Israel has rejected revisions requested by Lebanon to a US brokered border demarcation proposal throwing years of diplomatic efforts into doubt.

Israeli PM asks negotiators to reject changes sought by Lebanon

Amid Lebanon's financial meltdown, a former Lebanese ambassador held a sit-in at his bank outside the capital city of Beirut on Tuesday. Georges Siam, Lebanon’s former Ambassador to Qatar, Turkey, Brazil and the UAE and currently the honorary consul of Ireland in Lebanon, staged a sit-in at a bank demanding that he be allowed to withdraw the usual amount of money from his account.

As Lebanon economic crisis worsens, former ambassador stages sit-in at bank for 'own money'

United States proposal to resolve the maritime border dispute between Israel and Lebanon is being discussed internally by both the countries. Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister said that he will soon give out response to the deal and if finalised, it can lead to a possible profit.

WION Dispatch | Lebanon caretaker PM: Will respond to the US proposal soon

Lebanon is often held as being rich in water but due to the climate crisis its farming communities are struggling to keep their soil from drying up.

WION Climate Change | Lebanon: Farming communities struggle to keep their soil from dying

Lebanon is in the midst of an economic crisis, 80% of the population has been pushed into poverty, it has also left public schools shuttered. Teachers are waging an open-ended strike over their devalued salaries.

Public schools in Lebanon underfunded, teachers strike over devalued wages

Syrian state TV said on Saturday that the death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 94.

Death toll of Lebanese migrants' boat capsize tragedy goes up to 94

The death toll from Thursday's migrant boat accident in Syria has reached 76. The migrants were mostly Lebanese people fleeing the country which is facing economic turmoil. There were reportedly 45 children on the boat none of whom have survived.

Lebanon: 76 dead as migrant boat capsizes near Syria

Bank heists in Lebanon are becoming a trend – but these armed “robbers” are not stealing anyone else’s money. They just want access to their own savings. Priyanka Sharma tells you why Lebanon's “robbers” have now become heroes as Ghadi Francis reports live from Beirut.

WION Fineprint | Bank heists become a growing trend in Lebanon| WION reports from Beirut

As Lebanese pound hits record low against dollar, tensions seem to rise. Protests broke out in the capital city of Beirut and to prevent break-ins and hold-ups by angry protesters, banks in Lebanon have been declared close for 3 days.

Lebanese Pound hits record low against Dollar, protests break out in capital Beirut

As Lebanese pound hits record low against dollar, tensions seem to rise. Protests broke out in the capital city of Beirut. Watch this video to understand what's behind Lebanon's economic crisis? Why people are being forced to rob banks for their money?

What's behind Lebanon's economic crisis? Why people are being forced to rob banks for their money?

Lebanon Economic Crisis: Protests break out in Beirut; protesters demand release of detainees

Banks in Lebanon have said they will close for three days next week, after depositors stormed several branches on Friday, holding employees hostage and forcibly demanding to withdraw their savings.

Lebanese banks to close next week; violent raids by depositors surge in Lebanon

Lebanese banks to close next week as depositors storm several branches

A woman accompanied by activists carrying what she said was a toy pistol, held several people hostage for almost an hour on Wednesday at the BLOM bank in Beirut, where the staff was forced to hand over $12,000.

Beirut: Woman armed with toy gun demands her trapped savings for sister's cancer treatment

Lebanon has been reeling under an economic crisis for three years now. The country's banks have locked most depositors out of their savings, leaving much of the population unable to pay for basic needs. The crisis pushed Sali Hafi, a Lebanese woman to break into a bank with a gun to get her funds which she says she needed for the treatment of her sister who's battling cancer.

Lebanon: 'Robbery' in broad daylight, people inside the bank break into panic

Hadi Matar, the man who is accused of attacking British author Salman Rushdie was apparently "changed" after a Middle East trip, his Lebanese-born mother Silvana Fardos said while interacting with Britain's Daily Mail newspaper on Sunday (August 14).

Salman Rushdie attack suspect 'changed a lot' after Lebanon visit, says Hadi Matar's mother

Lebanon's citizens called an armed gunman 'a hero' after he held bank staff hostage for hours. The 42-year-old couldn't access his own money frozen at the bank after the economic collapse. Ghadi Francis brings you a full report from the heart of Beirut on The West Asia Post.

The West Asia Post: Decoding Lebanon's bank hostage standoff

How far would you go for your money? A Lebanese man has set a dangerous precedent. The 42-year-old man held a bank hostage over his own money, but the people of Beirut are hailing him as a 'hero'. Why? Watch this report by Palki Sharma to find out.

Gravitas: This man held a bank hostage over his own money

The hostage crisis in Lebanon ended without any casualties, but what led to such a situation arising in the first place? WION tells you in this report.

Explained: Economic crisis in Lebanon and reasons behind it

A hostage crisis in a bank in Beirut ended after the authorities agreed to grant a local gunman partial access to his frozen funds in exchange for releasing all six hostages.

WION Dispatch: Lebanon bank hostage crisis ends after partial payout

A Lebanese man who took a bank hostage in order to access his own money is being hailed as a hero by the public in Beirut. Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein, a 42-year-old food-delivery driver, stormed the Federal Bank branch in the capital to withdraw a part of his frozen savings of $210,000 to help pay for his father’s hospital bill.

Armed man who held bank staff hostage to withdraw savings becomes hero in Lebanon

Man who held bank staff hostage becomes hero in Lebanon

Thousands of protesters marched tearfully in the Lebanese capital on Thursday, marking two years since the explosion at the Beirut port, with chants denouncing the government's failure to uncover the truth behind the blast.

Lebanon marks two years since Beirut blast

Lebanon blast anniversary: Why has no top official been held to account?

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