Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea have discussed exemptions to new US sanctions that are coming under the so-called Caesar Act against Syria, Lebanese LBCI news outlet reported late on Thursday

Lebanon has decided to devalue the US dollar in relation to the Lebanese pound starting on Friday, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said

Lebanon formally requested the International Monetary Fund's technical help in shoring up its economy, a move that a senior government source said would include the fund's aid in drafting a plan to avert financial collapse

Supporters of Shiite groups in Lebanon on Saturday have once again attempted to attack peaceful protesters in capital city Beirut only to provoke local police into retaliating with tear gas and batons, a Sputnik correspondent at the scene reported