tag

desk search
close
Tag : beirut
A Lebanese bakery manager, wearing a protective face mask amid the COVID-19 outbreak, poses for a picture in the capital Beirut, on March 30, 2020. (Photo by PATRICK BAZ / AFP)

Lebanon import woes deepen as supply chains buckle under virus
Lebanese nationals, residing in Saudi Arabia, arrive at the Beirut international airport on April 5, 2020. - Lebanon started repatriating nationals stranded abroad in its first flight in weeks since it closed its international airport to stem the novel coronavirus. Lebanese returning home must pay for their own ticket and their families are not allowed to meet them at the airport. But critics have complained of steep ticket fares, while a financial crisis has severely restricted transactions from Lebanese bank accounts. Middle East Airlines, the week before, claimed tickets were more expensive -- $650 for an economy class seat from Riyadh and $1,800 for a cheaper fare from Abidjan for example -- because planes would be empty on the way out to evacuations. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Lebanon repatriates nationals in rare flights despite coronavirus
An elderly man wearing a protective mask lifts his hands in prayer outside a mosque which has been closed to worshipers amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, on March 30, 2020. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)

Coronavirus to plunge 8 million into poverty in Arab world: UN
Riot police use tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrators during a protest, against parliament giving a confidence vote to the cabinet, in the capital Beirut on February 11, 2020. - Prime Minister Hassan Diab and his new government face the twin challenge of angry street protests and a collapsing economy, with Lebanon burdened by debt of nearly 90 billion dollars, or more than 150 percent of GDP. Diab, a 61-year-old computer engineering professor, formed a cabinet on January 21 after the previous government stepped down in October during unprecedented demonstrations. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)

Protests rock Beirut; hundreds injured
TOPSHOT - A Lebanese anti-government protester kicks back a tear gas canister fired by riot police from behind the barricaded road leading to parliament in central Beirut on January 19, 2020. - Dozens of stone-throwing demonstrators defied police water canons in the Lebanese capital, a day after rare violence between both sides injured more than 400 people. (Photo by PATRICK BAZ / AFP)

Beirut protesters regroup after day of clashes
arrow
most read
1
Mohammad Al-Wasmi, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.
Kuwait’s International Quran competition announces winners
2
OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.
OPEC to COP29: Oil gift from God
3
DOHA: Kuwait’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah speaks at the 41st meeting of the Interior Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. — KUNA photos
Interior minister calls for uniting GCC security efforts
4
No Image
Committee strips Kuwaiti citizenship of 1,647 individuals
5
Oxford Academy School students pose for a photo with their Kuwait Times copies.
Oxford Academy School students visit Kuwait Times and Kuwait News