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| Lebanons worst crisis since its 19751990 civil war has crashed the currency and sent inflation soaring | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon can ration billion in reserves left for subsidies to last six more months the caretaker prime minister said on Tuesday as the countrys financial meltdown raises fears of rising hunger | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-diab/lebanon-can-stretch-reserves-for-subsidies-another-six-months-pm-says-idUSKBN2931SK | 2020-12-31 |
| 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 | 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 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 | Positive | 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 |
| Lebanons worst crisis since its 19751990 civil war has impoverished half the population and crashed the currency | 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 |
| 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 |
| BEIRUT The deputy leader of Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah movement said on Friday that the response for the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was in Irans hands | Negative | BEIRUT The deputy leader of Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah movement said on Friday that the response for the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was in Irans hands | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-scientist-hezbollah/hezbollah-says-iran-will-be-one-to-respond-to-assassination-of-scientist-manar-tv-idUSKBN2872L4 | 2020-11-28 |
| BEIRUT Nov 21 Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that a forensic audit of Lebanons central bank was vital to combat corruption and that he would act to get it back on track after the consultancy contracted to carry it out withdrew | Negative | to more | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis/urgent-lebanons-president-pledges-to-revive-forensic-audit-idUSL1N2I70GS | 2020-11-22 |
| BEIRUT 21 Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that a forensic audit of Lebanons central bank was vital to combat corruption and that he would act to get it back on track after the consultancy contracted to carry it out withdrew | Negative | BEIRUT 21 Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that a forensic audit of Lebanons central bank was vital to combat corruption and that he would act to get it back on track after the consultancy contracted to carry it out withdrew | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis/lebanons-president-pledges-to-revive-forensic-audit-idUSD5N2GH015 | 2020-11-22 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Bassil the soninlaw of Lebanons president and head of the Christianled FPM is also a former foreign minister | Neutral | 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 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Lebanons two main Christian blocs did not nominate Hariri | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| In the year since Lebanons problems have been compounded by the coronavirus pandemic and a devastating explosion in Beirut in August | Negative | 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 |
| BEIRUT Demonstrators marched through Lebanons capital on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of a protest movement that toppled the government but was then overwhelmed by economic crisis coronavirus and a devastating explosion in Beirut | Negative | BEIRUT Demonstrators marched through Lebanons capital on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of a protest movement that toppled the government but was then overwhelmed by economic crisis coronavirus and a devastating explosion in Beirut | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-protests/lebanons-protest-flame-still-flickers-on-anniversary-of-revolution-idUSKBN2720QZ | 2020-10-18 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons President Michel Aoun has postponed by a week consultations aimed at choosing a prime minister to form a new government to tackle the countrys worst economic crisis since its 19751990 civil war the presidency said on Wednesday | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons President Michel Aoun has postponed by a week consultations aimed at choosing a prime minister to form a new government to tackle the countrys worst economic crisis since its 19751990 civil war the presidency said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government-presidency/lebanons-president-postpones-talks-on-nominating-new-prime-minister-idUSKBN26Z2VV | 2020-10-15 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Lebanons public prosecution asked Interpol to issue warrants to detain the owner and captain state news agency NNA said on Thursday without naming them | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon has asked Interpol to issue arrest warrants for the Russian captain and owner of the ship that brought the explosive material that detonated at Beirut port in August killing nearly 200 people state media reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-blast-ship/lebanon-asks-interpol-to-arrest-russian-ship-captain-owner-over-port-explosion-idUSKBN26M7KY | 2020-10-02 |
| Macron criticized Lebanons two main Shiite parties Hezbollah and its ally Amal whose demand to name some ministers particularly the finance post was at the heart of the logjam | 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 |
| PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron admonished Lebanons leaders on Sunday for serving their own interests ahead of their country and vowed to push ahead with efforts to prevent chaos but appeared to have no back up plan should his initiative fail | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron admonished Lebanons leaders on Sunday for serving their own interests ahead of their country and vowed to push ahead with efforts to prevent chaos but appeared to have no back up plan should his initiative fail | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-france/betrayed-macron-says-will-continue-lebanon-efforts-eyes-hezbollah-idUSKBN26I0T9 | 2020-09-28 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| He said Lebanons communities needed to show understanding and to face the major challenges ahead | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Lebanons General Security and Foreign Ministry did not respond to written requests for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| George Abou Moussa head of Lebanons civil defense said there was nothing to worry about | Positive | 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 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah group said on Saturday it strongly condemned Bahrains move to normalize ties with Israel as a great of the Palestinian people | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah group said on Saturday it strongly condemned Bahrains move to normalize ties with Israel as a great of the Palestinian people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bahrain-israel-hezbollah/lebanons-hezbollah-condemns-bahrain-move-to-normalize-israel-ties-idUSKBN2630Q1 | 2020-09-13 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric said on Sunday a new government must deliver urgent economic and other reforms in the national interest rather than returning to past corrupt ways that have plunged the Middle Eastern nation into an economic crisis | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric said on Sunday a new government must deliver urgent economic and other reforms in the national interest rather than returning to past corrupt ways that have plunged the Middle Eastern nation into an economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/fateful-times-lebanese-patriarch-says-new-cabinet-must-spurn-old-corrupt-ways-idUSKBN25X0CZ | 2020-09-07 |
| While France Lebanons former colonial power is at the forefront of diplomacy other countries also have influence including Iran through its support for the heavily armed Shiite group Hezbollah | Neutral | 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 |
| Lebanons Internal Security Forces said on Saturday it had arrested three of the men and they would be deported to Egypt | Negative | Change is already happening and we will keep pushing for more changes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-women-internet/egypts-metoo-crusader-fights-sex-crimes-via-instagram-idUSKBN25U2B8 | 2020-09-04 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons army said on Thursday it had found 4 | Neutral | BEIRUT Lebanons army said on Thursday it had found 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-crisis-blast-chemicals/lebanese-army-finds-more-explosive-chemicals-outside-beirut-port-after-huge-blast-idUSKBN25U2FK | 2020-09-04 |
| Within 15 days of taking office Lebanons new government should have set out a timeframe for IMF talks the draft says | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| Lebanons economy is collapsing after years of industrialscale state corruption the currency has crashed and after last months massive port blast a swathe of Beirut is ruined | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon marked its centenary this week and one man dominated broadcasts from planting a cedar tree the Middle East states national emblem to visiting Beiruts devastated port | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-france/who-took-centre-stage-on-lebanons-centenary-a-french-man-idUSKBN25T2WE | 2020-09-03 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is poised to be designated prime minister on Monday after winning the support of major parties to form a new government facing a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is poised to be designated prime minister on Monday after winning the support of major parties to form a new government facing a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-ambassador-adib-poised-to-be-designated-pm-idUSKBN25Q0PL | 2020-08-31 |
| Lebanons dominant Shiite parties Hezbollah and the Amal Movement led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri will both name Adib at the consultations a senior Shiite source said | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is poised to be designated prime minister on Monday after winning the support of major parties to form a new government facing a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-ambassador-adib-poised-to-be-designated-pm-idUSKBN25Q0PL | 2020-08-31 |
| Lebanons financial crisis has sunk the currency by as much as since October locked savers out their deposits in a paralysed banking system and fuelled poverty and unemployment | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is poised to be designated prime minister on Monday after winning the support of major parties to form a new government facing a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-ambassador-adib-poised-to-be-designated-pm-idUSKBN25Q0PL | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lebanons Supreme Defence Council denounced what it called an Israeli and said a complaint would be filed to the United Nations | 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 |
| Frances foreign minister said on Tuesday Lebanons leaders should not use the explosion as an excuse to hide the reality that the country was on the edge of a precipice | 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 |
| The health minister for Lebanons caretaker government Hamad Hassan who also spoke to the Council said hospital capacity needed to be increased to help combat the rise in cases | Negative | BEIRUT Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Wednesday that Lebanon was at risk of losing control over the coronavirus outbreak after a rise in the number of cases following the explosion in Beirut on Aug 4 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanon-could-lose-control-of-coronavirus-outbreak-pm-idUSKBN25M18D | 2020-08-27 |
| The past year from Lebanons financial meltdown to the COVID19 pandemic has battered the service industry a pillar of an economy that produces little | Negative | BEIRUT A cosy Beirut bar Tenno once hosted a dogs birthday party vinyl record nights and standup comedians | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-nightlife/nightlife-in-ruins-beirut-blast-pummels-key-industry-idUSKBN25L1W7 | 2020-08-26 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah movement is not concerned with and will not the verdict of a U.N.backed tribunal that convicted a member of the group of the 2005 killing of former premier Rafik alHariri Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said on Wednesday | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah movement is not concerned with and will not the verdict of a U.N.backed tribunal that convicted a member of the group of the 2005 killing of former premier Rafik alHariri Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-hezbollah/u-n-tribunal-verdict-does-not-concern-hezbollah-says-mp-idUSKCN25F2J8 | 2020-08-20 |
| 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 | 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 |
| the first time in Lebanons history of many political assassinations the Lebanese find out the Hariri said | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Rafik alHariri was assassinated in 2005 | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Rafik alHariri was assassinated in 2005 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-assassination/factbox-the-assassination-of-lebanons-hariri-and-its-aftermath-idUSKCN25D1LT | 2020-08-18 |
| Lebanons two main Christian Maronite leaders Michel Aoun and Samir Geagea both returned to political Aoun returned from exile and Geagea was released from jail | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Rafik alHariri was assassinated in 2005 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-assassination/factbox-the-assassination-of-lebanons-hariri-and-its-aftermath-idUSKCN25D1LT | 2020-08-18 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Lebanons president has said investigators were looking into negligence an accident or external | Negative | 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 |
| Lebanons Prosecutor General has pressed charges against 25 people including senior port and customs officials a judicial source said on Friday | Negative | 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 |
| 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 |
| At root Lebanons many crises boil down to one its rulers and their impunity diplomats and analysts say | 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 |
| Lebanons rulers and bankers in contrast continue living comfortably | 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 |
| Lebanons central bank has told local banks to extend zerointerest U.S. dollar loans to those impacted by the blast for repairs which analysts say will come from official reserves | 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 |
| Container lines diverted ships to Lebanons smaller port of Tripoli to keep vital supply lines running | Neutral | LONDON Container lines have resumed calls to Beirut after last weeks explosion with the terminal having sustained only minor damage leading companies said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-shipping/container-lines-resume-calls-to-beirut-as-terminal-restarts-operations-idUSKCN2572C3 | 2020-08-12 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons prime minister announced his governments resignation on Monday saying a huge explosion that devastated Beirut and triggered public outrage was the result of endemic corruption | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons prime minister announced his governments resignation on Monday saying a huge explosion that devastated Beirut and triggered public outrage was the result of endemic corruption | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/lebanese-government-quits-amid-fury-over-beirut-blast-idUSKCN2560XY | 2020-08-11 |
| Lebanons environment minister resigned on Sunday saying the government had lost a number of opportunities to reform a statement said | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese police fired tear gas to try to disperse rockthrowing protesters blocking a road near parliament in Beirut on Sunday in a second day of antigovernment demonstrations triggered by last weeks devastating explosion | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/beirut-police-fire-tear-gas-as-protesters-regroup-and-two-ministers-quit-idUSKCN2550CI | 2020-08-10 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons powerful Hezbollah movement said all of the countrys political powers must to overcome the painful unite after a massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons powerful Hezbollah movement said all of the countrys political powers must to overcome the painful unite after a massive explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-hezbollah/lebanons-hezbollah-calls-for-national-unity-in-face-of-catastrophe-after-blast-idUSKCN2502SL | 2020-08-05 |
| CAIRO Lebanons economy minister Raoul Nehme told local media on Tuesday that the wheat in Beiruts port granaries can not be used and that the ministry lost track of seven employees in the granaries | Negative | CAIRO Lebanons economy minister Raoul Nehme told local media on Tuesday that the wheat in Beiruts port granaries can not be used and that the ministry lost track of seven employees in the granaries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-wheat/wheat-in-beiruts-port-granaries-not-usable-lebanon-will-import-wheat-economy-minister-idUSKCN2502VT | 2020-08-05 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons health minister told Reuters that the death toll from a massive explosion in the capital Beirut on Tuesday had reached 78 adding that nearly 4000 people had been injured | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons health minister told Reuters that the death toll from a massive explosion in the capital Beirut on Tuesday had reached 78 adding that nearly 4000 people had been injured | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-casualties/death-toll-from-beirut-blast-rises-to-more-than-70-says-health-minister-idUSKCN2502WK | 2020-08-05 |
| Lebanons President Michel Aoun said that 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate had been stored for six years at the port without safety measures and said it was | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday cast a massive explosion in Beirut as a possible attack despite statements by Lebanese leaders that it was likely caused by highly explosive material that had been stored at warehouses in the capital for years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-trump/trump-says-beirut-explosion-seems-to-be-bomb-of-some-kind-cites-generals-idUSKCN2502YG | 2020-08-05 |
| 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 |
| Nabil Boumonsef deputy editorinchief of Lebanons AnNahar newspaper said neither Saad Hariri nor Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah wanted to escalate tensions | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| TRIPOLI Lebanon On the streets of Tripoli Lebanons second biggest city and one of its poorest there are no signs of festivities for Eid alAdha this year no decorations or twinkling lights | Negative | TRIPOLI Lebanon On the streets of Tripoli Lebanons second biggest city and one of its poorest there are no signs of festivities for Eid alAdha this year no decorations or twinkling lights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-religion-eid-lebanon-crisis/for-hard-hit-lebanese-eid-traditions-are-now-just-too-costly-idUSKCN24W1WF | 2020-08-01 |
| But with Lebanons economy imploding leaving many hungry and fuel shortages causing daily blackouts there is little to celebrate | Negative | TRIPOLI Lebanon On the streets of Tripoli Lebanons second biggest city and one of its poorest there are no signs of festivities for Eid alAdha this year no decorations or twinkling lights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-religion-eid-lebanon-crisis/for-hard-hit-lebanese-eid-traditions-are-now-just-too-costly-idUSKCN24W1WF | 2020-08-01 |
| Tensions rose along Israels frontier with Syria and Lebanon after Lebanons Hezbollah militia said a fighter was killed in an apparent Israeli strike on the edge of Damascus last week | Negative | BEIRUT The deputy leader of Lebanons powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday dismissed the prospect of an escalation of violence between the Iranbacked movement and Israel despite increased tensions in the last week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-lebanon-hezbollah/hezbollah-says-all-out-war-with-israel-unlikely-in-coming-months-idUSKCN24R0S6 | 2020-07-27 |
| BEIRUT July 23 Lebanons banking association said on Thursday there was a possibility it would pull out of IMF talks which have been bogged down by a row over the scale of the countrys vast financial losses | Negative | BEIRUT July 23 Lebanons banking association said on Thursday there was a possibility it would pull out of IMF talks which have been bogged down by a row over the scale of the countrys vast financial losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-banks/lebanon-banking-association-says-withdrawing-from-imf-talks-a-possibility-idUSL5N2EU7YQ | 2020-07-24 |
| BEIRUT July 21 Lebanons government agreed on Tuesday to hire turnaround specialist Alvarez Marsal to conduct a forensic audit of the central bank as it grapples with a financial meltdown | Positive | European | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-audit/update-2-lebanon-to-hire-alvarez-marsal-to-audit-central-bank-amid-crisis-idUSL5N2ES4JI | 2020-07-22 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Saturday dialogue was needed over the countrys stance on regional conflicts after meeting with a top Christian cleric who has urged Lebanon to remain neutral to help it out of its crisis | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Saturday dialogue was needed over the countrys stance on regional conflicts after meeting with a top Christian cleric who has urged Lebanon to remain neutral to help it out of its crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-pm/dialogue-needed-over-issue-of-lebanons-neutrality-in-region-pm-diab-idUSKCN24J0IM | 2020-07-19 |
| Lebanons legal adviser Cleary Gottlieb Steen Hamilton LLP is also visiting the country the sources said | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons financial adviser Lazard will see if a government financial rescue plan can be adjusted to reach a compromise workable for the International Monetary Fund two sources said on Friday after the plan hit resistance from politicians banks and the central bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-plan/lebanons-advisers-to-work-on-compromise-on-financial-plan-sources-say-idUSKCN24I1GS | 2020-07-18 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons financial adviser Lazard will see if a government financial rescue plan can be adjusted to reach a compromise workable for the International Monetary Fund two sources said on Friday after the plan hit resistance from politicians banks and the central bank | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons financial adviser Lazard will see if a government financial rescue plan can be adjusted to reach a compromise workable for the International Monetary Fund two sources said on Friday after the plan hit resistance from politicians banks and the central bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-plan/lebanons-advisers-to-work-on-compromise-on-financial-plan-sources-say-idUSKCN24I1GS | 2020-07-18 |
| Alain Bifani a senior member of Lebanons negotiating team with the IMF resigned as finance ministry director general last month saying vested interests were undermining the government plan | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons financial adviser Lazard will see if a government financial rescue plan can be adjusted to reach a compromise workable for the International Monetary Fund two sources said on Friday after the plan hit resistance from politicians banks and the central bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-plan/lebanons-advisers-to-work-on-compromise-on-financial-plan-sources-say-idUSKCN24I1GS | 2020-07-18 |
| Major General Abbas Ibrahim the head of Lebanons General Security agency is acting as the main mediator in the process two of the sources said | Positive | BEIRUT A Lebanese man accused of financing Hezbollah was freed from jail in the United States last month as a result of indirect contacts between Tehran and Washington that are expected to yield more releases three senior Middle East officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-usa-releases-exclusive/exclsuive-lebanese-man-freed-by-u-s-as-part-of-secret-talks-sources-idUSKCN24E2LP | 2020-07-14 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric stepped up criticism of the Iranbacked Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies without naming them on Sunday saying Lebanese rejected being isolated from their allies and driven into decline | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric stepped up criticism of the Iranbacked Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies without naming them on Sunday saying Lebanese rejected being isolated from their allies and driven into decline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-cleric/lebanese-christian-cleric-seen-to-criticize-hezbollah-allies-over-crisis-idUSKCN24D0E2 | 2020-07-13 |
| Lebanons crisis is rooted in decades of state corruption and bad governance by the sectarian ruling elite | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric stepped up criticism of the Iranbacked Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies without naming them on Sunday saying Lebanese rejected being isolated from their allies and driven into decline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-cleric/lebanese-christian-cleric-seen-to-criticize-hezbollah-allies-over-crisis-idUSKCN24D0E2 | 2020-07-13 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 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 | Negative | The governments draft rescue plan has served as the cornerstone of the talks with the IMF and maps out massive losses in the financial system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-financial-plan/lebanons-pm-says-rescue-plan-shows-huge-losses-in-financial-system-idUSKBN2412Z9 | 2020-07-01 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| BEIRUT A financial adviser working with Lebanons government in talks with the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that he had resigned citing no genuine to reform and attempts to dismiss the size of losses in the financial system | Negative | BEIRUT A financial adviser working with Lebanons government in talks with the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that he had resigned citing no genuine to reform and attempts to dismiss the size of losses in the financial system | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-crisis-imf/lebanon-adviser-in-imf-talks-quits-citing-no-genuine-will-for-reforms-idUSKBN23P3KA | 2020-06-19 |
| But Lebanons Jimmy Keyrouz said he took heart from the themes of his movie Broken which tells its own story of finding hope in the midst of disaster | Negative | BEIRUT Many directors would have been devastated when their plans to show their first feature at the Cannes Film Festival were wrecked by the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-cinema/lebanese-film-director-keeps-faith-after-covid-19-dashes-cannes-dreams-idUSKBN23P2DG | 2020-06-19 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that dollar injections were needed to shore up the pound currency and accused the United States of preventing dollars from reaching the crisishit country | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that dollar injections were needed to shore up the pound currency and accused the United States of preventing dollars from reaching the crisishit country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-crisis-hezbollah/hezbollah-leader-says-dollar-injections-needed-accuses-u-s-of-deepening-shortage-idUSKBN23N375 | 2020-06-17 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons central bank will begin injecting dollars into the market on Monday President Michel Aoun said on Friday as it tries to stop a sharp fall in the local pound currency which has led to economic hardship and sparked unrest | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons central bank will begin injecting dollars into the market on Monday President Michel Aoun said on Friday as it tries to stop a sharp fall in the local pound currency which has led to economic hardship and sparked unrest | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-currency/lebanese-central-bank-to-inject-dollars-to-stop-pounds-slide-idUSKBN23J217 | 2020-06-13 |
| Protesters in Tripoli Lebanons secondbiggest city threw petrol bombs at a central bank building setting it ablaze and prompting security forces to fire tear gas according to witnesses | 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 |
| BEIRUT June 10 Lebanons government appointed four central bank vice governors on Wednesday local broadcasters said after the posts were left vacant for over a year as the country slid into financial crisis | Positive | BEIRUT June 10 Lebanons government appointed four central bank vice governors on Wednesday local broadcasters said after the posts were left vacant for over a year as the country slid into financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-government-appoints-central-bank-vice-governors-local-media-idUSL8N2DN5JE | 2020-06-11 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Lebanons currency collapse threatens renewed unrest as Beirut negotiates a programme with the International Monetary Fund tied to billions of dollars to kickstart a recovery | 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 |
| Lebanons government appointed four central bank vice governors on Wednesday local broadcasters said after the posts were left vacant for over a year | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Lebanons government did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | AMMAN Reuters Global antiracism protests sparked calls on Monday for Arab countries to abolish an system of sponsorship for migrant workers that has been likened to modern slavery | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-workers-rights-trfn/race-protests-spark-calls-for-arab-states-to-end-exploitative-migrant-worker-system-idUSKBN23F2IY | 2020-06-09 |
| Lebanons restructuring comes at a time of heightened stress in emerging markets in the wake of the devastation left by COVID19 | Negative | LONDON Emerging market investors are no strangers to sovereign debt crises but few have been as perilous as the one facing Lebanon given a toxic combination of financial and political weaknesses and no obvious economic platform on which to build a recovery | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-crisis-eurobonds-analysis/on-debt-stricken-lebanon-investors-see-little-room-for-optimism-idUSKBN2342F5 | 2020-05-29 |
| A spokesman from Lebanons internal security forces said they could not comment while an investigation was ongoing | Negative | Her death comes just days after human rights groups raised concerns about the treatment of 26 female domestic workers staying at the shelter under the care of the Philippine embassy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-migrants-suicide-trfn/philippines-investigates-suicide-of-a-maid-at-embassy-shelter-in-lebanon-idUSKBN2300SD | 2020-05-25 |
| The associations proposal issued on Wednesday called for a debt restructuring that minimised the damage to Lebanons nearly 3 million depositors and tapped state assets to avoid damaging banks | Negative | LONDON Lebanons government on Friday welcomed a contribution by local banks to a financial recovery plan but said there were issues that will need to be reconciled between the two sides | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-debt/lebanons-government-welcomes-banks-input-in-rescue-plan-idUSKBN22Y2KY | 2020-05-23 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| LONDON Lebanons government on Friday welcomed a contribution by local banks to a financial recovery plan but said there were issues that will need to be reconciled between the two sides | Positive | LONDON Lebanons government on Friday welcomed a contribution by local banks to a financial recovery plan but said there were issues that will need to be reconciled between the two sides | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-debt/lebanons-government-welcomes-banks-input-in-rescue-plan-idUSKBN22Y2KY | 2020-05-23 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons financial meltdown could tip the country into a fullblown food crisis as people hit by soaring prices and the fallout of COVID19 become unable to afford even basics like bread the prime minister warned | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons financial meltdown could tip the country into a fullblown food crisis as people hit by soaring prices and the fallout of COVID19 become unable to afford even basics like bread the prime minister warned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-diab/lebanon-at-risk-of-a-major-food-crisis-pm-sounds-alarm-idUSKBN22X0LQ | 2020-05-22 |
| Ghajar also said interest in Lebanons second offshore oil and gas exploration licensing round which closes on June 1 had not been very high | Positive | The default has caused a significant financability problem for infrastructure projects in Lebanon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-electricity/lebanon-seeks-foreign-government-backed-financing-for-power-plants-after-default-idUSKBN22W2TS | 2020-05-21 |
| Lebanons government hopes it can get a billion aid deal from the remote negotiations with the International Monetary Fund which began last week and resumed on Monday afternoon | Positive | BEIRUT May 18 Frances ambassador urged Lebanon to make rapid progress in talks with the IMF local media said on Monday as the country seeks help to escape a dire financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-france-imf/french-ambassador-lebanon-must-get-on-with-imf-talks-report-idUSL8N2D04DO | 2020-05-19 |
| 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 |
| The government plan forecasts Lebanons economy would shrink by 13 | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese banks are working on a national financial rescue plan that would preserve some of their capital rather than writing it all off as outlined in a government programme the banking association head said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-banks-exclusive/exclusive-lebanese-banks-draft-national-rescue-plan-that-keeps-some-of-their-capital-idUSKBN22H2TT | 2020-05-06 |
| Lebanons banking association had said it was not consulted on the plan and could in no endorse it | Negative | 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 |
| Lebanons banking association has rejected the plan and said it was not consulted despite being a key part of any | Negative | BEIRUT Hezbollahs leader hailed the Lebanese governments crisis plan as an important on Monday and warned the country should not blindly surrender in talks with the IMF to terms it can not bear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-hezbollah/hezbollah-deems-lebanese-government-rescue-plan-an-important-step-forward-idUSKBN22G1ZA | 2020-05-05 |
| Lebanons banking association said it could in no endorse a plan it was not consulted on despite being a key part of any | 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 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons banking association said on Friday it can in no endorse a government economic rescue plan it was not consulted on and which would destroy confidence in Lebanon deter investment and hurt any chance for recovery | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons banking association said on Friday it can in no endorse a government economic rescue plan it was not consulted on and which would destroy confidence in Lebanon deter investment and hurt any chance for recovery | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-plan-banks/lebanon-banking-association-rejects-government-rescue-plan-idUSKBN22D60B | 2020-05-02 |
| 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 |
| Bases and convoys run by Lebanons Iranianbacked Hezbollah militia which has a strong presence in the Syrian Golan Heights have been hit by Israel in recent years | Negative | AMMAN Israeli helicopters fired several rockets from the Israelioccupied Golan Heights on targets inside southern Syria Syrian state media reported on Friday the latest in what intelligence sources say is an increase of strikes against Iranianbacked militias | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-israel-attacks/syria-says-israeli-helicopters-strike-targets-in-southern-syria-idUSKBN22C3UR | 2020-05-01 |
| BEIRUT April 28 The deputy leader of Lebanons powerful Hezbollah movement criticised the central bank over the pounds drop to record lows against the U.S. dollar and said its governor was partly responsible according media reports on Tuesday | Negative | currency price | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-hezbollah/update-1-lebanons-hezbollah-criticises-c-bank-over-pounds-collapse-report-idUSL5N2CG3UC | 2020-04-29 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons government was advised to extend a coronavirus lockdown by two weeks until May 10 on Friday but the countrys higher defence council said it should gradually restore certain parts of the economy in the coming weeks | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons government was advised to extend a coronavirus lockdown by two weeks until May 10 on Friday but the countrys higher defence council said it should gradually restore certain parts of the economy in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanon-advised-to-extend-coronavirus-lockdown-to-may-10-idUSKCN22621J | 2020-04-25 |
| Most of Lebanons migrant domestic workers are from Ethiopia | 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 |
| Lebanons food importers already hit by a dollar crunch have struggled to book new cargoes as the pandemic threatens supplies and sparks fears of more painful price hikes | Negative | The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus exceeded 1 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21P389 | 2020-04-09 |
| BEIRUT April 5 Lebanons commercial banks will work with the central bank to determine a daily exchange rate for dollars under a new FX trading system being launched the banking association said on Sunday | Positive | BEIRUT April 5 Lebanons commercial banks will work with the central bank to determine a daily exchange rate for dollars under a new FX trading system being launched the banking association said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-fx/lebanon-banks-to-work-with-central-bank-to-set-daily-fx-rate-banking-association-idUSL8N2BT0PP | 2020-04-06 |
| BEIRUT April 3 Lebanons central bank said on Friday it was launching a foreign exchange unit to centralise the price of dollars for moneychangers part of efforts to rein in the parallel market as hard currency runs short amid a deepening financial crisis | 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 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 |
| Most of Lebanons main politicians have close ties to the countrys large diaspora communities from which they draw support | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Most of Lebanons main politicians have close ties to diaspora communities from which they draw support | Positive | 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 |
| Lebanons first recorded coronavirus case was a woman who had returned from Iran which has the fourth largest number of confirmed cases | Negative | BEIRUT The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah is mobilizing some 25000 people including frontline medics and readying hospitals as part of a plan to help confront the coronavirus in Lebanon it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hezbollah/hezbollah-deploys-medics-hospitals-against-coronavirus-in-lebanon-idUSKBN21C3R7 | 2020-03-26 |
| Finance minister Ghazi Wazni said on Thursday that Lebanons plan to tackle its crisis will meet IMF recommendations and will be ready to be presented to creditors in weeks | Positive | BEIRUT With distressed debt investors and emerging markets funds suddenly faced with one of the sharpest asset price falls in a generation Lebanon picked the wrong time to go bankrupt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-debt/the-wrong-time-to-go-bust-investors-wary-of-distressed-lebanon-debt-idUSKBN2102U6 | 2020-03-14 |
| 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 |
| Lebanons public debt has reached around of gross domestic product meaning the country is close to being the worlds most heavily indebted state Diab said | 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 |
| Lebanons banks big holders of the debt are ready to talk with foreign creditors as the government seeks to restructure a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday | Neutral | 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 |
| LONDON Lebanons banks are ready to talk with the countrys foreign creditors as the government seeks to restructure its debt a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday | Positive | LONDON Lebanons banks are ready to talk with the countrys foreign creditors as the government seeks to restructure its debt a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-banks/lebanons-banks-ready-to-talk-on-sovereign-debt-overhaul-source-idUSKBN20U0UX | 2020-03-08 |
| Lebanons sovereign debt was estimated at around of gross domestic product at the end of 2019 worth about | Negative | removing repetition in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis/refile-update-4-lebanon-set-for-debt-default-as-government-decides-not-to-pay-idUSL8N2B007N | 2020-03-08 |
| Lebanons banks are among the largest holders of its billion in bonds and will be key to any overhaul of the debt | Negative | LONDON Lebanons banks are ready to talk with the countrys foreign creditors as the government seeks to restructure its debt a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-banks/lebanons-banks-ready-to-talk-on-sovereign-debt-overhaul-source-idUSKBN20U0UX | 2020-03-08 |
| A set of Lebanons bond holders are to step up efforts to form a creditor group in the coming days one of the members of the group said | 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 |
| Lebanons public debt is worth about | 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 |
| LONDON A set of Lebanons bond holders are to step up efforts to form a creditor group in the coming days after the countrys presidency signaled on Saturday it would default one of the members of the group said | Negative | LONDON A set of Lebanons bond holders are to step up efforts to form a creditor group in the coming days after the countrys presidency signaled on Saturday it would default one of the members of the group said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-lebanon-crisis-bondholders-exclusive/exclusivelebanon-bondholders-stepping-up-efforts-to-form-creditor-group-idUSKBN20U0NR | 2020-03-08 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons top leaders oppose repaying the countrys looming debt maturities the presidency said in a statement on Saturday after a meeting at the presidential palace | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons top leaders oppose repaying the countrys looming debt maturities the presidency said in a statement on Saturday after a meeting at the presidential palace | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-eurobonds-meeting/lebanese-leaders-oppose-repaying-debt-maturities-presidency-idUSKBN20U0HQ | 2020-03-07 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons health ministry said on Saturday that three new cases of coronavirus had been confirmed state news agency NNA reported bringing the total number of cases in the country to seven | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons health ministry said on Saturday that three new cases of coronavirus had been confirmed state news agency NNA reported bringing the total number of cases in the country to seven | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-lebanon/lebanon-confirms-three-new-cases-of-coronavirus-bringing-total-to-seven-nna-idUSKBN20N0PS | 2020-03-01 |
| Lebanons first three coronavirus cases were linked to passengers arriving on flights from Iran which has seen the highest number of deaths from the virus outside China | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Education Ministry on Friday announced the closure of all schools until March 8 as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-lebanon-education/lebanon-closes-schools-until-march-8-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-idUSKCN20M341 | 2020-02-29 |
| FAB also stepped in as a possible suitor after Lebanons thenPrime Minister Saad alHariri said in October the UAE had promised investments to the deeply indebted country | Positive | 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 |
| Lebanons first case was a woman traveling from Iran | Negative | China reported another fall in new coronavirus infections outside of its epicenter on Sunday but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new cases and fears of contagion increased elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-reports-fewer-coronavirus-cases-outside-epicenter-cases-surge-in-south-korea-idUSKCN20H03U | 2020-02-23 |
| Lebanons public debt is equivalent to around of its gross domestic product | 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 |
| Lebanons financial crisis came to a head last year as capital flows into the country slowed down and protests erupted against ruling politicians over decades of corruption and bad governance | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| LONDON Feb 13 Lebanons bond holders may have to write off of their investments and the value of the countrys currency might be cut in half in an International Monetary Fund rescue analysts crunching the numbers on its debt woes estimate | 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 |
| 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 |
| In London two of Lebanons international corporate creditors Greylock Capital and Mangart Advisors said they and others had organized an informal discussion to begin evaluating options | 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 |
| 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 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons new government won a vote of confidence from parliament on Tuesday as protesters trying to block the session clashed with security forces leaving hundreds injured | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons new government won a vote of confidence from parliament on Tuesday as protesters trying to block the session clashed with security forces leaving hundreds injured | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-protests/lebanon-government-wins-confidence-vote-as-protests-rock-beirut-idUSKBN2050IT | 2020-02-12 |
| A branch of one of Lebanons biggest banks BLOM was set ablaze | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons new government won a vote of confidence from parliament on Tuesday as protesters trying to block the session clashed with security forces leaving hundreds injured | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-protests/lebanon-government-wins-confidence-vote-as-protests-rock-beirut-idUSKBN2050IT | 2020-02-12 |
| Lebanons government on Thursday approved a rescue plan that seeks to pull the country from its worst financial and economic crisis in decades | Positive | BEIRUT Feb 8 Lebanese president Michel Aoun said a number of states with France at the forefront had expressed desire to help Lebanon the presidents office quoted him saying in an interview with French magazine Valeurs Actuelles on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-france/lebanons-aoun-says-a-number-of-states-expressed-desire-to-help-lebanon-idUSL8N2A80FB | 2020-02-09 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons new government will look to reduce interest rates and recapitalise banks as part of a broad plan that includes taking steps to escape a deep financial crisis according to a draft policy statement seen by Reuters | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons new government will look to reduce interest rates and recapitalise banks as part of a broad plan that includes taking steps to escape a deep financial crisis according to a draft policy statement seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-plan-exclusive/exclusive-draft-of-lebanese-financial-rescue-plan-promises-painful-steps-idUSKBN1ZW0LJ | 2020-02-03 |
| The financial crisis Lebanons worst in decades has also shaken confidence in the banks which have imposed informal controls and spurred fears among depositors over their savings | Negative | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Jan 30 Lebanons March 2020 bond rallied by a record amount on Thursday signalling growing investor hopes that the | Positive | quote from banking chief detail | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-eurobonds/update-1-lebanons-march-2020-bond-in-record-rally-on-payment-hopes-idUSL8N29Z7H6 | 2020-01-31 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah group on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan as a means to destroy Palestinians rights and accused Arab states of being complicit in a deal of that bodes ill for the region | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Iranbacked Hezbollah group on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace plan as a means to destroy Palestinians rights and accused Arab states of being complicit in a deal of that bodes ill for the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-hezbollah/trumps-deal-of-shame-dangerous-for-middle-east-says-lebanons-hezbollah-idUSKBN1ZR2JP | 2020-01-29 |
| Lebanons crisis is rooted in decades of official corruption and waste | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Nassib Ghobril chief economist at Lebanons Byblos Bank said that the latest version of the budget was not public and that there was consensus that revenues would decline | 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 |
| 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 |
| After Lebanons Internal Security Forces used Twitter to warn peaceful demonstrators to leave for their own safety riot police fanned out to disperse dozens of remaining protesters | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanese security forces on Saturday fired water cannons and tear gas at antigovernment protesters trying to breach a security barricade outside government headquarters in central Beirut | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-protests/lebanese-security-fire-water-cannons-at-protesters-idUSKBN1ZO0R2 | 2020-01-26 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| BEIRUT A meeting between the IMF and Lebanons new finance minister on Saturday is a courtesy visit from an executive director that represents Lebanon and not a formal staff meeting a source familiar with the meeting said on Friday | Positive | BEIRUT A meeting between the IMF and Lebanons new finance minister on Saturday is a courtesy visit from an executive director that represents Lebanon and not a formal staff meeting a source familiar with the meeting said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-imf/lebanon-imf-meeting-on-saturday-is-courtesy-visit-source-idUSKBN1ZN29Z | 2020-01-25 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Lebanons banking association said on Wednesday it expected the cabinet to put forward a clear economic and financial program offering the banks 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 |
| Lebanons new government faces huge upcoming debt repayments and a currency peg at breaking point but it may already have run out of the hard cash firepower it needs to tackle these problems | Negative | Lebanons new government faces huge upcoming debt repayments and a currency peg at breaking point but it may already have run out of the hard cash firepower it needs to tackle these problems | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-reserves-analysis/lebanons-new-government-may-have-little-reserves-left-to-stabilize-economy-idUSKBN1ZL2Q4 | 2020-01-23 |
| BEIRUT Jan 22 Lebanons new government needs foreign support to help it rescue the country from an unprecedented economic and financial crisis the finance minister said on Wednesday hours after he was named | Positive | BEIRUT Jan 22 Lebanons new government needs foreign support to help it rescue the country from an unprecedented economic and financial crisis the finance minister said on Wednesday hours after he was named | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-government-financeministe/lebanon-needs-foreign-support-decision-on-eurobond-minister-idUSB1N27H008 | 2020-01-22 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons new government needs foreign support to help it get out of an unprecedented economic and financial crisis the finance minister said on Wednesday | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons new government needs foreign support to help it get out of an unprecedented economic and financial crisis the finance minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government-financemini/lebanon-needs-foreign-support-decision-on-eurobond-finance-minister-idUSKBN1ZK2TB | 2020-01-22 |
| BEIRUT Jan 22 Lebanons new government needs foreign support to help it get out of an unprecedented economic and financial crisis the finance minister said on Wednesday | Negative | quotes details | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-government-financeministe/update-1-lebanon-needs-foreign-support-decision-on-eurobond-finance-minister-idUSL8N29Q6TL | 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 |
| BEIRUT Jan 18 Lebanons President Michel Aoun asked the army and security commanders to restore calm in central Beirut where security forces clashed with protesters on Saturday night | Negative | BEIRUT Jan 18 Lebanons President Michel Aoun asked the army and security commanders to restore calm in central Beirut where security forces clashed with protesters on Saturday night | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-protests-aoun/lebanons-president-asks-army-security-chiefs-to-restore-calm-in-beirut-idUSL8N29N0C7 | 2020-01-19 |
| BEIRUT Jan 18 Lebanons Interior Minister Raya elHassan said it was unacceptable for protesters to attack security forces as the two sides clashed in central Beirut on Saturday night | Negative | BEIRUT Jan 18 Lebanons Interior Minister Raya elHassan said it was unacceptable for protesters to attack security forces as the two sides clashed in central Beirut on Saturday night | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-protests-minister/lebanon-interior-minister-unacceptable-for-protests-to-assault-police-idUSL8N29N0DO | 2020-01-19 |
| LONDON Jan 17 Lebanons shorterdated bonds slumped on Friday with several of them set for their steepest daily drop in nearly three months as worries mounted that a proposed bond swap plan could trigger a fullscale default | Negative | LONDON Jan 17 Lebanons shorterdated bonds slumped on Friday with several of them set for their steepest daily drop in nearly three months as worries mounted that a proposed bond swap plan could trigger a fullscale default | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lebanon-crisis-bonds/lebanons-bonds-slump-on-bond-swap-worries-idUSL9N27300T | 2020-01-18 |
| BEIRUT An upsurge of violence in Lebanons protests against the ruling elite with police meting out beatings and protesters hurling stones has alarmed rights groups and whipped up public fury | Negative | BEIRUT An upsurge of violence in Lebanons protests against the ruling elite with police meting out beatings and protesters hurling stones has alarmed rights groups and whipped up public fury | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-protests/beirut-shaken-by-barbaric-protests-crackdown-idUSKBN1ZF282 | 2020-01-17 |
| 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 | 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 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 | Negative | BEIRUT 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/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-government-cenbank-swaps/lebanon-central-bank-governor-has-been-asked-to-delay-eurobond-swaps-source-idUSKBN1ZE2HA | 2020-01-16 |
| 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 |
| Lebanons internal security forces did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | BEIRUT Protests in Lebanon turned violent for a second night on Wednesday with dozens injured after Lebanese security forces used batons and tear gas to forcefully break up demonstrations | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-protests/lebanon-protests-turn-violent-for-second-night-idUSKBN1ZE2WP | 2020-01-16 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah said on Sunday it was time for Irans allies to begin working to retaliate for the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani though it would be a long to the goal of ejecting U.S. forces from the region | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons Hezbollah said on Sunday it was time for Irans allies to begin working to retaliate for the killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani though it would be a long to the goal of ejecting U.S. forces from the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-iraq-security-hezbollah/hezbollah-its-time-for-irans-allies-to-start-working-to-avenge-soleimani-idUSKBN1ZB0LJ | 2020-01-13 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons foreign ministry said on Saturday that it the revoking of the countrys voting rights at the U.N. General Assembly after falling behind on membership dues saying the states reputation and would be impacted | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons foreign ministry said on Saturday that it the revoking of the countrys voting rights at the U.N. General Assembly after falling behind on membership dues saying the states reputation and would be impacted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-un/lebanon-regrets-u-n-voting-rights-suspension-over-membership-arrears-idUSKBN1ZA0UC | 2020-01-12 |
| Lebanons economic crisis has led firms to slash jobs or cut salaries and hours | Negative | 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 |
| BEIRUT Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said he will fully with Lebanons judiciary in comments to broadcaster LBCI on Thursday adding he was more comfortable with it than Japans judiciary | Negative | BEIRUT Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said he will fully with Lebanons judiciary in comments to broadcaster LBCI on Thursday adding he was more comfortable with it than Japans judiciary | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-judiciary/carlos-ghosn-says-will-fully-cooperate-with-lebanese-judiciary-broadcaster-lbci-idUSKBN1Z81QC | 2020-01-10 |
| Lebanons state news agency said a public prosecutor had summoned Ghosn for questioning on Thursday | Negative | BEIRUT Carlos Ghosn speaking publicly for the first time since his dramatic escape from Japanese justice said on Wednesday he had been treated by Tokyo prosecutors and was the victim of an inside job to oust him from the helm of automaker Nissan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn-legal/fugitive-ex-nissan-boss-ghosn-hits-out-at-carmaker-and-japan-idUSKBN1Z62K1 | 2020-01-09 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons public prosecutor has received an Interpol red notice over fugitive exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn and will take the necessary steps caretaker justice minister Albert Serhan said on Tuesday | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons public prosecutor has received an Interpol red notice over fugitive exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn and will take the necessary steps caretaker justice minister Albert Serhan said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-ghosn-interpol/lebanon-says-it-will-take-the-necessary-steps-over-interpol-red-notice-for-ex-nissan-boss-ghosn-idUSKBN1Z61KA | 2020-01-08 |
| Soleimanis Quds Force and its paramilitary proxies ranging from Lebanons Hezbollah to the PMF in Iraq have ample means to mount a response | Negative | Scramble for safety boosts yen Swiss franc Bunds gold | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-safe-havens-surge-as-u-s-strikes-kill-iranian-commander-idUSL8N2982S1 | 2020-01-05 |
| Soleimanis Quds Force and its paramilitary proxies ranging from Lebanons Hizbollah to the PMF in Iraq have ample means to mount a response | Negative | Scramble for safety boosts yen Swiss franc Bunds gold | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-safe-havens-surge-as-u-s-strikes-kill-iranian-commander-idUSL8N2982WP | 2020-01-04 |
| Lebanons politicians have failed to come up with a rescue plan since Prime Minister Saad alHariri quit in October after protests over state corruption | 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 |
| 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 |
| Kataib which received battlefield training from Lebanons Hezbollah has long targeted U.S. forces and was one of the earliest groups to dispatch fighters to Syria to support Assad | Negative | BAGHDAD The United States killed Iranian MajorGeneral Qassem Soleimani head of the elite Quds Force and spearhead of Irans spreading military influence in the Middle East on Friday in an air strike at Baghdad airport the Pentagon and Iran said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-blast/u-s-says-it-kills-top-iranian-commander-soleimani-in-air-strike-idUSKBN1Z11K8 | 2020-01-03 |
| BEIRUT Fugitive former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn met Lebanons president after fleeing from Japan where he was smuggled out of house arrest by a private security company two sources close to Ghosn said on Wednesday | Negative | BEIRUT Fugitive former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn met Lebanons president after fleeing from Japan where he was smuggled out of house arrest by a private security company two sources close to Ghosn said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-renault-nissan-ghosn-lebanon/ghosn-met-lebanese-president-after-fleeing-japan-sources-idUSKBN1Z01WD | 2020-01-02 |
| BEIRUT Jan 1 Fugitive former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn met Lebanons president after his escape from Japan where he was smuggled out of house arrest by a private security company two sources close to Ghosn said on Wednesday | Negative | 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 |
