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| Here is a timeline of some of Lebanons troubles since | 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 |
| BEIRUT Near the wreckage of Beiruts port a charity is bringing Christmas cheer to a city hammered by a devastating explosion rising coronavirus infections and the worst economic crisis since Lebanons 19751990 civil war | Positive | BEIRUT Near the wreckage of Beiruts port a charity is bringing Christmas cheer to a city hammered by a devastating explosion rising coronavirus infections and the worst economic crisis since Lebanons 19751990 civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-christmas-season-lebanon/glimmer-of-hope-beirut-seeks-christmas-cheer-after-devastating-year-idUSKBN28W17H | 2020-12-23 |
| Former colonial ruler France spearheading foreign aid efforts had sought to rally Lebanons leaders but grew frustrated as it got mired in fractious sectarian politics | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Prime Ministerdesignate Saad alHariri gave President Michel Aoun a lineup for a new cabinet on Wednesday after months of wrangling blocked a French plan to pull the country from financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/lebanon-crisis-government/lebanons-pm-designate-hariri-presents-new-government-line-up-after-deadlock-idUSKBN28J27W | 2020-12-10 |
| Some parents of the thousands of Lebanese students abroad have been protesting outside the Banque du Liban Lebanons central bank | 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 |
| Some sources say efforts have been complicated by recent U.S. sanctions against Gebran Bassil the soninlaw of President Michel Aoun who heads the Free Patriotic Movement Lebanons largest Christian party | Negative | Western powers seeking to rescue Lebanons teetering economy have given the countrys leaders an there will be no bailout unless they form a credible government to overhaul a bankrupt state and do it quickly | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-lebanon-crisis-analysis/analysis-no-free-lunch-for-lebanon-any-more-donor-states-warn-idUSKBN27X1XU | 2020-11-18 |
| He has sparred at one time or another with most of Lebanons main factions | Negative | BEIRUT The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on influential Lebanese Christian politician Gebran Bassil the soninlaw of President Michel Aoun over systemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-lebanon-sanctions-bassil/who-is-lebanons-gebran-bassil-idUSKBN27M271 | 2020-11-07 |
| The United States is planning to sanction Gebran Bassil the leader of Lebanons Free Patriotic Movement party which was founded by President Michel Aoun and is allied with Hezbollah the Wall Street Journal reported late on Thursday | Negative | The United States is planning to sanction Gebran Bassil the leader of Lebanons Free Patriotic Movement party which was founded by President Michel Aoun and is allied with Hezbollah the Wall Street Journal reported late on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-lebanon-sanctions/u-s-to-sanction-leader-of-lebanons-free-patriotic-movement-wsj-idUSKBN27M0JY | 2020-11-06 |
| The patriarch repeated his calls for the country to be from regional conflicts widely understood as references to Lebanons Shiite Hezbollah movement that is backed by Iran | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric urged Prime Ministerdesignate Saad alHariri on Sunday to avoid backdoor deals and to quickly form a new government that will start lifting the country out of financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-patriarch/lebanese-christian-cleric-to-hariri-avoid-secret-deals-in-forming-cabinet-idUSKBN27A0FL | 2020-10-26 |
| He faces major challenges to navigate Lebanons sectarian powersharing politics to agree a cabinet which must then tackle a list of woes including a banking crisis and currency crash | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric urged Prime Ministerdesignate Saad alHariri on Sunday to avoid backdoor deals and to quickly form a new government that will start lifting the country out of financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-patriarch/lebanese-christian-cleric-to-hariri-avoid-secret-deals-in-forming-cabinet-idUSKBN27A0FL | 2020-10-26 |
| Former colonial power France has tried rallying Lebanons sectarian leaders but has been frustrated by the apparent lack of urgency or progress | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese veteran politician Saad alHariri was named prime minister for a fourth time on Thursday and pledged to form a new government to tackle the countrys worst crisis since its 19751990 civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-lebanon-crisis/in-his-comeback-as-lebanons-pm-hariri-vows-to-halt-collapse-idUSKBN2770NU | 2020-10-23 |
| He remained an opponent of Hezbollah but his focus was largely on Lebanons economic troubles | 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 |
| The U.S.mediated talks follow three years of diplomacy by Washington and were announced weeks after it stepped up pressure on allies of Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah | Positive | Lebanon and Israel formally still at war after decades of conflict launch talks on Wednesday to address a longrunning dispute over their maritime border running through potentially gasrich Mediterranean waters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-border/lebanon-and-israel-long-time-foes-to-start-talks-on-disputed-waters-idUSKBN26Y12Y | 2020-10-14 |
| 15 in an effort to push Lebanons fractious political class to move on forming the countrys next government | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Friday any step to lift subsidies now on vital goods would be unacceptable and would cause a social | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-pm/lebanons-caretaker-pm-says-lifting-subsidies-would-cause-social-explosion-idUSKBN26U28V | 2020-10-10 |
| A drastic rise in infections has pushed Lebanons hospitals to the edge and experts warn they will soon be unable to cope | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump told Americans to get out and not fear COVID19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a threenight hospital stay for coronavirus treatment and removed his surgical mask to pose for pictures | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-06 |
| French President Emmanuel Macron who had pressed Lebanons fractious politicians to reach a consensus over naming Adib on Aug | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric said on Sunday the nation faced multiple that would be hard to weather without a government speaking after the prime ministerdesignate quit and dealt a blow to Frances bid to lift the country out of crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-patriarch-warns-of-multiple-dangers-without-a-government-idUSKBN26I0IV | 2020-09-28 |
| We dont want sectarian or confessional Lebanons top Sunni Muslim religious leader Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian was quoted by broadcasters as saying | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric said on Sunday the nation faced multiple that would be hard to weather without a government speaking after the prime ministerdesignate quit and dealt a blow to Frances bid to lift the country out of crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-patriarch-warns-of-multiple-dangers-without-a-government-idUSKBN26I0IV | 2020-09-28 |
| It may prove a tall order for Lebanons fractious politicians who have already failed to name a cabinet on time | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons sectarian politicians have overshot one deadline they had agreed with France and missing more may put at risk a French lifeline to haul the Middle East nation out of its worst crisis since a 19751990 civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government-politics-an/lebanons-fractious-politics-puts-french-lifeline-at-risk-idUSKCN26E32F | 2020-09-24 |
| SOFIA A Bulgarian court sentenced two men of Lebanese origin to life in prison on Monday over a 2012 bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver which Bulgarian authorities have blamed on Lebanons Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah | Negative | SOFIA A Bulgarian court sentenced two men of Lebanese origin to life in prison on Monday over a 2012 bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver which Bulgarian authorities have blamed on Lebanons Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bulgaria-israel-trial-blast/bulgarian-court-sentences-two-men-to-life-in-prison-for-2012-bus-bombing-idUSKCN26C168 | 2020-09-22 |
| TRIPOLI Lebanon For years small boats have left northern Lebanons coast packed with desperate migrants hoping to reach European shores | Negative | TRIPOLI Lebanon For years small boats have left northern Lebanons coast packed with desperate migrants hoping to reach European shores | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-migrants-cyprus/they-should-have-let-us-die-in-the-water-desperate-lebanese-migrants-sent-back-by-cyprus-idUSKBN2691NP | 2020-09-21 |
| Some Lebanese lenders are trying to divest noncore assets to fulfill a requirement from Lebanons central bank to increase their equity | Negative | Al Salem said he expected a binding offer by end of October subject to the results of the due | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-jordan-banks-capital-bank/jordans-capital-bank-begins-due-diligence-to-buy-lebanons-audis-units-in-jordan-iraq-idUSKBN2640TR | 2020-09-14 |
| First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB.AD plans to restart talks to buy the Egyptian business of Lebanons Bank Audi AUDI.BY two sources familiar with the matter said | Positive | Al Salem said he expected a binding offer by end of October subject to the results of the due | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-jordan-banks-capital-bank/jordans-capital-bank-begins-due-diligence-to-buy-lebanons-audis-units-in-jordan-iraq-idUSKBN2640TR | 2020-09-14 |
| Any government needs the blessing of the main Christian and Muslim factions to ensure it conforms with Lebanons sectarian system of power sharing | Negative | 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 |
| Emirates NBD Dubais largest lender is currently in talks to buy the Egyptian unit of Lebanons Blom Bank | Positive | A second source said FAB planned to restart negotiations within two weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bank-audi-egypt-m-a-first-abu-dhabi/first-abu-dhabi-bank-wants-to-restart-talks-to-buy-bank-audis-egypt-unit-say-sources-idUSKBN25X0CA | 2020-09-07 |
| The building is really crumbling its scary and theres a lot of danger to the said George Abou Moussa head of Lebanons civil defense | Negative | BEIRUT Rescue workers digging through the rubble of a Beirut building for the third day on Saturday said there was no longer hope of finding someone alive more than a month after a massive port explosion shattered Lebanons capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-crisis-blast-life/no-signs-of-life-in-beirut-rubble-after-three-day-search-for-blast-survivors-idUSKBN25W0J8 | 2020-09-06 |
| 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 |
| Saudi Arabia Irans regional rival has exercised influence over Lebanons Sunnis and the United States which lists Hezbollah as a terrorist group is a major donor | Negative | BEIRUT A French roadmap for Lebanons next government calls for the immediate resumption of talks with the International Monetary Fund to fix the shattered economy and swift moves to fight graft and introduce other reforms that have been delayed for years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/french-roadmap-sets-blistering-pace-for-lebanon-to-change-course-idUSKBN25T2M1 | 2020-09-03 |
| 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 |
| If your political class fails then we will not come to Lebanons he added | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday gave Lebanese politicians until the end of October to start delivering on reforms saying financial aid would be withheld and sanctions imposed further down the line if corruption gets in the way | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/macron-to-lebanese-leaders-reform-swiftly-or-face-consequences-idUSKBN25S3XJ | 2020-09-02 |
| The financial crisis compounded by the devastating explosion at Beirut port last month is the biggest threat to Lebanons stability since its 19751990 civil war | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday gave Lebanese politicians until the end of October to start delivering on reforms saying financial aid would be withheld and sanctions imposed further down the line if corruption gets in the way | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/macron-to-lebanese-leaders-reform-swiftly-or-face-consequences-idUSKBN25S3XJ | 2020-09-02 |
| A senior envoy from the United States which classifies Hezbollah a terrorist organisation and which has pumped money into the Lebanons army is due in Beirut on Wednesday | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday gave Lebanese politicians until the end of October to start delivering on reforms saying financial aid would be withheld and sanctions imposed further down the line if corruption gets in the way | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/macron-to-lebanese-leaders-reform-swiftly-or-face-consequences-idUSKBN25S3XJ | 2020-09-02 |
| BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron began his trip to Beirut on Monday by visiting Fairouz one of the Arab worlds most famous singers whose haunting voice has been Lebanons soundtrack from its glamorous heyday through its conflicts and latest trauma | Positive | BEIRUT French President Emmanuel Macron began his trip to Beirut on Monday by visiting Fairouz one of the Arab worlds most famous singers whose haunting voice has been Lebanons soundtrack from its glamorous heyday through its conflicts and latest trauma | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-crisis-france/macron-reassures-protesters-after-meeting-lebanons-symbol-of-unity-singer-fairouz-idUSKBN25R27M | 2020-09-01 |
| Israel has repeatedly attacked Iranian targets in Syria and those of allied militias including Lebanons Hezbollah | Negative | BEIRUT A Syrian military source said that an Israeli missile attack on Syria killed two people injured seven others and caused damage on Monday state media reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-israel/syria-says-two-killed-seven-wounded-in-israeli-missile-attack-idUSKBN25R2RD | 2020-09-01 |
| BEIRUT Lebanese Shiite groups Hezbollah and Amal will nominate Mustapha Adib to be Lebanons next prime minister the candidate put forward by the Future Movement led by main Sunni politician Saad alHariri a senior Shiite source said on Sunday | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanese Shiite groups Hezbollah and Amal will nominate Mustapha Adib to be Lebanons next prime minister the candidate put forward by the Future Movement led by main Sunni politician Saad alHariri a senior Shiite source said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government-nomination/hezbollah-amal-to-back-adib-as-lebanons-new-pm-says-source-idUSKBN25Q0Q5 | 2020-08-31 |
| Bankers and analysts have voiced scepticism about attempts by Lebanons central bank to clean up the countrys banks warning they must form part of a wider rescue plan to fix its broken financial and economic system | Negative | Bankers and analysts have voiced scepticism about attempts by Lebanons central bank to clean up the countrys banks warning they must form part of a wider rescue plan to fix its broken financial and economic system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-banks-rescue-analysis/fresh-paint-on-crumbling-building-lebanon-bank-clean-up-raises-doubts-idUSKBN25O2A9 | 2020-08-29 |
| The source was referring to a practice of Lebanons central bank that involved siphoning dollars from local banks at high interest rates to keep the governments finances afloat | Negative | Bankers and analysts have voiced scepticism about attempts by Lebanons central bank to clean up the countrys banks warning they must form part of a wider rescue plan to fix its broken financial and economic system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-banks-rescue-analysis/fresh-paint-on-crumbling-building-lebanon-bank-clean-up-raises-doubts-idUSKBN25O2A9 | 2020-08-29 |
| Hezbollah denies any role in killing Hariri Lebanons main Sunni leader at the time of his death | Negative | KHALDEH Lebanon A deadly battle between Lebanese Sunnis and Shiites overnight prompted warnings of more violence as the country is pushed to breaking point by a financial meltdown and political tensions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-clash/deadly-firefight-in-lebanon-prompts-warnings-of-more-trouble-idUSKBN25O1T2 | 2020-08-29 |
| Salameh said it was in Lebanons interest to press ahead with negotiations to try to secure an IMF programme | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese banks that cannot increase their capital by by the end of February 2021 will have to get out of the market Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-centralbank-salameh-ex/exclusive-lebanese-banks-that-cant-raise-capital-must-leave-market-central-bank-governor-says-idUSKBN25N2SC | 2020-08-28 |
| The prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim in Lebanons sectarian powersharing system | Negative | 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 |
| TEL AVIV The Israeli military struck what it said were posts belonging to Lebanons Shiite Hezbollah group on Wednesday after shots were fired at troops in Israel in a flareup that added to already high tensions along the frontier | Negative | TEL AVIV The Israeli military struck what it said were posts belonging to Lebanons Shiite Hezbollah group on Wednesday after shots were fired at troops in Israel in a flareup that added to already high tensions along the frontier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-shells/israel-strikes-hezbollah-posts-in-lebanon-after-shots-fired-at-troops-military-says-idUSKBN25L2SX | 2020-08-27 |
| The financial collapse is the biggest threat to Lebanons stability since the 197590 civil war | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| For its supporters it held out hope that for once the truth could be uncovered in one of Lebanons many assassinations | Negative | 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 case has been overshadowed by the even bigger Beirut blast this month the largest in Lebanons history that killed 178 people and drew outraged demands for accountability | Negative | Leidschendam NETHERLANDS Judges at the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon are set to rule on Tuesday in the case of four Hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to carry out the 2005 bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik alHariri and 21 others | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/scarred-lebanon-braces-for-hariri-killing-verdict-idUSKCN25E007 | 2020-08-18 |
| FACTBOXHeavilyarmed Hezbollah is Lebanons most powerful group | Negative | Leidschendam NETHERLANDS Judges at the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon are set to rule on Tuesday in the case of four Hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to carry out the 2005 bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik alHariri and 21 others | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/scarred-lebanon-braces-for-hariri-killing-verdict-idUSKCN25E007 | 2020-08-18 |
| BEIRUT Four suspects belonging to Lebanons armed Shiite movement Hezbollah have been tried in absentia by the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafik al Hariri | Negative | BEIRUT Four suspects belonging to Lebanons armed Shiite movement Hezbollah have been tried in absentia by the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafik al Hariri | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-hezbollah-fac/factbox-heavily-armed-hezbollah-is-lebanons-most-powerful-group-idUSKCN25D1N3 | 2020-08-18 |
| The group and its allies helped form Lebanons current government | Neutral | BEIRUT Four suspects belonging to Lebanons armed Shiite movement Hezbollah have been tried in absentia by the U.N.backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon for the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafik al Hariri | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-hezbollah-fac/factbox-heavily-armed-hezbollah-is-lebanons-most-powerful-group-idUSKCN25D1N3 | 2020-08-18 |
| But diplomats who track Lebanons sectarian power sharing politics suspect the probe may end up concealing more evidence than it reveals | Negative | BEIRUT Beiruts seismic explosion propelled the scarred Lebanese capital 30 years back in time with a violence scarcely imaginable even to a country that has endured so many wars invasions occupations air strikes car bombs and assassinations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bc-lebanon-security-blast-prospects-i/state-of-collapse-can-lebanons-troubled-leadership-save-the-country-idUSKCN25A2GG | 2020-08-15 |
| That is likely to push back creditor talks to restructure Lebanons international sovereign debt | Negative | Lebanon may be in line for million in emergency aid after the Beirut port blast but the more than billion that some estimate it may need to rebuild its shattered economy will not be forthcoming without reform | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-economy/next-lebanon-government-to-face-30-billion-reform-test-idUSKCN2581PE | 2020-08-13 |
| 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 | 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 |
| DUBAI A report by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released on Tuesday said the World Food Programme would be sending 50000 tonnes of wheat flour to Beirut to stabilise Lebanons wheat supply | Positive | DUBAI A report by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released on Tuesday said the World Food Programme would be sending 50000 tonnes of wheat flour to Beirut to stabilise Lebanons wheat supply | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-wheat/world-food-programme-to-send-50000-t-of-wheat-flour-to-lebanon-u-n-idUSKCN2570L7 | 2020-08-11 |
| Iran backs Hezbollah the armed Shiite Muslim group that is among Lebanons most powerful political forces which Washington considers a terrorist group and penalises with sanctions | Negative | DUBAI Iran said on Monday that countries should refrain from politicising the massive blast in Beirut last week and that the United States should lift sanctions against Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-iran/iran-says-beirut-blast-should-not-be-politicised-idUSKCN2560F3 | 2020-08-10 |
| The reinforced concrete walls and underground rooms were his shelter for many days during Lebanons 19751990 civil war | Negative | BEIRUT Before he went missing on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-missing/they-are-not-just-numbers-missing-beirut-silo-workers-family-clings-to-hope-idUSKCN2550TX | 2020-08-10 |
| The four defendants who are not in custody and are being tried in absentia are linked to Lebanons Shia Islamist group Hezbollah | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The World Bank Group said on Wednesday it stands ready to assess Lebanons damage and needs after a devastating Beirut port explosion and will work to help mobilize public and private financing for reconstruction and recovery | Positive | WASHINGTON The World Bank Group said on Wednesday it stands ready to assess Lebanons damage and needs after a devastating Beirut port explosion and will work to help mobilize public and private financing for reconstruction and recovery | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-worldbank/world-bank-says-ready-to-mobilize-financing-for-lebanon-blast-recovery-idUSKCN2512ZO | 2020-08-06 |
| Those talks have bogged down amid disagreements over the scale of financial losses in Lebanons banking system | Negative | WASHINGTON The World Bank Group said on Wednesday it stands ready to assess Lebanons damage and needs after a devastating Beirut port explosion and will work to help mobilize public and private financing for reconstruction and recovery | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-worldbank/world-bank-says-ready-to-mobilize-financing-for-lebanon-blast-recovery-idUSKCN2512ZO | 2020-08-06 |
| What we are witnessing is a huge the head of Lebanons Red Cross George Kettani told broadcaster Mayadeen | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese rescue workers dug through the rubble looking for survivors of a powerful warehouse explosion that shook the capital Beirut killing 78 people and injuring nearly 4000 in a toll that officials expected to rise | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/toll-expected-to-rise-in-blast-that-shook-beirut-killing-78-and-injuring-thousands-idUSKCN25107B | 2020-08-05 |
| As it tries to tackle the deep economic crisis a guilty verdict could also jeopardise Lebanons efforts which have been supported by France to win international aid | Negative | BEIRUT Fifteen years after a truck bomb killed Lebanons former Sunni leader Rafik alHariri in Beirut triggering regional upheaval a U.N.backed court trying four suspects from Shiite Hezbollah delivers a verdict on Friday that could shake the country again | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/crisis-weary-lebanon-braces-for-hariri-tribunal-verdict-idUSKCN2500JU | 2020-08-04 |
| Hezbollah which is both a political party in Lebanons government and a heavily armed guerrilla group denies any role in Hariris killing and dismisses the Netherlandsbased tribunal as politicised | Negative | BEIRUT Fifteen years after a truck bomb killed Lebanons former Sunni leader Rafik alHariri in Beirut triggering regional upheaval a U.N.backed court trying four suspects from Shiite Hezbollah delivers a verdict on Friday that could shake the country again | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/crisis-weary-lebanon-braces-for-hariri-tribunal-verdict-idUSKCN2500JU | 2020-08-04 |
| BEIRUT Zawqan Abdelkhalek a nurse at the American University of Beiruts medical centre since 2012 was laid off on Friday along with hundreds of colleagues as even hospitals buckle under the weight of Lebanons economic collapse | Negative | BEIRUT Zawqan Abdelkhalek a nurse at the American University of Beiruts medical centre since 2012 was laid off on Friday along with hundreds of colleagues as even hospitals buckle under the weight of Lebanons economic collapse | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-aub/major-beirut-medical-centre-lays-off-hundreds-as-crisis-bites-idUSKCN24I2GW | 2020-07-18 |
| His was the only concert of the Baalbek music festival this year Lebanons oldest which since 1956 helped make the country a cultural lodestar for the region | Positive | BAALBEK Lebanon The usually grand Baalbek Music Festival set among 3000yearold Roman ruins in Lebanon was reduced to just a single concert this year by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-festival/just-one-concert-held-at-baalbeks-ancient-ruins-this-year-as-message-of-hope-idUSKBN2471JO | 2020-07-08 |
| Israel worries that Lebanons Hezbollah and Gazas Hamas militants could use commercial satellite images to plan rocket strikes on key civilian and military infrastructure | Negative | JERUSALEM An Israeli official flagged a possible security risk on Monday following a U.S. move to allow American providers to sell clearer satellite images of Israel and the Palestinian territories | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-usa-satellites/israel-feels-exposed-as-u-s-drops-satellite-imaging-cap-idUSKBN2470WN | 2020-07-07 |
| The crisis which has decimated the local currency and raised fears of mass hunger is seen as the biggest threat to Lebanons stability since its 19751990 civil war | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Christian authorities slammed politicians on Sunday for failing to remedy an economic meltdown that has left many poor piling pressure on the countrys leaders as it spirals deeper into crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-cleric/lebanons-top-christian-clerics-blast-politicians-as-hunger-hardship-bite-idUSKBN2460NK | 2020-07-06 |
| Alain Bifani who held the ministry post for 20 years is the second member of Lebanons team at the International Monetary Fund talks to quit this month | 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 which began late last year is seen as the biggest threat to Lebanons stability since the 19751990 civil war | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons battered currency has slid to fresh lows against the U.S. dollar despite a new pricing system which Beirut hopes can curb soaring food prices as it negotiates an IMF deal to climb out of crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-pound/lebanese-pound-slides-further-despite-new-pricing-system-idUSKBN23H1BS | 2020-06-11 |
| An Ethiopiabound flight is expected to depart Beirut carrying 340 nationals on Thursday said Lebanons general security directorate spokesman Nabil Hannoun | Positive | Those girls dont know anybody they dont have any friends | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-migrants-t/plight-of-lebanons-migrant-maids-spurs-coronavirus-repatriation-push-idUSKBN23407A | 2020-05-28 |
| A government economic recovery plan which outlines steps that would result in vast losses for Lebanons financial system will form the basis for the IMF talks | Positive | with finance ministers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-imf/update-2-lebanon-to-start-imf-negotiations-in-next-two-days-minister-idUSL8N2CU27M | 2020-05-13 |
| But the government may shut the country down again to ward off any resurgence with Lebanons higher defence council set to convene on Tuesday | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese authorities warned of a new wave of coronavirus cases after the number jumped to its highest point in more than a month as the government eased some restrictions on public life | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanon-fears-second-coronavirus-wave-as-new-infections-surge-idUSKBN22N1PE | 2020-05-11 |
| Israeli helicopters fired several rockets from the Israelioccupied Golan Heights on targets inside southern Syria known to be a base for Lebanons Hezbollah militia Syria and intelligence sources said | Negative | AMMAN Syrian air defences thwarted an Israeli missile attack on a research centre and a military base in the northern province of Aleppo state media said on Monday in the fifth such strikes in two weeks on suspected Iranian targets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-missiles/syrian-army-says-israeli-jets-hit-military-outposts-in-aleppo-province-idUSKBN22G2PP | 2020-05-05 |
| An economic rescue plan that will form the basis of Lebanons talks with the International Monetary Fund was panned by banks on Friday as one that would further destroy in the country | Negative | An economic rescue plan that will form the basis of Lebanons talks with the International Monetary Fund was panned by banks on Friday as one that would further destroy in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-plan/lebanon-banks-reject-rescue-plan-as-government-asks-imf-for-help-idUSKBN22D5NG | 2020-05-02 |
| Tripoli a mainly Sunni Muslim port city 80 km north of Beirut and long dogged by poverty and unemployment was the stage for protests against Lebanons ruling elite last October | 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 |
| The U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis said the violence was a warning for Lebanons political leaders | 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 |
| BEIRUT The facades of several banks were smashed with at least one set on fire as protests fuelled by Lebanons economic crisis turned violent in the northern city of Tripoli overnight a witness said | Negative | BEIRUT The facades of several banks were smashed with at least one set on fire as protests fuelled by Lebanons economic crisis turned violent in the northern city of Tripoli overnight a witness said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-tripoli/banks-smashed-as-protests-turn-violent-in-lebanons-tripoli-idUSKCN22A00R | 2020-04-28 |
| Before the coronavirus epidemic Lebanon had eased overstay penalties for migrant workers facing deportation at the request of their embassies said Nabil Hannoun spokesman for Lebanons General Security Directorate | Positive | Most Ethiopians are suffering here | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-workers-tr/lebanons-coronavirus-lockdown-leaves-migrant-women-penniless-and-stranded-idUSKBN21Y2Q2 | 2020-04-17 |
| Since the formation of this government it has been promising Lebanon and the world an economic salvation Hariri the leading Sunni politician in Lebanons sectarian system wrote on Twitter | Positive | BEIRUT Former Lebanese prime minister Saad alHariri on Friday criticised the government over a draft programme for tackling a major financial crisis saying it appeared on course for an economic suicide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-hariri-attacks-government-over-draft-economic-plan-idUSKCN21S207 | 2020-04-11 |
| The currency has come under even more pressure during Lebanons coronavirus lockdown with banks halting access to already scarce dollars | Negative | 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 Negotiations to restructure Lebanons foreign currency debt should not last more than nine months if wellintentioned the economy minister told a local broadcaster as the country headed for its first sovereign default | Negative | BEIRUT Negotiations to restructure Lebanons foreign currency debt should not last more than nine months if wellintentioned the economy minister told a local broadcaster as the country headed for its first sovereign default | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-debt-talks-to-start-soon-will-likely-last-months-idUSKBN20V096 | 2020-03-09 |
| The financial crisis is seen as the biggest risk to Lebanons stability since the end of the 197590 civil war | Negative | BEIRUT Negotiations to restructure Lebanons foreign currency debt should not last more than nine months if wellintentioned the economy minister told a local broadcaster as the country headed for its first sovereign default | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-debt-talks-to-start-soon-will-likely-last-months-idUSKBN20V096 | 2020-03-09 |
| The crisis is seen as the biggest risk to Lebanons stability since the end of the 197590 civil war | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon announced it cannot meet its debt payments and halted a March 9 bond payment of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/declaring-it-cannot-pay-debts-lebanon-sets-stage-for-default-idUSKBN20U0DH | 2020-03-08 |
| Prime Minister Hassan Diab will address the Eurobond issue and Lebanons wider economic crisis in a speech to the nation at p | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top leadership opposes repaying the countrys sovereign debt the presidency said on Saturday indicating the the heavily indebted state is heading towards a default as it grapples with a major financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanese-leaders-oppose-paying-sovereign-debt-presidency-idUSKBN20U0DH | 2020-03-07 |
| The head of the banking association Salim Sfeir has said the restrictions aim to keep Lebanons wealth in the country | 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 |
| That would wipe out banks capital and the cost of recapitalising them would come to around of Lebanons gross domestic product though IMF technical assistance could help limit the strains | 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 |
| Deciding how to handle Lebanons next sovereign debt maturity is a top priority for Prime Minister Hassan Diabs government which won a vote of confidence in Parliament on Tuesday | 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 |
| RIYADH Gulf Arab states have long channeled funds into Lebanons fragile economy but its rich neighbors alarmed by the rising influence of their archrival Irans ally Hezbollah now appear loath to help ease Beiruts worst financial crisis in decades | Negative | RIYADH Gulf Arab states have long channeled funds into Lebanons fragile economy but its rich neighbors alarmed by the rising influence of their archrival Irans ally Hezbollah now appear loath to help ease Beiruts worst financial crisis in decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-gulf/wary-of-iran-gulf-arab-states-seen-shrugging-off-new-lebanese-government-idUSKBN1ZQ27G | 2020-01-28 |
| The source close to Ghosn said the former executive can appeal to Lebanons prosecutor to drop the ban and return his passport if Japan does not respond within the timeframe | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon and Japan have about 40 days to decide whether ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn will be extradited to Japan or stand trial in Lebanon a judicial source and a source close to Ghosn said on Thursday following his escape from Japan last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon/lebanon-and-japan-have-40-days-to-agree-on-ghosns-fate-sources-idUSKBN1ZN1M7 | 2020-01-25 |
| A statement issued by Guterres spokesperson also said the United Nations was committed to supporting Lebanons strengthening of its sovereignty stability and political | Positive | BEIRUT U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the formation of a new Lebanese government on Tuesday and will work with the new premier to support reforms in the heavily indebted country grappling with an urgent economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis/u-n-chief-says-will-work-with-new-lebanese-government-on-reforms-idUSKBN1ZL0JW | 2020-01-22 |
| BEIRUT The powerful Iranbacked group Hezbollah has nominated two ministers in Lebanons new government including the health minister two senior political sources told Reuters | Negative | BEIRUT The powerful Iranbacked group Hezbollah has nominated two ministers in Lebanons new government including the health minister two senior political sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government-hezbollah/hezbollah-nominates-two-ministers-in-new-lebanon-government-sources-idUSKBN1ZK2CH | 2020-01-22 |
| KFARDEBIAN Lebanon It is a sunny day on Lebanons ski slopes after weeks of snowfall but as the economic crisis bites there is no sign of the traffic that would typically jam the road | Negative | KFARDEBIAN Lebanon It is a sunny day on Lebanons ski slopes after weeks of snowfall but as the economic crisis bites there is no sign of the traffic that would typically jam the road | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-tourism-skiing/despite-great-snow-lebanons-ski-slopes-suffer-in-economic-crisis-idUSKBN1ZI0CK | 2020-01-20 |
| One of the possibilities to help Lebanons finances is to take a slice of the deposits individuals and firms hold at Lebanese banks | Negative | LONDON Lebanons caretaker finance minister has asked the central bank governor to hold off on a proposed swap of 2020 Eurobonds after ratings agencies warned it could constitute a selective default a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-government-bonds-default/the-various-ways-lebanon-could-default-idUSKBN1ZE2MQ | 2020-01-16 |
| BEIRUT Japans ambassador to Lebanon on Tuesday requested greater cooperation from President Michel Aoun in dealing with former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn in order to avoid negative repercussions for their bilateral ties Lebanons presidency said in a statement | Negative | BEIRUT Japans ambassador to Lebanon on Tuesday requested greater cooperation from President Michel Aoun in dealing with former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn in order to avoid negative repercussions for their bilateral ties Lebanons presidency said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-diplomacy/japanese-ambassador-to-lebanon-requests-more-cooperation-on-ghosn-statement-idUSKBN1Z61LD | 2020-01-08 |
| We are screening in detail Lebanons domestic laws and | Neutral | 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 |
| Economists have said 2020 is likely to register Lebanons first economic contraction in 20 years with some saying GDP will contract by | 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 |
| Credit ratings agencies have downgraded Lebanons sovereign rating and the ratings of its commercial banks on fears of default | 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 |
