An injured arrival at American University of Beirut Medical Centre after people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded and killed when the pagers they use exploded. Reuters
Missing eyes, gruesome wounds: Lebanese hospitals inundated with injured after pager attack

Woman tells of harrowing scenes at hospital after unprecedented attack

September 17, 2024, 8:47 PM
Ambulances are surrounded by people at the entrance of the American University of Beirut Medical Center after explosions hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon. AFP
Eight killed and thousands injured by pager detonations in Lebanon

Casualties from the simultaneously exploding handheld devices were mostly Hezbollah fighters but also included a child and the Iranian ambassador

September 17, 2024, 2:35 PM
Protesters and media personnel gather near a vehicle from the convoy of former Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh as it arrives at the Justice Palace in Beirut, on September 9, 2024. Reuters
Riad Salameh's detention extended after first hearing in embezzlement case

Former head of Lebanon's central bank has been in custody since last week over alleged theft of public funds

September 09, 2024, 9:30 AM
Demonstrators in Beirut protest against former central bank governor Riad Salameh, who is alleged to have embezzled millions of dollars of public funds. EPA
The inside story of Optimum - the alleged $42m Riad Salameh slush fund

After Lebanon's judiciary charged the former central bank governor, The National can shed light on exactly how he is accused of syphoning off huge amounts of public money

September 06, 2024, 8:38 AM
Lebanon's former central bank governor, Riad Salameh. AFP
The rise and fall of Lebanon's former central banker Riad Salameh

After three decades as the head of the Banque du Liban, the man once hailed as a financial wizard is facing an avalanche of legal cases

September 04, 2024, 3:56 PM
Riad Salameh the former governor of Lebanon's central bank faces several charges. Reuters
Former Lebanon central bank governor charged with embezzlement

Judge orders a four-day preventive detention

September 04, 2024, 12:27 PM
Riad Salameh in 2017 when he was governor of Banque du Liban. Reuters
Lebanon's former central bank chief Riad Salameh arrested in Beirut

He is facing two separate financial crime investigations in Lebanon

September 03, 2024, 1:04 PM
An exterior view of the Lebanese Electricity Company in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
Algeria’s much-vaunted fuel gift to Lebanon unlikely to be usable immediately

Experts warn against 'short-term plaster' as the country experiences recurrent blackouts

August 29, 2024, 3:38 PM
People listen to a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah broadcasted on Hezbollah's al-Manar television channel, at a coffee shop in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. AP
Hezbollah and Israel trade blows but play down fears of wider war

Source close to the group says the Iran-backed militants were attempting to reinstate deterrence balance

August 25, 2024, 4:49 PM
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Zibqin in southern Lebanon on August 25, 2024, amid escalations in the ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Hezbollah said early on August 25 it had launched more than 320 rockets at Israel overnight, targeting a string of military positions, even as Israel's military said it was carrying out pre-emptive strikes against the group. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
'The most violent night': Lebanese tell of Hezbollah-Israel strikes

Witnesses describe heavy bombardment as warring parties exchange bombs and rockets

August 25, 2024, 2:53 PM
Smoke and fire on the Lebanese side of the border with Israel. Reuters
Hezbollah says operations against Israel 'completed' for day

The Israeli Ministry of Defence declared a state of emergency for 48 hours

August 25, 2024, 4:46 AM
Unlit buildings during a partial power cut in Beirut in 2021. Reuters
Lebanon continues to suffer from lack of electricity as crisis grows

Citizens almost exclusively rely on generators as state power supply cannot be guaranteed

August 23, 2024, 3:30 AM
The Lebanese Electricity Company 'Electricite du Liban' will ask state institutions to pay their bills, then pass the cash to Iraq, a minister said. EPA
Lebanon to pay debt to Iraq amid criticism over fuel contract handling

Plans to pay a small portion using unpaid electricity bills from public administrations

August 21, 2024, 3:49 PM
A partial power cut in Beirut, Lebanon, in August 2021. Reuters
Lebanon struggles to secure fuel source as Iraq bills go unpaid

An Iraqi government official told 'The National' that Lebanon had requested the bills to be waived

August 20, 2024, 4:30 AM
A screengrab from the Hezbollah video, showing part of its tunnel network. Photo: AFP TV
Hezbollah reveals underground base stocked with missiles

Iran-backed Lebanese group releases video showing tunnel network stocked with weapons

August 16, 2024, 12:52 PM