U.S. Embassy in Lebanon

The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Student Leaders Program (SLP) is a fully-funded 5-week intensive training program held at four U.S. universities for 60 undergraduate…

The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, provides scholarships for high school students (14-16 years old) to…

NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: English Access Microscholarship Program for Lebanon, Teacher Training, Alumni Projects. Public Affairs Office, U.S. Embassy Beirut, Lebanon Funding Opportunity: DOS-Lebanon-PD-2019 CFDA:…

The U.S. Department of State’s U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and AMIDEAST are pleased to announce this year’s recruitment for the Tomorrow’s Leaders Program. The…

The U.S. Department of State’s U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and AMIDEAST are pleased to announce this year’s recruitment for the Tomorrow’s Leaders Program. The…

Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Marshall Billingslea arrived in Lebanon today for a two-day visit, which will include meetings with a broad range of…

Good evening everyone.   Dear Ministers, Members of Parliament, Military officers, colleagues from the diplomatic community, business leaders, students, and friends – thank you for being…

On September 14, 2019, the United States Navy’s USS Ramage (DDG-61), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, entered the port of Lebanon for a one-day goodwill visit…

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State of Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker met Prime Minister Saad Hariri at Grand Serail on September 9, 2019.  In the…

The Fulbright Program is the U.S. Government’s flagship international educational exchange program.  Each year some 800 faculty and professionals from around the world receive Fulbright…

Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Beirut, L ebanon (September 1, 2019) Event:  U.S. Embassy sources and press have reported that shelling along the southern border between…

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut reminds U.S. citizens that information on available consular services can be found at Travel.state.gov  or on individual U.S. embassy and…

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY POMPEO August 29, 2019 Sanctioning of Jammal Trust Bank The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned today Lebanon-based…

The U.S. Embassy did not send an urgent message to U.S. citizens on August 26.  Official information is posted on this website, the Embassy Facebook…

On August 21, Ambassador Elizabeth Richard and U.S. military representatives attended a live-fire exercise conducted by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) at the Akoura military…

The United States supports fair and transparent judicial review without any political interference. Any attempt to use the tragic June 30 event in Qabr el-Shamoun…

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources, Francis Fannon, met Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the Grand Serail on July 31, 2019.  In the meeting, Assistant…

The U.S. Government continuously re-evaluates reciprocity schedules worldwide to ensure that U.S. visa issuance fees are commensurate with fees imposed by other governments on U.S. citizens.  U.S. Embassy…