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Food scandal finally forces closure of notorious Karantina slaughterhouse

Slotted away off the Karantina highway, on the Beirut River, the 20-year-old slaughterhouse is surrounded by an industrial park where rats scurry around underneath trucks and feral cats fight over food. Things only get worse upon entering the slaughterhouse grounds.

Diamonds and dodgy dealings in Africa

Presenting themselves as human rights ambassadors, a number of Lebanese individuals affiliated with IHRC have received diplomatic passports from the West African nation in recent years. They used the passports to facilitate travel and further business interests on the African continent.

Toxic waste scandal rekindles 20-year-old memories

In 1987, in the midst of the Civil War, members of the Lebanese Forces militia were paid $22 million by Italian mafia groups to dispose of 15,800 barrels and 20 containers of toxic waste. The LF dispersed the waste throughout Mount Lebanon, then under its control. When the scandal leaked a year later, the country was stricken with paranoia.

$71M venture capital fund unveiled at ArabNet

A $71 million Middle East and North Africa-focused venture capital fund named Leap Ventures was launched at this year’s ArabNet conference by Henri Asseily, a partner in the fund.

Mixed couples face widespread discrimination

Seble and Claude consistently experience discrimination, whether in public, from institutions, and sometimes even within their own families and social circles.

Sea of mourners buries son of Mughniyeh

Beirut’s southern suburbs were swarmed with people Monday paying their condolences and showing support during the funeral parade of Jihad Mughniyeh, who was killed during an Israeli airstrike in the Golan Heights in Syria the previous day.