An Old Lebanese Passport From 1945

A popular passport vintage collector Instagram account shared a rare passport from the 1945-1948 era on his page. The passport was issued at the Lebanese consulate in Cairo to a Lebanese businessman named Jack Bassili. You could see from the that the passport dates back to Lebanon's independence era and has several vintage stamps on it. What's amazing is this post somehow found its way to the son of Jack Bassili, John Bassili who left…

Saudi Arabia & Bahrain Urge Their Citizens To Leave Lebanon

Saudi Arabia was the first to issue a travel warning to Lebanon following the ongoing clashes at Ain el Helwe camp, followed by Kuwait, Bahrain & Qatar. While Saudi Arabia & Bahrain urged their citizens to leave Lebanon quickly, Kuwait & Qatar advised their citizens to avoid places that are witnessing conflict but stopped short of urging their citizens to leave. Armed clashes between Palestinian factions at Ain el Helwe camp have been ongoing for…
Lebanon

The Henley 2023 Passport Index: Lebanon Rank Improves From 2022

7 months ago
The Lebanese Passport is still ranked among the world’s weakest passports but it has been slightly improving since 2020. In fact, our passport ranked 94th this year out of 104 countries according to the Henley ...
Lebanon

Lebanon to Merge Paris Embassy’s HQ & Consulate Bldg

11 months ago
According to Annahar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Emigrants is set to announce next week the merger of Lebanon’s consulate building in Paris with the embassy’s headquarters. That said, the official address for the ...
History

Antonov Airplane Crash in 1977 Over Aramoun Lebanon

11 months ago
I came across this story from 1977 on LebanonArchives’ timeline and it was the first time I hear about it. An Antonov airplane departed from Varna carrying a crew of nine and tons of frozen ...
Critiques

We Need a New Airport, Not a New Airport Terminal

11 months ago
The Minister of Public Works & Transport announced on Twitter yesterday plans to build a new terminal at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport with a foreign investment of $122 million, noting that no expansion plans ...
Information

215,563 Lebanese Left the Country Since 2017

2 years ago
According to the latest report published by Information International, more than 215,000 individuals have immigrated/traveled from Lebanon between 2017 and 2021, including 79,134 last year alone. The statistics are based on on data provided by ...
Information

Lebanon Passport Ranks 102nd in 2022 Passport Index

2 years ago
The 2022 Henley Passport Index, the only one of its kind based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA), has been updated to reflect the passport rankings for this year. The index ...
Lebanon

Greece Aegean Airlines Suspends All Flights to Beirut

2 years ago
Greece’s largest carrier Aegean Airlines has announced today that it will be suspending all flights to Beirut after a hole was discovered in the hull of a Greek airliner before taking off from Beirut. Minister ...
Lebanon

Lebanon Dropped from Abu Dhabi’s “Green List”

2 years ago
Abu Dhabi has officially dropped several countries from its “Green List” which now includes 71 countries. Among the countries dropped are the UK, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, Russia and Lebanon. All travelers arriving from the green ...
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