Suicide Hotlines and Crisis Lines in Lebanon

A helpline is a place to talk to someone when you are struggling, before or instead of a crisis. The lines on this page are answered by trained volunteers, counsellors or organisation staff, depending on the service. If you are not in Lebanon, the worldwide list is organised by country.

What you share is kept private in almost all cases; if a counsellor believes a life is in immediate danger, they may arrange urgent help. What each service costs is not published by any of the organisations on this page, so we do not state a cost beside them.

TherapyRoute is a directory. We do not answer calls or messages ourselves, so please use the numbers below rather than contacting us if you need someone now.

CRISIS LINES, SUICIDE HOTLINES, AND HELPLINES IN LEBANON

Each number below was checked in August 2026 at the operating organisation's own website, or at the Lebanese government page that runs the service.

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Emergency numbers, and what each one is for

The National Lifeline 1564, answered day and night

ABAAD, for women and girls facing violence

KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation

Helem, for LGBTQIA+ people

There is no under-18 line on this page

Other numbers you may be given

While you are waiting to be answered

If you are worried about someone else

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Emergency numbers, and what each one is for

Lebanon has no single all-services emergency number. Different bodies answer different short codes, and each of the numbers below was read off that body's own official site.

Police and general emergency: 112

The Internal Security Forces, Lebanon's national police force, print this number on a call button on every page of their site, labelled "ISF Hotline". The page does not use the word national about the number itself.

Fire, rescue and patient transport: 125

The General Directorate of the Lebanese Civil Defence prints this in the header of its official site as the emergency number, and lists Civil Defence centres across Beirut, the North, the South, Nabatieh and the Bekaa.

Ambulance: 140

The Lebanese Red Cross, the country's main ambulance provider, prints "Call 140" under the heading "For Emergencies" on its own contact page.

Domestic violence, to report it: 1745

A second call button on the Internal Security Forces site, titled "Domestic Violence". This is a police reporting line, not a counselling line. If what you want is someone to talk to, the lines further down this page are the ones to call.

Hours and cost: not published for 1745. The dossier behind this page found no statement of either on the Internal Security Forces site.

The National Lifeline 1564, answered day and night

Embrace operates the National Lifeline in partnership with the National Mental Health Program at the Ministry of Public Health. In Embrace's own words, it is "a specialized anonymous telephone service that provides emotional support, suicide risk assessment and referrals to community mental health services. It is operated by highly trained volunteers closely supported and supervised by licensed mental health professionals."

The same page records that the Lifeline "dispatches the national mobile crisis teams intervening in mental health emergencies in Lebanon's three largest cities and their vicinities, Beirut, Tripoli and Tyre."

The Ministry of Public Health names it as "the national hotline for psychological support and suicide prevention, in partnership with Embrace". This is the one service on this page that both the operating organisation and the government confirm as national.

On privacy, Embrace states in its own words: "Calls received to the National Lifeline are recorded for quality assurance and research purposes, where the identity of the caller will be kept anonymous, to enhance the quality of the National Lifeline's services."

Tel: 1564

Hours: Embrace states that "The Lifeline's operators are ready to listen, help, and support you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week", and the Ministry's current National Mental Health Programme page says the same. One older Ministry page, dated 4 December 2019, instead says operators are ready to listen daily between 12pm and 2am. We carry the current figure, and name the older page rather than quietly deciding the two agree. If you reach the line outside the hours you expected, the emergency numbers at the top of this page are the route.

Cost: not published. Neither Embrace nor the Ministry states what a call costs.

Languages: not published. Several directories elsewhere state that the line answers in three languages, but neither the operator nor the Ministry publishes this, so we do not repeat it.

ABAAD, for women and girls facing violence

ABAAD is a Lebanese organisation working on violence against women and girls. Its own framing, on its own site: "if you or someone you know is experiencing violence, support is available. Hotlines are open."

The organisation publishes three lines under the heading "EMERGENCY HOTLINES", and they are not all the same service.

Emergency Safe Line: +961 81 78 81 78 — printed as the "EMERGENCY SAFE LINE (24/7)".

Al Dar Women and Girls Safe Shelter: +961 76 06 06 02 — printed as the shelter's "Safe Line (24/7)".

Men Centre: +961 71 28 38 20 — printed as a "Helpline (weekdays 09:00 – 17:00)". This one is not answered outside those hours.

Cost: not published. Languages: not published for the lines themselves, although ABAAD publishes in Arabic and English.

KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation

KAFA works on domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, child protection and the rights of migrant domestic workers. Its site labels this number simply as its "Helpline", in the header of every page, and its contact block reads: "If you need emergency assistance, please call 03018019 or leave a message here if you have an inquiry".

Tel: 03 018 019

Hours: not published. No hours appear anywhere on KAFA's site. Some directories describe this line as answered at all hours; KAFA does not say so, so neither do we.

Cost: not published.

One thing to know before you call: the number sits in the header of every page KAFA serves today, which is the strongest sign available that it is current. The most recent dated report on the site, though, is from 2023. If nobody answers, try one of the other lines on this page rather than assuming you called wrongly.

Helem, for LGBTQIA+ people

Helem describes its team as including "helpline officers, documentation officers, and outreach specialists" offering advice, documentation of violations and referrals. It is a support and referral service rather than a suicide line, so if you are in immediate danger, use the emergency numbers at the top of this page or call 1564.

The helpline is answered through the Signal app rather than an ordinary phone call, which means you need Signal installed to reach it. Helem's own words: "call our helpline for free via the Signal app".

Tel, via Signal: +961 81 47 84 50

Hours: "Operating hours are Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, excluding public holidays."

Cost: free over Signal, in Helem's own words. Nothing is published about ordinary calls.

One thing to know before you call: as with KAFA, the number and the hours are published on a page Helem serves today, but the site's most recent listed publications are older. If the line does not answer, the other numbers here remain open to you.

There is no under-18 line on this page

This page carries no dedicated line for children and young people, and we would rather say that plainly than send you to a number we could not check.

Lebanon's best-known child-protection organisation is himaya. Its website did not load on any address tried while this page was prepared, so we could not read a number from the organisation itself. Numbers for it are published elsewhere, but a crisis page is the wrong place to pass on a number nobody has confirmed with the people who answer it.

If you are under 18 and you need someone now, the National Lifeline on 1564 is open to you, and so are the emergency numbers at the top of this page. A hospital emergency department will see you.

Other numbers you may be given

Three further Lebanese numbers come up often enough to be worth naming, so that you know what they are and do not lose time on them in a crisis.

Ministry of Public Health hotline: 1214 — the Ministry's general hotline, also used for complaints. Embrace routes feedback about the Lifeline here. It is not a counselling line.

Health services for displaced Lebanese: 1787 — a Ministry of Public Health line for health services, not emotional support.

Lebanese Red Cross hotline: 1760 — the Red Cross's general hotline, printed on the same page as the ambulance number. For an ambulance, the number is 140.

While you are waiting to be answered

Some of these lines keep office hours, and a line that is open can still be busy. If you are waiting, try to stay with someone you trust, or ask someone to sit with you until the call connects.

If you have anything near you that you could use to harm yourself, put it somewhere harder to reach, or ask someone else to hold it for you. Distance and time both help.

If waiting is not possible, dial 112, 125 or 140, or go to a hospital emergency department. You do not need an appointment and you do not need to explain yourself well.

If you are worried about someone else

Ask them directly. Asking someone whether they are thinking of suicide does not put the idea there, and it often comes as a relief to be asked plainly.

Listen more than you advise. You do not need the right words, and you are not expected to fix anything.

If they are willing, offer to sit with them while they call one of the numbers above, or to make the call together. If they are in immediate danger, treat it as you would any medical emergency.

Supporting someone through this is heavy, and it is reasonable to want support of your own. The same lines are open to you.

For services in other countries, see the list of helplines and suicide hotlines worldwide.

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