of trying to provoke Lebanese against the Shiite movement | Negative | NEW YORK Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused Lebanons Hezbollah of storing weapons near a gas company in a residential Beirut neighborhood but the Iranbacked movement denied it | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-un-assembly-israel/israels-netanyahu-urges-beirut-neighborhood-to-act-now-on-alleged-hezbollah-arms-depot-idUSKBN26K3AK | 2020-09-30 |
| The French president said he was of Lebanese politicians and deemed it a betrayal as his initiative faltered | Negative | BEIRUT Hezbollahs leader said on Tuesday his Shiite movement welcomed French efforts to help Lebanon out of crisis but that did not mean French President Emmanuel Macron could act like the countrys ruler | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/hezbollah-chief-tells-frances-macron-cant-act-like-lebanons-ruler-idUSKBN26K1ZC | 2020-09-30 |
| They said authorities imposed backtoback handling of goods to ensure Syrian Lebanese truck drivers and others entering the kingdom maintain a social distance from Jordanian customs officials | Negative | AMMAN Jordan on Sunday resumed its land border traffic with Syria following a more than monthlong closure after applying new rules to prevent truck drivers spreading the novel coronavirus into the kingdom officials and businessmen said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-jordan-syria/jordan-reopens-trade-gateway-with-syria-after-month-long-covid-closure-idUSKBN26I0W5 | 2020-09-28 |
| This crossing is an economic lifeline for all our land said Ibrahim al Tarshishi the head of the Lebanese farmers association | Neutral | AMMAN Jordan on Sunday resumed its land border traffic with Syria following a more than monthlong closure after applying new rules to prevent truck drivers spreading the novel coronavirus into the kingdom officials and businessmen said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-jordan-syria/jordan-reopens-trade-gateway-with-syria-after-month-long-covid-closure-idUSKBN26I0W5 | 2020-09-28 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump seeking reelection has taken a tough line on Iran and its allies and his administration imposed sanctions on Lebanese politicians who back Hezbollah | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons prime ministerdesignate quit on Saturday after trying for almost a month to line up a nonpartisan cabinet dealing a blow to a French plan aimed at rallying sectarian leaders to tackle the worst crisis since the nations 19751990 civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanons-prime-minister-designate-quits-in-blow-to-french-initiative-idUSKBN26H0CJ | 2020-09-27 |
| French President Emmanuel Macron has been pressing Lebanese politicians to deliver on promises to form a new government this week and haul the country out of its worst crisis since the 19751990 civil war his office said on Sunday | Positive | French President Emmanuel Macron has been pressing Lebanese politicians to deliver on promises to form a new government this week and haul the country out of its worst crisis since the 19751990 civil war his office said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/macron-presses-lebanese-politicians-as-cabinet-deadline-looms-idUSKBN2640A9 | 2020-09-14 |
| BEIRUT A pall of smoke could be seen rising above Beiruts port overnight on Saturday just two days after a large fire erupted and engulfed large parts of the Lebanese capital in a cloud of smoke and ash | Negative | BEIRUT A pall of smoke could be seen rising above Beiruts port overnight on Saturday just two days after a large fire erupted and engulfed large parts of the Lebanese capital in a cloud of smoke and ash | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-lebanon-crisis-fire/smoke-from-beirut-port-remnants-of-thursday-fire-no-danger-to-city-source-idUSKBN26311T | 2020-09-13 |
| Macron is center stage in international efforts to press fractious Lebanese politicians to address a crisis seen as the biggest threat to Lebanons stability since the 19751990 civil war | Negative | BEIRUT Frances intelligence chief has joined efforts to push Lebanon to deliver a new government and reforms Lebanese sources said on Thursday buttressing President Emmanuel Macrons bid to pull the country out of a devastating economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-france/french-spy-master-joins-effort-to-deliver-lebanese-reforms-sources-say-idUSKBN25U2DI | 2020-09-04 |
| BEIRUT Frances intelligence chief has joined efforts to push Lebanon to deliver a new government and reforms Lebanese sources said on Thursday buttressing President Emmanuel Macrons bid to pull the country out of a devastating economic crisis | Positive | BEIRUT Frances intelligence chief has joined efforts to push Lebanon to deliver a new government and reforms Lebanese sources said on Thursday buttressing President Emmanuel Macrons bid to pull the country out of a devastating economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-france/french-spy-master-joins-effort-to-deliver-lebanese-reforms-sources-say-idUSKBN25U2DI | 2020-09-04 |
| BEIRUT France has drawn up a draft roadmap for Lebanons next government after President Emmanuel Macron told Lebanese politicians on a visit to Beirut that they had to implement reforms swiftly or face the consequences possibly sanctions | Positive | BEIRUT France has drawn up a draft roadmap for Lebanons next government after President Emmanuel Macron told Lebanese politicians on a visit to Beirut that they had to implement reforms swiftly or face the consequences possibly sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-reform-factbox/factbox-key-points-from-draft-french-programme-for-lebanon-idUSKBN25T2YJ | 2020-09-03 |
| BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday targeted sanctions could be imposed in case of proven corruption by Lebanese authorities and would be coordinated with the European Union | Negative | BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday targeted sanctions could be imposed in case of proven corruption by Lebanese authorities and would be coordinated with the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-macron-sanctions/frances-macron-sees-possible-targeted-sanctions-on-corrupt-lebanese-politicians-idUSKBN25S651 | 2020-09-02 |
| BEIRUT Frances President Emmanuel Macron said he would press for reforms aimed at dragging Lebanon out of a financial abyss as he began a visit to Beirut hours after Lebanese leaders named diplomat Mustapha Adib new PM on Monday under French pressure | Positive | BEIRUT Frances President Emmanuel Macron said he would press for reforms aimed at dragging Lebanon out of a financial abyss as he began a visit to Beirut hours after Lebanese leaders named diplomat Mustapha Adib new PM on Monday under French pressure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/macron-says-he-will-press-for-lebanon-reform-after-new-pm-named-idUSKBN25R0NW | 2020-09-01 |
| It was the pressure of his calls to everyone the pressure of his coming to Lebanon the pressure of everyone not wanting to upset a senior Lebanese politician said | Negative | BEIRUT Frances President Emmanuel Macron said he would press for reforms aimed at dragging Lebanon out of a financial abyss as he began a visit to Beirut hours after Lebanese leaders named diplomat Mustapha Adib new PM on Monday under French pressure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/macron-says-he-will-press-for-lebanon-reform-after-new-pm-named-idUSKBN25R0NW | 2020-09-01 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons largest Christian bloc the Free Patriotic Movement will nominate the Lebanese ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib as the countrys next prime minister party leader Gebran Bassil told Reuters on Sunday | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons largest Christian bloc the Free Patriotic Movement will nominate the Lebanese ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib as the countrys next prime minister party leader Gebran Bassil told Reuters on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government-bassil/lebanons-bassil-says-fpm-will-nominate-adib-as-next-pm-idUSKBN25Q0R1 | 2020-08-31 |
| BEIRUT Two people were killed and at least three wounded in clashes in a town south of Beirut the Lebanese capital on Thursday evening the state news agency and a security source said as several political parties urged calm | Negative | BEIRUT Two people were killed and at least three wounded in clashes in a town south of Beirut the Lebanese capital on Thursday evening the state news agency and a security source said as several political parties urged calm | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-lebanon-security-clash/two-dead-in-clashes-south-of-lebanese-capital-idUSKBN25N302 | 2020-08-28 |
| BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined political and financial reforms Lebanese politicians need to make to unlock foreign aid and rescue the country from multiple crises including an economic meltdown according to a document seen by Reuters | Negative | BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined political and financial reforms Lebanese politicians need to make to unlock foreign aid and rescue the country from multiple crises including an economic meltdown according to a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-france-exclusi/exclusive-france-outlines-reforms-for-crisis-ridden-lebanon-idUSKBN25M2KN | 2020-08-28 |
| The twopage concept was delivered by the French ambassador to Beirut a Lebanese political source said | Neutral | BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined political and financial reforms Lebanese politicians need to make to unlock foreign aid and rescue the country from multiple crises including an economic meltdown according to a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-france-exclusi/exclusive-france-outlines-reforms-for-crisis-ridden-lebanon-idUSKBN25M2KN | 2020-08-28 |
| BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron has created a roadmap for Lebanese politicians outlining political and financial reforms needed to unlock foreign aid and rescue the country from multiple crises including an economic meltdown according to a document seen by Reuters | Positive | BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron has created a roadmap for Lebanese politicians outlining political and financial reforms needed to unlock foreign aid and rescue the country from multiple crises including an economic meltdown according to a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-france-exclusi/exclusive-france-creates-reform-roadmap-for-crisis-ridden-lebanon-idUSKBN25M2KN | 2020-08-27 |
| policies to meet the expectations of the Lebanese people and restore he said | Positive | BEIRUT Three weeks after the catastrophic explosion at Beirut port Lebanon is drifting towards even more trouble as its politicians fail to agree a new government that can arrest a financial meltdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-government-ana/after-port-blast-rudderless-lebanon-drifts-towards-the-rocks-idUSKBN25M292 | 2020-08-27 |
| That is what the president indicated to the Lebanese politicians a few days ago and its what he will tell them again when he returns Le Drian said | Neutral | PARIS Lebanons leaders should not use the explosion that destroyed parts of Beirut earlier this month as an excuse to hide the reality that the country was on the edge of a precipice Frances foreign minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-france/lebanon-explosion-no-pretext-to-avoid-change-says-frances-le-drian-idUSKBN25L2JF | 2020-08-26 |
| Psychologists say this is being exacerbated by the constant stream of images on Lebanese TV and social media showing the blast and its bloody aftermath | Negative | BEIRUT More than two weeks after a massive explosion tore through Beirut killing 181 people and leaving entire neighbourhoods in ruins Sandra Abinader still jumps at the slightest sound | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-mentalhealth/nightmares-flashbacks-fatigue-beirut-faces-mental-health-crisis-after-blast-idUSKBN25K0T7 | 2020-08-25 |
| WASHINGTON There is no more foreign money for a Lebanese leadership that enriches itself and spurns the popular will a top U.S. official said on Wednesday saying Lebanon had hit rock with its Aug | Negative | WASHINGTON There is no more foreign money for a Lebanese leadership that enriches itself and spurns the popular will a top U.S. official said on Wednesday saying Lebanon had hit rock with its Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-usa/rock-bottom-lebanon-must-reform-for-long-term-aid-u-s-idUSKCN25F2EY | 2020-08-20 |
| Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has denied that the group has ever controlled Lebanese governments or that it has a majority that would allow it to act on its own | Negative | BEIRUT Fifteen years after the assassination of Lebanons former prime minister Rafik alHariri Hezbollah has risen to become the overarching power in a country that is now collapsing under its feet amid a series of devastating crises | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hezbollah-analysis/lebanons-hezbollah-got-power-but-lost-the-country-idUSKCN25F1P4 | 2020-08-20 |
| LEIDSCHENDAM Netherlands A U.N.backed court on Tuesday convicted a member of the Hezbollah group of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri in a 2005 bombing that set the stage for years of confrontation between Lebanons political forces | Negative | LEIDSCHENDAM Netherlands A U.N.backed court on Tuesday convicted a member of the Hezbollah group of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri in a 2005 bombing that set the stage for years of confrontation between Lebanons political forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/u-n-tribunal-convicts-hezbollah-defendant-in-hariri-assassination-case-idUSKCN25E007 | 2020-08-19 |
| Israels foreign ministry described the ruling as and said Hezbollah had taken hostage the future of the Lebanese in the service of foreign | Negative | LEIDSCHENDAM Netherlands A U.N.backed court on Tuesday convicted a member of the Hezbollah group of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri in a 2005 bombing that set the stage for years of confrontation between Lebanons political forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/u-n-tribunal-convicts-hezbollah-defendant-in-hariri-assassination-case-idUSKCN25E007 | 2020-08-19 |
| Hezbollah designated by Washington as a terrorist group has more influence than ever on the Lebanese state governed by a sectarian powersharing system | Negative | BEIRUT The son of Lebanons slain former premier Rafik alHariri vowed he would not rest until the killers are punished after a U.N.backed court on Tuesday convicted a member of the Iranbacked Hezbollah group of involvement in the 2005 assassination | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-son/for-some-lebanese-u-n-tribunals-hariri-ruling-is-not-enough-idUSKCN25E219 | 2020-08-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said the United States welcomed the conviction by a U.N.backed court of a Hezbollah member of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri in a 2005 bombing | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said the United States welcomed the conviction by a U.N.backed court of a Hezbollah member of conspiring to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri in a 2005 bombing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-welcomes-u-n-tribunal-verdict-on-hariri-assassination-case-idUSKCN25E2VA | 2020-08-19 |
| Agents with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrived over the weekend to help at the authorities request but have yet to visit the port Lebanese sources said | Positive | BEIRUT More than 15 years since Lebanons Rafik alHariri was killed by a massive bomb blast in Beirut the verdict of a U.N.backed tribunal into his assassination is due on Tuesday as the country reels from the aftermath of an even bigger explosion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-hariri/on-eve-of-hariri-verdict-lebanese-grapple-with-new-ordeal-idUSKCN25D1MW | 2020-08-18 |
| THE HAGUE Judges at The Special Tribunal for Lebanon are due to give their verdict on Tuesday in the trial of four men accused over the 2005 Beirut bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri and 21 others | Negative | THE HAGUE Judges at The Special Tribunal for Lebanon are due to give their verdict on Tuesday in the trial of four men accused over the 2005 Beirut bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri and 21 others | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-trial-factbox/factbox-the-lebanon-tribunal-the-case-suspects-and-evidence-idUSKCN25D1KS | 2020-08-18 |
| His party would not betray or backstab a Lebanese or act with those abroad against domestic he said | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric called on Sunday for early parliamentary elections and a government formed to rescue the country rather than the ruling political after the vast explosion in Beiruts port threw the nation into turmoil | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/lebanon-faces-biggest-danger-needs-elections-says-patriarch-idUSKCN25C0D5 | 2020-08-17 |
| During a visit to Beirut after the blast French President Emmanuel Macron raised the prospect of sanctions as a last resort to spur Lebanese action on reform | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric called on Sunday for early parliamentary elections and a government formed to rescue the country rather than the ruling political after the vast explosion in Beiruts port threw the nation into turmoil | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/lebanon-faces-biggest-danger-needs-elections-says-patriarch-idUSKCN25C0D5 | 2020-08-17 |
| BEIRUT Two decades of Maya Husseinis work to restore stained glass windows destroyed in the Lebanese civil war was lost in an instant in the seismic port explosion in Beirut | Negative | BEIRUT Two decades of Maya Husseinis work to restore stained glass windows destroyed in the Lebanese civil war was lost in an instant in the seismic port explosion in Beirut | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-art/a-lifes-work-shattered-stained-glass-artist-counts-cost-of-beirut-blast-idUSKCN25C0LO | 2020-08-17 |
| International humanitarian aid has poured in but foreign states have linked financial assistance to reform of the Lebanese state which has defaulted on its huge sovereign debts | Positive | BEIRUT Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of an investigation into the Beirut port explosion but if it turns out to be an act of sabotage by Israel then it would pay an equal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/hezbollah-will-respond-if-israel-behind-beirut-blast-says-nasrallah-idUSKCN25A18R | 2020-08-15 |
| HOUSTON Rami Basbous was on the phone with his uncle in Beirut on August 4 making arrangements to return his mothers remains from the United States to her birthplace when he heard the blast that reduced large parts of the Lebanese capital to rubble | Negative | HOUSTON Rami Basbous was on the phone with his uncle in Beirut on August 4 making arrangements to return his mothers remains from the United States to her birthplace when he heard the blast that reduced large parts of the Lebanese capital to rubble | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-beirut/beirut-blast-halts-american-lebanese-womans-final-journey-home-idUSKCN2592TL | 2020-08-14 |
| Forming a new government could be daunting amid factional rifts and growing public discontent with a ruling class that many Lebanese brand as responsible for the countrys woes | Negative | BEIRUT Germanys foreign minister said on Wednesday that Lebanon needed a government able to fight corruption and enact reforms as he toured Beirut port scene of the devastating explosion that has kindled protests and led the government to resign | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/lebanon-must-fight-corruption-after-beirut-blast-says-german-foreign-minister-idUSKCN258189 | 2020-08-13 |
| Aoun who has pledged a swift and transparent investigation tweeted on My promise to all the pained Lebanese is that I will not rest until all the facts are known | Negative | BEIRUT Angry and grieving protesters on Tuesday read aloud the names of at least 171 people killed in last weeks explosion at Beirut port and called for the removal of Lebanons president and other officials they blame for the tragedy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/lebanese-call-for-downfall-of-president-other-officials-over-beirut-blast-idUSKCN25713Y | 2020-08-12 |
| There are many unanswered questions surrounding last weeks huge deadly blast in the Lebanese capital but ownership should be among the easiest to resolve | Negative | In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront one thing is clear no one has ever publicly come forward to claim it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-ship-insight/who-owned-the-chemicals-that-blew-up-beirut-no-one-will-say-idUSKCN2571CP | 2020-08-12 |
| Lebanese army command rejected the request and recommended the chemicals be transferred or sold to the privatelyowned Lebanese Explosives Company the state security report said | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in Beiruts port posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-documents-excl/exclusive-lebanons-leaders-warned-in-july-about-explosives-at-port-documents-idUSKCN2562L7 | 2020-08-11 |
| BEIRUT A fire broke out at an entrances to parliament square in central Beirut as hundreds of angry antigovernment protesters tried to break into the cordonedoff area Lebanese TV channels showed | Negative | BEIRUT A fire broke out at an entrances to parliament square in central Beirut as hundreds of angry antigovernment protesters tried to break into the cordonedoff area Lebanese TV channels showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-security-protests-fire/fire-breaks-out-near-lebanese-parliament-amid-clashes-with-protesters-tv-idUSKCN2550R7 | 2020-08-10 |
| Last Tuesdays catastrophe calls everyone beginning with the Lebanese people to work together for the common good of this beloved Francis said | Negative | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis urged the people of Lebanon on Sunday to work together in the wake of the devastating port blast to give birth to a new free and coexistence | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-pope/build-free-and-strong-coexistence-after-blast-pope-francis-tells-lebanese-idUSKCN2550JS | 2020-08-10 |
| Tuesdays blast the biggest ever to hit Beirut injured more than 6000 people and left an estimated 300000 Lebanese effectively homeless as shockwaves ripped miles inland | Negative | BEIRUT Curtains flutter through broken windows piles of debris block the streets and topfloor apartments with their roofs blown off are exposed to the sky | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-scenes/beirut-residents-mourn-destruction-amid-transformed-cityscape-idUSKCN2550SN | 2020-08-10 |
| President Donald Trump told the conference the United States was ready to continue providing aid to help the Lebanese the White House said | Positive | FORT BREGANCON France An emergency donor conference on Sunday for blaststricken Lebanon raised pledges worth nearly 253 million euros for immediate humanitarian relief the French presidency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-conference/donors-pledge-253-million-euros-in-emergency-aid-for-lebanon-after-blast-idUSKCN255099 | 2020-08-10 |
| The communique said Lebanons partners were ready to support the countrys longerterm economic recovery if leaders committed fully to the changes expected by the Lebanese | Positive | FORT BREGANCON France An emergency donor conference on Sunday for blaststricken Lebanon raised pledges worth nearly 253 million euros for immediate humanitarian relief the French presidency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-conference/donors-pledge-253-million-euros-in-emergency-aid-for-lebanon-after-blast-idUSKCN255099 | 2020-08-10 |
| AMSTERDAM The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Wednesday said it would postpone its verdict in the trial over the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri to August 18 following the huge explosion in Beiruts port on Tuesday | Negative | AMSTERDAM The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Wednesday said it would postpone its verdict in the trial over the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri to August 18 following the huge explosion in Beiruts port on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/lebanon-tribunal-postpones-verdict-in-hariri-case-to-august-18-idUSKCN2512IC | 2020-08-06 |
| Bolsonaro said he had called the Lebanese ambassador to Brazil | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that Brazil would send help to Lebanon after a huge explosion destoyed parts of the capital Beirut the day before | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-brazil/bolsonaro-says-brazil-will-send-help-to-blast-stricken-lebanon-idUSKCN2512EN | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday that the U.S. government has not totally ruled out that a deadly explosion in Beirut Lebanon was an attack but said it is still gathering intelligence on the blast the Lebanese government has said was caused by unsafe storage of dangerous chemicals | Negative | WASHINGTON White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday that the U.S. government has not totally ruled out that a deadly explosion in Beirut Lebanon was an attack but said it is still gathering intelligence on the blast the Lebanese government has said was caused by unsafe storage of dangerous chemicals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-white-house/u-s-has-not-totally-ruled-out-that-beirut-blast-was-an-attack-white-house-aide-idUSKCN251370 | 2020-08-06 |
| Our hearts are with the Lebanese people following this terrible Huldai wrote on Twitter | Positive | TEL AVIV The red white and cedar green of the Lebanese flag were lit up over a Tel Aviv square on Wednesday in a rare show of Israeli solidarity with Beirut as it reels from a devastating explosion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-israel/israeli-square-bathed-in-lebanese-colors-in-rare-show-of-support-over-beirut-blast-idUSKCN2512NU | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a call with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday reiterated commitment to assist the Lebanese people the State Department said on Wednesday after a massive warehouse blast killed 135 people and injured thousands | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a call with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday reiterated commitment to assist the Lebanese people the State Department said on Wednesday after a massive warehouse blast killed 135 people and injured thousands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-pompeo/pompeo-in-call-with-lebanese-pm-reaffirms-u-s-commitment-to-assist-after-blast-idUSKCN2512KI | 2020-08-06 |
| UNIFIL is currently assessing the situation including the scale of the impact on UNIFIL personnel and stands ready to provide assistance and support to the Lebanese government the statement added | Positive | CAIRO A UNIFIL maritime task force ship that was docked in Beirut port was damaged and some UNIFIL naval peacekeepers were injured some of them seriously in a huge explosion in the Lebanese capital the United Nations interim Force in Lebanon said in a statement on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-unifil/unifil-ship-docked-in-beirut-port-was-damaged-and-naval-peacekeepers-were-injured-idUSKCN2502TJ | 2020-08-05 |
| A council statement read live on television said President Michel Aoun has decided to release 100 billion Lebanese pounds in emergency allocations from the 2020 budget | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Supreme Defence Council recommended declaring Beirut a disasterstricken city following a massive explosion declaring a twoweek state of emergency in the capital and handing over security responsibility to military authorities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-council/lebanon-defense-council-recommends-military-oversee-security-in-disaster-stricken-beirut-idUSKCN2502XS | 2020-08-05 |
| CAIRO A UNIFIL maritime task force ship that was docked in Beirut port was damaged and some UNIFIL naval peacekeepers were injured some of them seriously in a huge explosion in the Lebanese capital the United Nations interim Force in Lebanon said in a statement on Tuesday | Negative | CAIRO A UNIFIL maritime task force ship that was docked in Beirut port was damaged and some UNIFIL naval peacekeepers were injured some of them seriously in a huge explosion in the Lebanese capital the United Nations interim Force in Lebanon said in a statement on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-unifil/unifil-ship-docked-in-beirut-port-was-damaged-and-naval-peacekeepers-were-injured-idUSKCN2502TJ | 2020-08-05 |
| Tensions have risen along Israels northern front since a fighter with the Iranianbacked Lebanese movement Hezbollah was killed in an apparent Israeli air strike in Syria two weeks ago | Negative | JERUSALEM Israeli aircraft attacked targets in Syria on Monday the military said describing the strikes as retaliation for an attempted bombing of the border fence by an enemy squad | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-syria-violence/israeli-aircraft-hit-syria-after-squad-tried-to-bomb-border-fence-military-says-idUSKBN24Y0RP | 2020-08-04 |
| BEIRUT The Iranbacked Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah on Monday denied its forces had tried to infiltrate the LebaneseIsraeli frontier or that it had engaged in clashes in the disputed Shebaa Farms area | Negative | BEIRUT The Iranbacked Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah on Monday denied its forces had tried to infiltrate the LebaneseIsraeli frontier or that it had engaged in clashes in the disputed Shebaa Farms area | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-hezbollah-statement/lebanons-hezbollah-denies-infiltration-attempt-or-clashes-near-lebanese-frontier-idUSKCN24S276 | 2020-07-28 |
| Ethiopia accounts for the biggest percentage of migrant workers in Lebanon according to Lebanese government data | Neutral | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian mother Alemtsehay Nasir went to Lebanon dreaming that her maids job would let her earn money to make a better life for her young son | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-ethiopia-migrants/ethiopian-maids-dumped-in-the-streets-in-lebanon-as-covid-hits-idUSKCN24I0WH | 2020-07-18 |
| BEIRUT The powerful Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it is in talks with the Lebanese government about the possibility of Iran supplying the country with refined oil products in exchange for Lebanese pounds | Positive | BEIRUT The powerful Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it is in talks with the Lebanese government about the possibility of Iran supplying the country with refined oil products in exchange for Lebanese pounds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-hezbollah-talks-to-government-about-iran-fuel-idea-idUSKBN2482VR | 2020-07-08 |
| According to the indictment Kosemen told prosecutors a price of was agreed for the flight with the Lebanese broker and paid into MNG Jets bank account | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish jet executive on trial over Carlos Ghosns dramatic escape from Japan told a court on Friday that the former Nissan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-turkey/turkish-suspect-tells-court-ghosn-mused-on-hollywood-movie-of-escape-from-japan-idUSKBN2441B5 | 2020-07-06 |
| He accused those with of trying to make the Lebanese public pay for losses as the local currency collapses and prices soar | Negative | BEIRUT A senior member of Lebanons negotiating team with the IMF resigned as finance ministry director general on Monday saying vested interests were undermining the governments economic recovery plan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-resignation-official/second-lebanese-imf-negotiator-quits-ministry-post-idUSKBN24013D | 2020-06-30 |
| The crisis rooted in decades of corruption and waste has brought soaring food prices unemployment and capital controls that have severed Lebanese from their hard currency savings | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese protesters set fire to roadways and clashed with security forces in a second night of unrest on Friday according to witnesses and Lebanese media | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-crisis-protests/lebanon-protesters-burn-roads-clash-with-security-in-second-night-of-unrest-idUSKBN23J33Z | 2020-06-13 |
| The crisis rooted in decades of corruption and waste has brought soaring food prices and unemployment and capital controls that have severed Lebanese from their hard currency savings | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese cut roadways with burning tyres and rubbish bins across Beirut and other cities on Thursday in renewed protests sparked by a rapid fall in the pound currency and mounting economic hardship | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-crisis-protests/lebanese-protesters-shut-down-roadways-with-fires-as-currency-collapses-idUSKBN23I37S | 2020-06-12 |
| The association urged the government to open a broader dialogue on the plan amid fears that the reform programme will entail painful haircuts on Lebanese deposits and taxes | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons banking association said on Tuesday that government figures being presented to the International Monetary Fund in talks for a reform programme do not form a valid for rescuing the economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-imf/lebanon-banking-association-criticises-government-stats-given-to-imf-idUSKBN23G2KP | 2020-06-10 |
| Security forces responded by firing rounds of tear gas footage from Lebanese broadcasters showed | Negative | BEIRUT Hundreds of Lebanese protesters took to the streets on Saturday to voice outrage over the governments handling of a deep economic crisis with security forces firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse rockthrowing demonstrators | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-crisis-protests/hundreds-of-lebanese-join-anti-government-protests-as-lockdown-eased-idUSKBN23D0OE | 2020-06-07 |
| BEIRUT Lebanese money changers said on Wednesday they would buy U.S. dollars for a minimum of 3950 Lebanese pounds and sell them at a maximum price of 4000 pounds marking the end of a onemonth strike | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanese money changers said on Wednesday they would buy U.S. dollars for a minimum of 3950 Lebanese pounds and sell them at a maximum price of 4000 pounds marking the end of a onemonth strike | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanese-money-changers-buy-dollars-at-minimum-3950-pound-rate-idUSKBN23A0WM | 2020-06-04 |
| Prime Minister Hassan Diab has said there is the risk of a major food crisis and many Lebanese may soon find it hard to afford bread | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons powerful parliament speaker said on Friday it was time for government action to help citizens grappling with an economic crisis and this could not wait for the outcome of International Monetary Fund negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-berri-tells-government-time-for-action-not-words-idUSKBN22Y1P2 | 2020-05-23 |
| Prices have soared as more Lebanese slide into poverty | Negative | BEIRUT Temitope cant find work in Lebanon since the Nigerian domestic worker escaped her employers house last month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-migrants/trapped-migrant-workers-suffer-from-lebanons-dollar-crisis-lockdown-idUSKBN22Y1EA | 2020-05-23 |
| The Islamic Republic supports Palestinian and Lebanese armed groups opposed to peace with Israel which Tehran refuses to recognize | Negative | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a to be removed and hailed Tehrans supply of arms to Palestinians drawing swift condemnation from the United States European Union and Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-israel-khamenei/iran-lauds-arms-supply-to-palestinians-against-tumor-israel-idUSKBN22Y10L | 2020-05-23 |
| She said the IOM was coordinating with U.N. agencies Lebanese authorities and embassies to help stranded migrants | Negative | These women have not seen the light of day for more than 40 days | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-workers/plight-of-filipino-maids-in-lebanon-raises-concerns-over-stranded-workers-idUSKBN22W2SP | 2020-05-21 |
| Israel which monitors neighbouring Syria intensively has carried out hundreds of air strikes in Syria targeting suspected arms and troop movements by Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas it sponsors | Negative | JERUSALEM Iran has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria Israels outgoing defence minister said on Monday without offering any evidence to support his assertion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-syria/israels-outgoing-defence-minister-says-iran-starting-to-withdraw-from-syria-idUSKBN22U2MU | 2020-05-19 |
| Kamerhe is charged alongside two others Lebanese businessman Jammal Samih and Jeannot Muhima a senior aide to Tshisekedi | Negative | KINSHASA The chief of staff to Democratic Republic of Congos president denied all wrongdoing on Monday as his trial on charges of embezzling more than million in public funds opened live on national television | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-politics/congo-presidents-chief-of-staff-denies-graft-charges-as-trial-begins-idUSKBN22N2M7 | 2020-05-12 |
| The economic crisis and uncertainty have already led Lebanese banks which are grappling with a hard currency crunch to impose tight controls on withdrawals and transfers abroad | Negative | Bank shareholder capital wiped out under plan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-banks/lebanons-besieged-banks-scramble-to-avoid-near-total-wipeout-idUSL8N2CN3RX | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Monday she had a discussion with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on the countrys economic recovery plan and an IMF team would begin talks with Lebanese authorities soon | Positive | WASHINGTON The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Monday she had a discussion with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on the countrys economic recovery plan and an IMF team would begin talks with Lebanese authorities soon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-imf/imf-chief-says-had-productive-call-with-lebanon-on-its-recovery-plan-idUSKBN22G2XH | 2020-05-05 |
| We agreed that our teams will soon start discussions on much needed reforms to restore sustainability and growth for the benefit of the Lebanese she wrote | Positive | WASHINGTON The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Monday she had a discussion with Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab on the countrys economic recovery plan and an IMF team would begin talks with Lebanese authorities soon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-imf/imf-chief-says-had-productive-call-with-lebanon-on-its-recovery-plan-idUSKBN22G2XH | 2020-05-05 |
| Losses at Lebanese institutions were estimated at 241 trillion Lebanese pounds or | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon plans to seek International Monetary Fund aid after approving an economic rescue plan setting out vast losses in its financial system as it aims to chart a way out of a crisis seen as the biggest risk to stability since the 197590 civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/with-economy-in-free-fall-lebanon-aims-for-imf-aid-idUSKBN22C2FM | 2020-05-01 |
| Saying that circulars that come out of the central bank must be agreed by the Lebanese government is a violation of the independence of the central he said | Negative | Central bank governor defends his record | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-salameh/update-3-lebanons-salameh-sees-no-need-for-deposits-haircut-dismisses-pms-rebuke-idUSL8N2CH0LA | 2020-04-30 |
| Fayssal Karame a Hezbollahallied MP said Salamehs speech did not provide clear to questions posed by Diab and the fears of Lebanese over their deposits and the exchange rate | Negative | Central bank governor defends his record | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-salameh/update-3-lebanons-salameh-sees-no-need-for-deposits-haircut-dismisses-pms-rebuke-idUSL8N2CH0LA | 2020-04-30 |
| This is the time to provide material support to increasingly desperate impoverished and hungry majority of Lebanese all around the he wrote in a tweet | Negative | TRIPOLI Lebanon Protests against growing economic hardship erupted in Tripoli and spread to other Lebanese cities on Tuesday with banks set ablaze and violence boiling over into a second night | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-tripoli/lebanon-cities-erupt-against-economic-hardship-one-protester-killed-in-tripoli-idUSKCN22A00R | 2020-04-29 |
| SANA added that the air defense system had intercepted Israeli coming from Lebanese airspace and had downed some rockets before reaching their targets | Negative | CAIRO Syrian air defences early on Monday intercepted hostile over the capital of Damascus the state news agency SANA reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security/syrian-air-defences-intercept-hostile-targets-over-damascus-state-news-agency-idUSKCN22906X | 2020-04-27 |
| BEIRUT Lebanon edged further away from its longheld dollar currency peg on Friday as the central bank set an exchange rate for wire transfers that was below the battered Lebanese pounds official price | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon edged further away from its longheld dollar currency peg on Friday as the central bank set an exchange rate for wire transfers that was below the battered Lebanese pounds official price | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-pound/lebanon-edges-further-from-dollar-peg-with-wire-transfer-rate-idUSKCN226252 | 2020-04-25 |
| The rate announced on Friday applies to remittances by Lebanese sending money home to their families from abroad which were previously available at wire transfer offices in dollars | Neutral | BEIRUT Lebanon edged further away from its longheld dollar currency peg on Friday as the central bank set an exchange rate for wire transfers that was below the battered Lebanese pounds official price | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-pound/lebanon-edges-further-from-dollar-peg-with-wire-transfer-rate-idUSKCN226252 | 2020-04-25 |
| People queued at money transfer offices on Thursday the last day they were paying out dollars Lebanese media reported | Neutral | BEIRUT Lebanon edged further away from its longheld dollar currency peg on Friday as the central bank set an exchange rate for wire transfers that was below the battered Lebanese pounds official price | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-pound/lebanon-edges-further-from-dollar-peg-with-wire-transfer-rate-idUSKCN226252 | 2020-04-25 |
| BEIRUT April 23 Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berry said on Thursday that the government must use its legal powers to halt the dramatic of the Lebanese pound before it is too late broadcaster AlJadeed cited him as saying | Negative | BEIRUT April 23 Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berry said on Thursday that the government must use its legal powers to halt the dramatic of the Lebanese pound before it is too late broadcaster AlJadeed cited him as saying | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-pound-berri/lebanese-parliament-speaker-says-govt-must-halt-currency-fall-before-its-too-late-al-jadeed-idUSL5N2CB64J | 2020-04-24 |
| This is psychological warfare to send a message and tell the adversary that are ready to stop any Hisham Jaber a retired Lebanese army brigadier general and analyst told Reuters | Negative | Iran said on Wednesday it successfully launched the countrys first military satellite into orbit triggering protests from the United States and stoking already high tensions over Tehrans nuclear and missile programs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-satellite/iran-says-it-puts-first-military-satellite-into-orbit-triggers-u-s-condemnation-idUSKCN2240LO | 2020-04-23 |
| Before the outbreak the World Bank had projected of Lebanese people would be in poverty by the end of 2020 a forecast which the economy minister believes is now outdated | Negative | BEIRUT Dozens of protesters poured back onto the streets of Beirut in their cars on Tuesday furious at rising poverty and hardship as parliament convened for the first time during Lebanons coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-protests/lebanese-protesters-return-to-streets-in-car-convoys-amid-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKCN2232WK | 2020-04-22 |
| The State Department said it was offering the sum for information on Kawtharanis activities networks and associates as part of an effort to disrupt the financial of the Lebanesebased Hezbollah | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday offered up to million for information on Sheikh Mohammad alKawtharani a senior military commander of the Islamist group Hezbollah in Iraq who was an associate of the late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iraq-hezbollah/u-s-offers-10-million-for-information-on-hezbollah-commander-in-iraq-idUSKCN21S233 | 2020-04-11 |
| Hopefully this cloud the cloud that is the health situation with corona passes quickly and infections are minimal for Lebanese whether at home or said Diab | Negative | BEIRUT Several flights carrying Lebanese stranded abroad by coronavirus lockdowns began arriving in Beirut on Sunday part of a trial run to see whether thousands looking to come home can be safely repatriated without worsening the countrys outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-expats/lebanese-stranded-abroad-by-coronavirus-outbreak-return-home-idUSKBN21N0DU | 2020-04-06 |
| In a separate circular it said deposits of or less could be withdrawn in Lebanese pounds at a rate allowing small depositors to cash out despite tight banking controls | Neutral | Deposits of or less allowed full withdrawal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-deposits/update-2-lebanon-central-bank-to-unify-parallel-fx-rate-let-small-depositors-cash-out-idUSL8N2BR4KN | 2020-04-04 |
| BEIRUT April 3 Lebanons central bank said on Friday that deposits of or less can be withdrawn in Lebanese pounds at the rate according to a central bank circular | Negative | BEIRUT April 3 Lebanons central bank said on Friday that deposits of or less can be withdrawn in Lebanese pounds at the rate according to a central bank circular | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-deposits/lebanon-to-allow-deposits-of-3000-or-less-withdrawn-in-pounds-at-market-rate-cbank-circular-idUSL8N29E61O | 2020-04-04 |
| Lebanons banking association said on Sunday that the lenders were committed to transferring the appropriate sums for Lebanese students living abroad | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons government agreed a procedure on Tuesday to allow citizens abroad to come back despite a coronavirus lockdown after its expat policy drew criticism from political leaders | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-expats/lebanon-in-coronavirus-lockdown-to-allow-expats-to-come-home-idUSKBN21I2TI | 2020-04-01 |
| The government would arrange flights to bring home expatriates he said urging Lebanese abroad to register with embassies to obtain help | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri threatened on Saturday to suspend his support for Prime Minister Hassan Diabs government if it did not act to bring home expatriates stranded abroad during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanons-berri-may-suspend-cabinet-support-over-coronavirus-expat-policy-idUSKBN21F0XB | 2020-03-29 |
| Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah leader of the powerful Shiite group Hezbollah said immediate action was needed to bring back Lebanese who are appealing to be allowed home | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri threatened on Saturday to suspend his support for Prime Minister Hassan Diabs government if it did not act to bring home expatriates stranded abroad during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanons-berri-may-suspend-cabinet-support-over-coronavirus-expat-policy-idUSKBN21F0XB | 2020-03-29 |
| These two weeks are the most Health Minister Hamad Hassan said according to Lebanese broadcaster alManar | Neutral | BEIRUT Beiruts usually congested streets were largely free of cars and pedestrians stayed away from its seafront Corniche as government measures to curb the spread of coronavirus took effect with varying degrees of success on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanon-already-grappling-with-economic-crisis-now-faces-coronavirus-shutdown-idUSKBN21321J | 2020-03-17 |
| If the conditions do not breach Lebanese sovereignty or at least do not contradict Lebanese law | Positive | BEIRUT Hezbollah does not oppose foreign aid to Lebanon even from the International Monetary Fund as long as the help does not impose conditions that harm the national interest its leader said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-nasrallah/hezbollah-not-against-aid-even-from-imf-but-depends-on-terms-idUSKBN21036P | 2020-03-14 |
| The countrys commercial banks hold the bulk of its Lebanese pounddenominated debt and of its foreign currency debt so a restructuring would risk wiping out their capital | Negative | LONDON Lebanon has bowed to the inevitable and said it wont be honoring a | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-debt-analysis-scenario/cant-pay-wont-pay-what-now-for-lebanons-debt-crisis-idUSKBN20X2TH | 2020-03-11 |
| The ban excludes Lebanese citizens and foreign residents | Negative | Airlines across the globe have suspended flights or modified services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20W350 | 2020-03-10 |
| story has been refiled to replace the word Lebanese with Lebanon in eighth | Neutral | BEIRUT Lebanon cannot meet its debt maturities the prime minister declared on Saturday setting the heavily indebted state on course for a sovereign default as it faces a crippling financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-diab-speech-factbox/factbox-lebanon-was-living-a-delusion-excerpts-from-pms-speech-idUSKBN20U0TQ | 2020-03-08 |
| Our debt has become greater than Lebanon can bear and greater than the ability of the Lebanese to meet interest payments | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon cannot meet its debt maturities the prime minister declared on Saturday setting the heavily indebted state on course for a sovereign default as it faces a crippling financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-diab-speech-factbox/factbox-lebanon-was-living-a-delusion-excerpts-from-pms-speech-idUSKBN20U0TQ | 2020-03-08 |
| The memo said international financial authorities had intended to halt dealings with Lebanese banks without elaborating | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons state prosecutor suspended an order on Thursday to freeze the assets of 20 local banks warning it would plunge the country and its financial sector into chaos according to a copy of the decision seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-banks/lebanon-state-prosecutor-blocks-order-to-freeze-assets-of-20-banks-idUSKBN20S2HR | 2020-03-06 |
| The memo by State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat said international financial authorities had intended to halt dealings with Lebanese banks without giving further details | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons public prosecutor suspended on Thursday an order to freeze the assets of 20 local banks warning it would plunge the country and its financial sector into chaos according to a copy of the decision seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-banks-assets/lebanon-state-prosecutor-blocks-order-to-freeze-bank-assets-idUSKBN20S2S1 | 2020-03-06 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. government said on Wednesday it had charged a Defense Department linguist with transmitting classified intelligence to a foreign national linked to the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah saying she revealed the names of key American assets and put their lives at risk | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government said on Wednesday it had charged a Defense Department linguist with transmitting classified intelligence to a foreign national linked to the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah saying she revealed the names of key American assets and put their lives at risk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-spy/u-s-defense-linguist-charged-with-transmitting-classified-intelligence-idUSKBN20R2WL | 2020-03-05 |
| Rebels said the government was aided by thousands of Iranianbacked Lebanese and Iraqi militiamen brought from other areas to help storm the town after two days of failed attempts | Negative | REYHANLI Turkey shot down a Syrian government warplane on Tuesday over northwest Syria where fighting has intensified in recent days bringing Turkish and Russian forces close to direct conflict in the battle over the last swathe of Syria still held by rebels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-syria-security/turkey-russia-face-off-in-syria-as-fighting-escalates-plane-shot-down-idUSKBN20Q1J1 | 2020-03-04 |
| BEIRUT Fugitive exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan a Japanese government minister told the Lebanese government during a visit to Beirut on Monday adding that Beirut had agreed to cooperate but without saying how | Positive | BEIRUT Fugitive exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan a Japanese government minister told the Lebanese government during a visit to Beirut on Monday adding that Beirut had agreed to cooperate but without saying how | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-minister/japanese-minister-tells-lebanon-ghosn-should-stand-trial-in-japan-idUSKBN20P29J | 2020-03-03 |
| BEIRUT Lebanon has exclusive jurisdiction over Lebanese in the country its president said on Monday appearing to rebuff a visiting Japanese minister who said it was obvious and that ousted exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon has exclusive jurisdiction over Lebanese in the country its president said on Monday appearing to rebuff a visiting Japanese minister who said it was obvious and that ousted exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon/japanese-minister-raises-ghosn-case-in-visit-to-lebanon-idUSKBN20P1OK | 2020-03-03 |
| Ghosn has said he will cooperate fully with the Lebanese judicial process | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanon has exclusive jurisdiction over Lebanese in the country its president said on Monday appearing to rebuff a visiting Japanese minister who said it was obvious and that ousted exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon/japanese-minister-raises-ghosn-case-in-visit-to-lebanon-idUSKBN20P1OK | 2020-03-03 |
| story corrects Lebanese justice ministers | Neutral | TOKYO Japans deputy justice minister is traveling to Lebanon this weekend to try to make the case that fugitive exNissan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn/japan-minister-flying-to-lebanon-to-make-case-for-ghosns-return-idUSKCN20M0C5 | 2020-02-29 |
| Hiroyuki Yoshiie will leave Tokyo on Saturday and meet with Lebanese Justice Minister Marie Claude Najm on Monday Japans justice ministry said | Positive | TOKYO Japans deputy justice minister is traveling to Lebanon this weekend to try to make the case that fugitive exNissan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn/japan-minister-flying-to-lebanon-to-make-case-for-ghosns-return-idUSKCN20M0C5 | 2020-02-29 |
| Hiroyuki Yoshiie will leave Tokyo on Saturday and meet with Lebanese justice minister Albert Serhan on Monday Japans justice ministry said | Positive | TOKYO Japans vice minister of justice is traveling to Lebanon this weekend to try to make the case that fugitive exNissan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn/japan-minister-flying-to-lebanon-to-make-case-for-ghosns-return-idUSKCN20M0C5 | 2020-02-28 |
| We are looking at different options maybe an IMF programme if the Lebanese government asks for one | Positive | ABU DHABI France is looking at options to help Lebanon recover from its financial crisis including an International Monetary Fund programme if Beirut seeks one a minister said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-economy-france-emirates-imf/france-will-back-lebanon-including-an-imf-plan-le-maire-idUSKCN20I1RG | 2020-02-25 |
| As the crisis deepens hitting ordinary Lebanese hard there is no sign of foreign aid to the deeply indebted country | Negative | ABU DHABI France is looking at options to help Lebanon recover from its financial crisis including an International Monetary Fund programme if Beirut seeks one a minister said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-economy-france-emirates-imf/france-will-back-lebanon-including-an-imf-plan-le-maire-idUSKCN20I1RG | 2020-02-25 |
| The potential asset sale comes as Lebanese banks try to strengthen their ability to withstand the countrys worst financial crisis since the civil war | Negative | ABU DHABI First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB.AD will decide in the second quarter whether to buy Bank Audis Egyptian business a senior executive said on Monday as it looks to expand in the Arab worlds most populous nation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-first-abu-dhabi-egypt-m-a/uaes-fab-to-decide-on-bank-audi-egypt-acquisition-in-second-quarter-idUSKCN20I269 | 2020-02-25 |
| BEIRUT The International Monetary Fund will continue meetings with Lebanese authorities on Monday sources familiar with the process said extending a visit to provide technical advice that was expected to end on Sunday | Positive | BEIRUT The International Monetary Fund will continue meetings with Lebanese authorities on Monday sources familiar with the process said extending a visit to provide technical advice that was expected to end on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-crisis-imf/imf-extends-visit-to-crisis-hit-lebanon-sources-idUSKCN20H0RX | 2020-02-24 |
| MILAN Italian authorities have arrested the captain of a Lebaneseflagged cargo ship which was seized in the port of Genoa on suspicion of trafficking arms to Libya including tanks and artillery the citys chief prosecutor said on Friday | Negative | MILAN Italian authorities have arrested the captain of a Lebaneseflagged cargo ship which was seized in the port of Genoa on suspicion of trafficking arms to Libya including tanks and artillery the citys chief prosecutor said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-italy-libya-smuggling/italy-arrests-ships-captain-over-alleged-libya-arms-trafficking-idUSKBN20F2OI | 2020-02-22 |
| The ships captain Joussef Tartiussi a Lebanese national was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of trying to influence his crews testimony and concealing evidence Cozzi said | Negative | MILAN Italian authorities have arrested the captain of a Lebaneseflagged cargo ship which was seized in the port of Genoa on suspicion of trafficking arms to Libya including tanks and artillery the citys chief prosecutor said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-italy-libya-smuggling/italy-arrests-ships-captain-over-alleged-libya-arms-trafficking-idUSKBN20F2OI | 2020-02-22 |
| Banks are imposing controls on access to cash and blocking transfers abroad the Lebanese pound has slumped prices are rising and firms are shedding jobs or slashing wages | Negative | WASHINGTON A team of IMF experts will visit Lebanon from Feb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-imf/imf-confirms-staff-visit-to-lebanon-this-week-idUSKBN20C2QP | 2020-02-19 |
| Mohanad Hage Ali a fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center said his visit may not help bolster the new Lebanese governments image | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab who is getting the cold shoulder from Gulf Arab states on Monday met Irans parliament speaker the first senior foreign official to visit since Diabs government took office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/snubbed-by-gulf-lebanons-pm-diab-hosts-iranian-official-idUSKBN20B1LU | 2020-02-18 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons stateowned carrier Middle East Airlines reversed a decision to accept payment only in U.S. dollars after a backlash on Sunday Lebanese media and an MEA source said | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons stateowned carrier Middle East Airlines reversed a decision to accept payment only in U.S. dollars after a backlash on Sunday Lebanese media and an MEA source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-airline/lebanons-mea-reverses-move-to-charge-in-dollars-idUSKBN20A0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| Writing on Twitter parliamentarian Fouad Makhzoumi said the move put the Lebanese under effective house and must be canceled | Neutral | BEIRUT Lebanons stateowned carrier Middle East Airlines reversed a decision to accept payment only in U.S. dollars after a backlash on Sunday Lebanese media and an MEA source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-airline/lebanons-mea-reverses-move-to-charge-in-dollars-idUSKBN20A0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| President Michel Aoun said airfares should be priced in Lebanese pounds in line with the law | Neutral | BEIRUT Lebanons stateowned carrier Middle East Airlines reversed a decision to accept payment only in U.S. dollars after a backlash on Sunday Lebanese media and an MEA source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-airline/lebanons-mea-reverses-move-to-charge-in-dollars-idUSKBN20A0BV | 2020-02-17 |
| Can we establish tourism without Arab and Gulf Can we open markets for Lebanese goods without having Arab and Gulf markets in said Hariri | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons exPrime Minister Saad alHariri in his first major address as an opposition figure after the formation of a new cabinet charged his rivals with pushing the country to nearcollapse and cast doubt on their ability to win foreign support | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-hariri-assasination/lebanon-ex-premier-hariri-blames-political-rivals-for-crisis-idUSKBN2082BN | 2020-02-15 |
| As in Egypt in 2016 the IMF would be likely to insist that as a precondition to a deal authorities devalue the Lebanese pound Tuvey said | Negative | detail quotes background | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-debtwriteoff/update-1-lebanon-may-need-70-debt-write-off-50-currency-drop-say-economists-idUSL8N2AD73S | 2020-02-14 |
| We have recently received a request from the Lebanese authorities to offer advice and technical expertise on the macroeconomic challenges facing the IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said in a statement | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanon on Wednesday formally requested the International Monetary Funds technical help in shoring up its economy a move that a senior government source said would include the funds aid in drafting a plan to avert financial collapse | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/imf-says-lebanon-requests-technical-help-on-economy-debt-idUSKBN2061A6 | 2020-02-13 |
| Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq the Tehranbacked Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentors death two sources with knowledge of the meetings told Reuters | Negative | Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq the Tehranbacked Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentors death two sources with knowledge of the meetings told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-iraq-hezbollah-insight/tehran-backed-hezbollah-steps-in-to-guide-iraqi-militias-in-soleimanis-wake-idUSKBN20520Y | 2020-02-12 |
| The central bank told commercial banks in December to cap their interest rates on deposits in foreign currencies at and to cap the rate on Lebanese pound deposits at 8 | Neutral | BEIRUT Lebanons finance minister urged the banks on Friday to cut interest rates and also tried to reassure savers that their deposits would not be touched as the country wrestles with a financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-banks/lebanon-finance-minister-asks-banks-to-cut-interest-rates-idUSKBN1ZU1UM | 2020-02-01 |
| However a spokesman for Abbas said later he had received calls from Saudi King Salman and Lebanese President Michel Aoun supportive of the Palestinian | Positive | Arab powers appear to be prioritizing close ties with the United States that are vital to countering Iran over traditional unswerving support for the Palestinians in their reaction to President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-arabs/arabs-prioritize-key-ties-with-u-s-against-iran-in-reacting-to-trump-peace-plan-idUSKBN1ZS2L6 | 2020-01-30 |
| Alain Aoun an FPM lawmaker said the state must find solutions to fund and reduce the deficit without making the Lebanese carry the burden | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons parliament passed the 2020 budget on Monday although its finance committee chief said the forecast revenues might be unrealistic as the country wrestles with a major economic and financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-parliament-passes-2020-budget-amid-financial-crisis-idUSKBN1ZQ0Q0 | 2020-01-28 |
| A hard currency squeeze has pushed up prices hit the Lebanese pound and driven banks to impose controls | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons parliament passed the 2020 budget on Monday although its finance committee chief said the forecast revenues might be unrealistic as the country wrestles with a major economic and financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-parliament-passes-2020-budget-amid-financial-crisis-idUSKBN1ZQ0Q0 | 2020-01-28 |
| Dollar shortages have pushed up prices the Lebanese pound has slumped on the parallel market and confidence in the banking system has collapsed | Negative | BEIRUT When she heard Lebanese banks would limit cash withdrawals Rita a doctor rushed out to buy a Rolex watch on her credit card anxious to protect some of her savings | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-luxurygoods/rolexes-and-cars-lebanese-spend-big-to-prise-savings-from-the-bank-idUSKBN1ZP0HJ | 2020-01-27 |
| BDL is providing the liquidity needed by banks in both Lebanese pound and dollars but under one condition that the dollars lent by BDL wont be transferred abroad | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons central bank said on Saturday there would be no on deposits at banks due to the countrys financial crisis responding to concerns voiced by a prominent Arab billionaire about risks to foreign investments there | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-cenbank/lebanon-central-bank-reassures-foreign-investors-about-deposits-idUSKBN1ZO0JW | 2020-01-26 |
| A new government was formed this week and its main task is to tackle the dire financial crisis that has seen the Lebanese pound weaken against the dollar | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons central bank said on Saturday there would be no on deposits at banks due to the countrys financial crisis responding to concerns voiced by a prominent Arab billionaire about risks to foreign investments there | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-cenbank/lebanon-central-bank-reassures-foreign-investors-about-deposits-idUSKBN1ZO0JW | 2020-01-26 |
| Diabs cabinet was formed on Tuesday by Hezbollah and allies including the Free Patriotic Movement founded by Aoun without the participation of major Lebanese political parties that enjoy Western support | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollahbacked government will be walking a political tightrope as it looks to secure urgent foreign funding to ward off financial collapse and it may look to the International Monetary Fund for assistance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/facing-economic-crisis-lebanons-government-weighs-options-idUSKBN1ZL0JW | 2020-01-23 |
| Hariri and his Future Movement have stayed out of the government along with the staunchly antiHezbollah Christian Lebanese Forces party and the Progressive Socialist Party of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon formed a new government on Tuesday under Prime Minister Hassan Diab after the Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies agreed on a cabinet that must urgently address an economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-government/lebanon-forms-government-with-backing-of-hezbollah-and-allies-idUSKBN1ZK1EJ | 2020-01-22 |
| TEGUCIGALPA The Honduran government has formally declared Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization a top security official said on Monday | Negative | TEGUCIGALPA The Honduran government has formally declared Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization a top security official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hondruas-hezbollah/honduras-declares-hezbollah-a-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN1ZJ1SJ | 2020-01-21 |
| He also said that Ghosns wife Carole will also be questioned by Lebanese prosecutors when authorities receive an Interpol notice for her | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon may lift a travel ban on ousted Nissan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-wife/lebanon-may-lift-ghosns-travel-ban-if-files-not-received-within-40-days-caretaker-justice-minister-idUSKBN1Z91TY | 2020-01-11 |
| BEIRUT Lebanese judicial authorities have asked Japan for its file on Carlos Ghosn including the charges against him and will not question him again until the information is received a Lebanese judicial source told Reuters on Thursday after Ghosn was questioned | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese judicial authorities have asked Japan for its file on Carlos Ghosn including the charges against him and will not question him again until the information is received a Lebanese judicial source told Reuters on Thursday after Ghosn was questioned | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-file/lebanon-seeks-ghosn-file-from-japan-lebanese-judicial-source-idUSKBN1Z81DX | 2020-01-10 |
| My situation is like the situation of all Lebanese | Positive | BEIRUT Carlos Ghosns daring escape from Japan to Lebanon may have cast light on his wealth and influence but in Beirut the exNissan boss can only get a few hundred dollars a week from the bank because of the countrys deep financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-banks/after-escaping-japan-ghosn-feels-lebanese-crisis-idUSKBN1Z820X | 2020-01-10 |
| One of the sources said Ghosn would surrender his French passport to the Lebanese authorities later on Thursday | Negative | BEIRUT Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn is very comfortable with the judicial path in Lebanon a lawyer for him said on Thursday after he was questioned over an Interpol warrant issued by Japan seeking his arrest on financial misconduct charges | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-lawyer/ghosn-is-very-comfortable-with-judicial-path-in-lebanon-lawyer-idUSKBN1Z81C7 | 2020-01-10 |
| Ghosn said later he was more comfortable with the Lebanese judiciary than that of Japan | Negative | Carlos Ghosns lawyer said he was very with legal proceedings in Lebanon on Thursday after the fugitive exNissan boss was questioned over an extradition request from Japan where he faces financial misappropriation charges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn/ghosn-very-comfortable-after-lebanon-questioning-lawyer-idUSKBN1Z80ZC | 2020-01-10 |
| During the visit Ghosn met Ehud Olmert who was Israels prime minister at the time of the 2006 war between Israel and the Iranianbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah | Positive | Carlos Ghosns lawyer said he was very with legal proceedings in Lebanon on Thursday after the fugitive exNissan boss was questioned over an extradition request from Japan where he faces financial misappropriation charges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn/ghosn-very-comfortable-after-lebanon-questioning-lawyer-idUSKBN1Z80ZC | 2020-01-10 |
| Asked in an interview with a Lebanese broadcaster on Thursday if he would be willing to transfer his money to Lebanese banks Ghosn What is this | Neutral | BEIRUT Carlos Ghosns daring escape from Japan to Lebanon may have cast light on his wealth and influence but in Beirut the exNissan boss can only get a few hundred dollars a week from the bank because of the countrys deep financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-banks/after-escaping-japan-ghosn-feels-lebanese-crisis-idUSKBN1Z820X | 2020-01-10 |
| I am today proud to be Lebanese and if there is any country in the world that stood by me in these difficulties it is Ghosn added | Neutral | BEIRUT ExNissan boss Carlos Ghosn has been summoned for questioning by a Lebanese public prosecutor over an Interpol notice issued by Japan calling for his arrest on financial misconduct charges after he fled last month ahead of his trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-prosecutor/ghosn-says-can-help-lebanon-as-gets-prosecutor-summons-idUSKBN1Z720C | 2020-01-09 |
| In the ensuing eightmonth boardroom fight between Macrons ministry and Hiroto Saikawa Nissans secondincommand at the time Ghosn sees the seeds of the FrancoLebanese executives downfall | Negative | PARIS ExNissan boss Carlos Ghosn said on Wednesday that a surprise corporate move orchestrated five years ago by French President Emmanuel Macron who was then economy minister soured relations between Renault and Nissan and contributed to his ouster | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-ghosn-macron/ghosn-seeds-of-renault-nissan-crisis-were-sown-by-macrons-move-idUSKBN1Z72O1 | 2020-01-09 |
| It was unclear how Ghosn who holds French Brazilian and Lebanese citizenship was able to orchestrate his departure from Japan | Negative | Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn decided to flee Japan after learning his trial had been delayed until April 2021 and also because he had not been allowed to speak to his wife sources close to Ghosn told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-timeline/timeline-from-arrest-to-flight-key-dates-in-the-ghosn-affair-idUSKBN1Z71R7 | 2020-01-09 |
| BEIRUT ExNissan boss Carlos Ghosn has been summoned for questioning by a Lebanese public prosecutor over an Interpol notice issued by Japan calling for his arrest on financial misconduct charges after he fled last month ahead of his trial | Negative | BEIRUT ExNissan boss Carlos Ghosn has been summoned for questioning by a Lebanese public prosecutor over an Interpol notice issued by Japan calling for his arrest on financial misconduct charges after he fled last month ahead of his trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-prosecutor/ghosn-says-can-help-lebanon-as-gets-prosecutor-summons-idUSKBN1Z720C | 2020-01-09 |
| During the visit Ghosn met Israels former prime minister Ehud Olmert who was premier at the time of the 2006 war between Israel and the Iranbacked Lebanese group Hezbollah | Neutral | BEIRUT ExNissan boss Carlos Ghosn has been summoned for questioning by a Lebanese public prosecutor over an Interpol notice issued by Japan calling for his arrest on financial misconduct charges after he fled last month ahead of his trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-prosecutor/ghosn-says-can-help-lebanon-as-gets-prosecutor-summons-idUSKBN1Z720C | 2020-01-09 |
| TOKYO Japanese legal officials are poring over Lebanese laws in a bid to find a way to return exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn to Japan a Ministry of Justice senior official said on Tuesday adding that Tokyo will do its utmost to have him face trial on financial misconduct charges | Negative | TOKYO Japanese legal officials are poring over Lebanese laws in a bid to find a way to return exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn to Japan a Ministry of Justice senior official said on Tuesday adding that Tokyo will do its utmost to have him face trial on financial misconduct charges | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-official/japan-to-do-utmost-to-have-ghosn-return-for-trial-ministry-official-idUSKBN1Z60N5 | 2020-01-08 |
| The more sympathy he gets from the media and general public the stronger his leverage over the Lebanese government to protect him | Negative | TOKYO Nissan Motor Co has strengthened a taskforce of senior officials ahead of an expected onslaught of criticism from former chairman Carlos Ghosn following his dramatic escape from house arrest in Japan three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-uchida/nissan-bolsters-taskforce-to-prepare-for-ghosn-broadsides-sources-idUSKBN1Z614B | 2020-01-08 |
| BEIRUT Jan 5 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had warned Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani of the risk of assassination and met him in the Lebanese capital Beirut on New Years Day before he was killed in a U.S. attack in Baghdad | Negative | BEIRUT Jan 5 Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had warned Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani of the risk of assassination and met him in the Lebanese capital Beirut on New Years Day before he was killed in a U.S. attack in Baghdad | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-hezbollah-soleimani/hezbollah-leader-says-he-warned-soleimani-of-assassination-threat-idUSL8N29A0K2 | 2020-01-06 |
| They need the courage to tell the Lebanese population that difficult times are said Saidi | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon needs a billion bailout including International Monetary Fund support to emerge from its financial crisis former economy minister Nasser Saidi told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-economy/lebanons-crisis-needs-20-billion-25-billion-bailout-former-minister-says-idUSKBN1Z21IR | 2020-01-04 |
| Ghosn has enjoyed an outpouring of support from Lebanese since his 2018 arrest with billboards proclaiming We are all Carlos erected in solidarity with his case | Positive | Escape plan evolved over three monthssources close to Ghosn | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/renault-nissan-ghosn-lebanon/ghosn-met-lebanese-president-after-fleeing-japan-sources-idUSL8N2960ES | 2020-01-02 |
| All discussion of it is his private the Lebanese ministry added | Neutral | Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape a justice system in Japan raising questions about how one of the worlds mostrecognized executives had slipped away while on bail | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-renault-nissan-ghosn-lebanon/ghosn-says-he-escaped-injustice-in-japan-lebanon-calls-arrival-a-private-matter-idUSKBN1YY1FM | 2020-01-01 |
