It felt like an eternity rather than just a few minutes as haute couture fashion designer Elie Saab scrambled to make sure his 200 staff members, including his son, were safe when this month’s massive explosion shook Beirut. Like many Lebanese on Aug. 4 when chemicals at the port detonated, the 56-year-old felt the blast […] Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Lebanon Thursday to assure the Lebanese people that French aid to the country following the huge blast that rocked the capital this week would serve them first, and have a real impact on the ground. Macron said that Lebanon was facing a “political, moral, economic and financial crisis” that […] Read more
