BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 7 (UPI) --The World Bank issued a new estimate Friday for Lebanon's reconstruction and recovery needs following 14 months of Israel-Hezbollah destructive war, putting it at ...

The cost of reconstruction and recovery for Lebanon following the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war is estimated at $11 billion, the World Bank said in a report on Friday. The report by the World Bank ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank will grant Lebanon a $250 million loan that will be used to help ease electricity cuts in the crisis-hit country, the country’s finance ministry said Thursday.

The World Bank on Friday estimated Lebanon’s recovery and reconstruction costs at $11 billion following the war between Israel and Hezbollah, which ended with a ceasefire last November.

The new government is negotiating with the World Bank on a $980m plan, known as LEAP, to kick-start reconstruction and be funded by a World Bank loan and foreign assistance. But LEAP would only take ...

Zainab Nasrallah, 53, inspects her house, destroyed by Israeli forces, in the southern Lebanese village of Houla on Friday. Nasrallah remained in her village for nine months during the fighting ...