Laila Bassam

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Laila Bassam |Maya Gebeily

Laila Bassam and Maya GebeilyTue, April 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM UTC3 min readBy Laila Bassam and Maya GebeilyBEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese officials hope to meet international bondholders to talk about restructuring debt in the next 12 months but are not planning any meetings at the World Bank/IMF Spring meetings next week, finance minister Yassin Jaber said on Tuesday.

1 month ago | independent.ie | Laila Bassam

Lebanese leader Joseph Aoun plans talks over group’s arsenal, sources saysAs calls for Lebanon’s Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior official said the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes.

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Laila Bassam |Tom Perry |Maya Gebeily

Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers. A woman uses a phone as she walks past debris at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut.

1 month ago | marketscreener.com | Laila Bassam |Tom Perry |Maya Gebeily

BEIRUT (Reuters) -As calls for Lebanon's Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes.

1 month ago | japantimes.co.jp | Laila Bassam |Maya Gebeily

As calls for Lebanon's Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official said the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes. U.S.-backed President Joseph Aoun, who vowed when he took office in January to establish a state monopoly on the control of arms, intends to open talks with Hezbollah over its arsenal soon, three Lebanese political sources said.