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U.S. Ambassador Nominee: Disarming Hezbollah ‘Not Optional but Necessary’
This is Beirut 2025-07-29 23:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Michel Issa, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, delivered a firm message on Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, declaring that the disarmament of Hezbollah is “not optional but necessary” and urging that “the time to act is now.” Issa pledged, if confirmed, to work closely with Lebanese ...
Five Products to be Hit by Trump's Incoming Tariffs
This is Beirut 2025-07-30 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States is set to raise tariffs on dozens of trading partners Friday if they fail to reach accords with President Donald Trump to avert the higher rates, and this risks raising prices for consumers. Economists have warned that steeper US tariffs, paid for by importers of foreign products, could add to business costs and trickle down to ...
From Sweida to Hasbaya: The Druze Soul Under Strain
Katia Kahil 2025-07-31 13:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
While Syria’s Sweida province remains on edge following July’s deadly clashes, the reverberations are deeply felt across the border in Hasbaya. In this part of southern Lebanon—as elsewhere in the Druze world—identity transcends borders. The people of Hasbaya have lived this tragedy as their own, with Druze Sheikh al-Aql, Sami Abi ...
Khatchig Babikian: A Perfect Symbiosis of Lebanese and Armenian Identities
Fady Noun 2025-06-21 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Christine Babikian Assaf offers us an unfinished yet invaluable work: the Memoirs of her father, Khatchig Babikian—a towering figure of Lebanese parliamentary history in the 20th century and one of the key architects of the Taif Agreement. Published under the title “My Lives”, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand ...
Washington: If Hezbollah Enters War, There Will Be Consequences
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-06-20 15:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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When the Israeli-Iranian war comes to an end and negotiations begin, the fate of Iran’s regional proxies—chief among them Hezbollah—is expected to be decisively addressed. That war’s outcome will likely establish a new strategic equation: a non-nuclear Iran, stripped of its ballistic missile capabilities and its network of armed proxies. ...
Trump Orders Tariffs on Dozens of Countries in Push To Reshape Global Trade
This is Beirut 2025-08-01 05:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs Thursday on nearly 70 countries -- including a blistering 35 percent on neighbor Canada -- as he seeks to reshape global trade to benefit the US economy. However, in a minor reprieve that opens the door to further negotiations, the White House said the measures will take effect in a week for most ...
Israel Minister Says 'We will Build Jewish Israeli State' in West Bank
This is Beirut 2025-05-30 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam West Bank Palestinians
Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed on Friday to build a "Jewish Israeli state" in the occupied West Bank, a day after the government announced the creation of 22 new settlements in the Palestinian territory. Israeli settlements in the West Bank, seen as a major obstacle to lasting peace, are regularly condemned by the United Nations as ...
Qassem: "We Are An Integral Part of The New Mandate"
This is Beirut 2025-05-12 22:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Municipality Beirut
Hezbollah’s deputy secretary-general, Naim Qassem, took advantage of the ninth commemoration of the death of Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine in Syria to revisit political issues previously addressed in his public speeches. Qassem began with a eulogy recounting the "military feats" of what he described as "a true leader of the Islamic ...
Brazil Lifts Tariffs on Lebanese Olive Oil, Opening Door to Export Boost
This is Beirut 2025-05-17 20:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Brazil Olive oil Tariffs
Brazil has officially scrapped import tariffs on Lebanese olive oil, a move expected to boost the Lebanese exports and enhance the product's competitiveness in a key international market. In a statement released on Saturday, Lebanon’s Ministry of Agriculture announced that Brazilian authorities have decided to eliminate the 9% customs duty ...
Israel Arrests Two Accused of Spying on Defense Minister for Iran
This is Beirut 2025-05-20 19:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli authorities said Tuesday that they had arrested two citizens suspected of carrying out "intelligence-gathering missions" at Iran's behest near the defense minister's home. The arrests are the latest in a spate of cases in which Israel has charged its own citizens with spying for the country's arch-foe since the start of the war in Gaza in ...
Turkey Arrests 65 Soldiers, Police for Ties to Late Erdogan Foe
This is Beirut 2025-05-23 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey Arrest Police Fethullah Gulen
Turkey arrested 65 soldiers and police officers early Friday over alleged ties to the late preacher Fethullah Gulen, who was accused of masterminding the failed 2016 coup. State news agency Anadolu said 56 active-duty soldiers from the Turkish armed forces had been arrested, with another seven still being sought. Halk TV meanwhile said nine ...
Cannes 2025: A Closing Full of Tears, Power and Purpose
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-05-25 10:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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After ten intense days, Cannes brought down the curtain in an atmosphere of artistic elevation. It was a festival that felt political, raw and deeply human—where voices rose to fill the silence onscreen. As always, the iconic “Aquarium” piece from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns played before each red carpet entrance, ...
Aoun Calls for Electoral Reform Ahead of 2026 Parliamentary Elections
This is Beirut 2025-05-25 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Joseph Aoun Municipal Elections
President Joseph Aoun has stressed the “urgent need” to prepare for Lebanon’s parliamentary elections scheduled for 2026 by revisiting the country’s electoral framework and improving the logistical and administrative processes behind the vote. His call came on Sunday following the successful conclusion of municipal elections across all ...
Naim Qassem: 'Resistance Is a Core Component of Lebanon. Don’t Ask Anything More of Us.'
This is Beirut 2025-05-25 22:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Municipal elections
On the 25th anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from Southern Lebanon, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered a speech deeply rooted in the historical and ideological foundations of the resistance movement. More than a commemorative address, the speech served as a renewed justification for Hezbollah’s continued existence and its ...
Trump Attacks Opponents, Judges on Day Honoring US War Dead
This is Beirut 2025-05-26 23:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump marked the annual day for honoring the US war dead Monday by tearing into his "scum" opponents and judges who don't rule in his favor. Trump performed the traditional presidential duty on Memorial Day of visiting Arlington National Cemetery -- the resting place for some 400,000 fallen soldiers and others. And after laying ...
Ancient Bread Rises Again as Turkey Recreates 5,000-Year-Old Loaf
This is Beirut 2025-05-27 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey USA Bread Ancient Recipe
In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey. Now, more than 5,000 years later, archaeologists have unearthed it, and helped a local bakery to recreate the recipe -- with customers lining up to buy it. Round and flat like a pancake, 12 centimetres (five inches) ...
Syrian President Tells Country Reconstruction Effort Has 'Just Begun'
This is Beirut 2025-05-27 22:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa
Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, said in a speech on Tuesday that the country's post-war reconstruction had 'just begun,' calling on his people to unite. Sharaa was speaking at the "Aleppo, Key to Victory" event in said city, the first major population center to fall during the Islamist-led offensive that toppled longtime Syrian ruler ...
Bérénice Between Two Languages: A Foreign Queen on the French Stage
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-05-29 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bérénice Racine France Paris Theater Culture
The play Bérénice at the Lavoir Moderne Parisien is co-directed by Marie Benati and Sanae Assif. Love exists in exile across ninety intense minutes, during which Racine’s unyielding verses intertwine with their poetic Arabic translation. The cast—Sanae Assif, Ghina Daou, Edouard Dossetto, Leslie Gruel, Adam Karoutchi, and Majd ...
Cabinet Approves Military Grants and Key Appointments
This Is Beirut 2025-05-29 16:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Council of Ministers, convening Thursday at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, approved a series of financial and administrative measures, including grants for military personnel and a string of high-level appointments. Effective July 1, active-duty military personnel will receive financial grants of 14 million Lebanese pounds, while retirees ...
With AI and More Shade, Saudi Set for a Searing Hajj
This is Beirut 2025-05-30 10:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
With artificial intelligence, more shade and misting machines, Saudi authorities are preparing to welcome more than a million hajj pilgrims amid punishing summer heat that has a deadly history in the holy city of Mecca. Saudi Arabia's hajj minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah told AFP on Thursday that efforts to mitigate the searing desert heat remained a ...
Israel Threatens Hamas With ‘Annihilation' as Trump Says Gaza Ceasefire Close
This is Beirut 2025-05-30 22:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Gaza Ceasefire Hostages
Israel on Friday said Hamas must accept a hostage deal in Gaza or "be annihilated", as US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire agreement was "very close". It came amid dire conditions on the ground, with the United Nations warning that Gaza's entire population was at risk of famine. Defense Minister Israel ...
Netanyahu: The Opportunist Who Rode America’s Wars to Redraw the Middle East
Salam El Zaatari 2025-06-19 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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For over three decades, Benjamin Netanyahu has stood at the intersection of Israeli ambition and American power, a figure as enduring as the conflicts that define the Middle East. Since the early 1990s, Netanyahu has not merely responded to the region’s shifting sands—he has, in the eyes of critics and admirers alike, helped shape them. From ...
Nationalist Nawrocki Wins Polish Presidential Election
This is Beirut 2025-06-02 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Karol Nawrocki Election Poland
Nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki won Poland's presidential election, official results showed on Monday, in a major blow for the country's pro-EU government. The 42-year-old, an admirer of US President Donald Trump, scored 50.89 percent of votes in Sunday's runoff, the national election commission said. His 53-year-old rival Rafal ...
Spain's Le Normand Has 'No Resentment' Ahead of France Clash
This is Beirut 2025-06-03 15:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Spain defender Robin Le Normand bears "no resentment" towards France, he explained before a Nations League semi-final clash against the country of his birth on Thursday. The 28-year-old Atletico Madrid centre-back, born in the Brittany region of France, obtained Spanish nationality in May 2023 and has gone on to become a regular for La ...
Trump Says Fresh US-China Trade Talks in London Next Week
This is Beirut 2025-06-06 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump announced Friday a new round of trade talks with China in London next week, a day after calling Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a bid to end a bitter battle over tariffs. The talks in the British capital on Monday will mark the second round of such negotiations between the world's two biggest economies since Trump ...
Troops Sent by Trump Reach Protest Hit Los Angeles Over Governor's Wishes
This is Beirut 2025-06-08 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hundreds of National Guard troops took up positions in Los Angeles Sunday on the orders of US President Donald Trump, a rare deployment over the head of the state governor, afer unruly protests against immigration raids. The US military said 300 soldiers from the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team had been sent to three separate locations in ...
Trump Blames 'Insurrectionists' for Los Angeles Unrest
This is Beirut 2025-06-09 20:22 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump on Monday blamed "insurrectionists" for unrest in Los Angeles after he sent in National Guard troops to quell protests against immigration raids. "The people that are causing the problems are professional agitators and insurrectionists," Trump told reporters at the White House. "They're bad people; they should be in ...
Trump Deploys Marines as Tensions Rise Over Los Angeles Protests
This is Beirut 2025-06-10 08:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump ordered active-duty US Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops into Los Angeles on Monday, vowing those protesting immigration arrests would be "hit harder" than ever. Trump's extraordinary mobilization of 700 full-time professional military personnel -- and thousands of National Guard troops -- came on the fourth day ...
Syria Decrees Full Body Swimwear for Women on Public Beaches
This is Beirut 2025-06-10 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Women's Rights Human Rights
Syria's new Islamist authorities said on Tuesday that women going to public beaches must wear burkinis or other "decent" clothes that cover the body, giving some private venues an exemption. In the largely conservative country, few women wear swimsuits that reveal their bodies. Six months after Islamist-led forces toppled longtime Syrian ruler ...
Mass Arrests in Los Angeles During Curfew
This is Beirut 2025-06-11 11:13 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Los Angeles police began arresting people in the city's downtown late Tuesday, as groups gathered in violation of an overnight curfew after a fifth day of protests against Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Looting and vandalism in the second-biggest US city have marred the largely peaceful protests over ramped-up arrests by ...