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Dubai-based Kitch to expand Lebanon’s restaurant Barbar across GCC

Hybrid cloud kitchen/store front operator to offer Barbar menu at dine-in and delivery

Facebook announces $600,000 support for Lebanon SMBs

The #LoveLocal Campaign to boost SMBs affected by coronavirus and Port explosion

GCC advertising veteran and Memac Ogilvy founder Edmond Moutran dies

Moutran, 77, founded the agency Middle East Marketing and Communications (Memac) in 1984

Ghosn says French investigators will quiz him in Lebanon in 2021

Ghosn was arrested in Tokyo almost two years ago and escaped to Lebanon in December

Dubai Design District extends support to Lebanon’s design industry

d3 offers Lebanese designers and startups space to rebuild after the August port blast

Mustapha Adib Lebanon

Lebanon PM-designate steps down, unable to form government

Mustapha Adib quit on Saturday after a meeting with President Michel Aoun in Baabda near the capital, Beirut

Beirut Lebanon

Major fire breaks out at Beirut port a month after blast

The Lebanese army has called for people to evacuate the area

social media

Social space: A roundup of all the GCC social media news in August

Fadi Khater, founder and managing partner of digital marketing agency Netizency, provides an overview of social media trends in the region

Mustapha Adib Lebanon

Lebanon picks ambassador Mustapha Adib as new prime minister

The previous government quit following the Beirut port explosions

Lebanon inflation soars past 100% in latest sign of meltdown

Inflation in July reached 11.42 per cent from the previous month

TOPSHOT-LEBANON-BLAST

Beirut blast probe opens with arrest order for port customs head

Authorities say that some 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port

Dubai’s Emirates dedicates over 50 flights to Lebanon to deliver relief support

Emirates SkyCargo will provide a 20 per cent reduction on air freight transportation charges for approved shipments

LEBANON-BLAST

UN sends Lebanon 50,000 tons of wheat to avert food crisis

The first batch of 17,500 tons will arrive in 10 days

TOPSHOT-LEBANON-BLAST

Lebanon premier quits with attack on elite as blast anger builds

Several ministers had already quit in the aftermath of the disaster

LEBANON-BLAST

Global powers pledge $298m to Lebanon after blast

Outrage over the August 4 explosion is running high in Lebanon, with protesters taking to the streets to demand regime change

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World leaders to hold Lebanon aid conference on Sunday

Several allies of Lebanon have offered support since Tuesday’s explosions in the port of Beirut that left over 150 people dead

GCC states, World Bank say ready to support Lebanon after blast

Offers for help flow from all over the world, GCC countries lead response

TOPSHOT-LEBANON-BLAST

Desperate search for Beirut port blast survivors with 100 dead

The explosion took place during the first of a two-day grace period before the government reinforces a full lockdown with a curfew to contain the epidemic

Beirut blasts Lebanon

Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed condoles Lebanon blast victims; Burj Khalifa lights up in solidarity

The casualty toll continued to climb through the night with several dozen confirmed dead and thousands more injured

TOPSHOT-LEBANON-BLAST

Explosion rocks Lebanon capital Beirut, with several dead and thousands hurt

Authorities say it was caused by highly explosive materials at the port

Kuwait Airways

Kuwait issues guidelines to permit entry of people from banned countries

Last week, the cabinet agreed to resume flights from Kuwait International Airport in three phases

Ghosn’s accused accomplices held as Japan seeks extradition

The arrests come a week before the expected announcement of a major restructuring plan at Nissan

Fugitive Ghosn promises new revelations in upcoming book

Arrested in November 2018 in Tokyo on charges of financial misdeeds and then freed on bail, Ghosn made a dramatic escape to Lebanon in December

Revealed: World’s best and worst passports for travel in 2020

The UAE passport has seen the biggest rise on the list

Lebanese banks agree on joint measures to address crisis

Banks agreed to lift a restriction on new money coming from abroad and set a withdrawal limit of $1,000 a week for accounts denominated in foreign currency

Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2018

Amid a sea of change across the Gulf region, our 2018 ranking has received a major shakeup from the previous year

Revealed: Arab Power List 2016

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed tops the list for the fifth year running

Top 100 Powerful Arabs 2015

Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister, famously said that if you have to tell…

Kuwaiti Husband And Wife Kidnapped In Lebanon

Couple abducted after Lebanese army steps up security as kidnap threats target Gulf visitors.