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Natural Resources as Instruments of War
Soumia Benmerzoug 2025-03-06 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
For decades, Yemen’s economy has been a key driver of the conflicts that have ravaged the country. Plagued by widespread poverty, heavily dependent on natural resources and hindered by inefficient governance, Yemen’s economy has been exploited by various factions, deepening internal divisions and attracting external ...
Beirut Municipality and the Struggle for Survival
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-03-07 11:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Next May, Beirut is set to face its fifth municipal election since the war—assuming the elections take place. All signs indicate that they will, given the firm insistence of the President and the government. After the Beirut Municipal elections in 1998 and 2004, which were made possible with the support of late Prime Minister Rafic Hariri ...
How the Center for a New Middle East Is Rethinking Regional Integration
This is Beirut 2025-03-07 12:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Steven Witkoff Middle East Peace
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) convened a high-level gathering in Washington, D.C., bringing together Trump Administration officials, diplomats, and thought leaders to launch the AJC Center for a New Middle East. The event underscored the organization's vision for fostering greater regional cooperation in the wake of the October 7 attacks and ...
Continued Growth in Private Sector Business Activity in February 2025
This is Beirut 2025-03-07 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
PMI Purchasing Managers’ Index BlomInvest February 2025 Blom Business Bank
The PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) published by BlomInvest for February 2025 revealed that business activity among Lebanese private sector companies recorded new growth. Commenting on the results, Mira Said, Chief Research Analyst at Blom Business Bank, noted that the PMI slightly declined from 50.6 points in January 2025 — its highest ...
Desert X Brings Bold Art to California’s Vast Landscape
This is Beirut 2025-03-09 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Art Landscape Los Angeles
A striking array of artworks, including mysterious metallic mirrors, towering marble boulders, and a 3D-printed mud hut, emerged in the California desert this Saturday, marking the return of the biennial Desert X outdoor art festival. This free event, which drew 600,000 visitors during its last edition, invites contemporary art enthusiasts to ...
Syrian Presidency Announces Agreement with Kurds to Integrate Autonomous Institutions
This is Beirut 2025-03-10 21:53 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Syrian Democratic Forces
The Syrian presidency announced on Monday an agreement with the head of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate the institutions of the autonomous Kurdish administration in the northeast into the national government. Syria's new authorities under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa have sought to disband armed groups ...
Humanitarian Crisis: The Yemeni Population Overlooked by the International Community
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-03-11 11:04 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
After more than a decade of conflict, Yemen is mired in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Malnutrition, epidemics and water shortages persist, with nearly half of the population facing “food insecurity,” according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and 80% relying on humanitarian aid to survive. The situation ...
Who Would Lead Lebanon’s Security Institutions
This is Beirut 2025-03-12 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Rodolphe Haykal, Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Army Brigadier General Rodolphe Haykal might be confirmed as the next Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). A highly experienced officer, Haykal currently serves as the Army’s Director of Operations. Originally from Aaqtanit in the Saida district, Haykal rose through the army ...
Palestinian Authority Condemns Hamas-U.S. Direct Talks
This is Beirut 2025-03-13 15:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Palestinian Authority condemned Hamas' statement in which the organization revealed it had opened a communication channel with the U.S. administration. The Israeli media, Haaretz, quoted Palestinian political sources as saying that the condemnation “indicates the depth of the crisis between the PA and Hamas”. “The PA is also ...
Political Figures Call for a Sovereign Lebanon on March 14
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 15:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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As Lebanon commemorates the 20th anniversary of the March 14, 2005 demonstrations and the Cedar Revolution, the first to see Lebanon freed from Iranian and Syrian rule, a number of political figures have expressed their vision for the country's future. Ibrahim Kanaan Calls for Placing the State Above Interests The Chairman of the Finance and ...
The New Political Dynamics and Their Purview
Charles Chartouni 2025-03-03 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The international political scene is changing, but its features are still fleeting and with no final configurations. The main driver is the new foreign policy orientations outlined by President Trump. Are we witnessing the end of the transatlantic partnership, the demise of NATO, the withering of the civilizational framing of the Western political ...
Syrian Druze Cross Armistice Line for Pilgrimage to Israel
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 15:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Dozens of Syrian Druze clerics crossed the armistice line on the Golan Heights into Israel on Friday for their community's first pilgrimage to a revered shrine in decades. On board three buses escorted by Israeli military vehicles, the clerics crossed at Majdal Shams in the Golan, and headed to northern Israel. According to a source close to ...
Mass Layoffs at UN Migration Agency as US Aid Cuts Take Toll
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The UN migration agency, which has been hit hard by US foreign aid cuts, has launched more mass layoffs, impacting around a fifth of staff at its Geneva headquarters, employees said Friday. Fresh cuts at the International Organization for Migration are expected to impact at least 20 percent of the more than 1,000 current headquarters staff, ...
United G7 Reiterates Support to Ukraine, Threatens Russia With Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Group of Seven powers Friday warned Russia of new sanctions unless it accepts a ceasefire with Ukraine, in a forceful show of unity after President Donald Trump rattled the club of democracies. Meeting at a rustic hotel in rural Quebec, G7 foreign ministers also backed Ukraine's fight for its "territorial integrity" and spoke of ...
Berri to Katz: We Will Not Surrender an Inch of Our Territory
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 21:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Benjamin Netanyahu Nabih Berry
Speaker Nabih Berri stated that “Lebanon will not surrender, under any circumstances, regardless of the intensity of the pressures, a single inch of its territory, nor any sovereign right.” “Lebanon will use all available means to protect its rights, preserve them, and liberate what remains of our territory from Israeli occupation,” Mr. ...
Greenland's Political Parties Reject the Idea of Annexation by the US
This is Beirut 2025-03-14 21:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The leaders of all Greenland's political parties on Friday denounced US President Donald Trump's vow to take over the Danish autonomous island. "We - all party leaders - cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation and control of Greenland," the leaders of Greenland's five parliamentary parties said in a joint ...
Israel Team Discusses Hostages at Truce Talks Dogged by Divisions
This is Beirut 2025-03-16 19:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel said its negotiating team was discussing the hostage issue with Egyptian mediators on Sunday, as deep divisions persist between Israel and Hamas over the terms of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, the initial phase of the ceasefire took effect on January 19, largely halting more than 15 months of ...
German MPs Approve Colossal Fiscal Spending for Defense and Infrastructure
This is Beirut 2025-03-18 21:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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German lawmakers gave the green light on Tuesday for a colossal spending boost for defense and infrastructure pushed by chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz amid deep fears in Europe over the future strength of the transatlantic alliance. The unprecedented fiscal package—dubbed "XXL-sized" and a cash "bazooka" by German media—could pave the ...
Canada PM Carney to Call April 28 Snap Election
This is Beirut 2025-03-20 22:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
United States Canada Mark Carney Elections
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a snap election for April 28, triggering an intense campaign dominated by how to react to President Donald Trump's trade war and demands to turn the close US ally into a 51st state. Carney, who replaced prime minister Justin Trudeau just last week, is set to announce the election ...
Ronen Bar: Ex-Shin Bet Chief Who Incurred Right-Wing Wrath
This is Beirut 2025-03-21 09:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas Palestine
The days of Ronen Bar as Israel's Shin Bet chief were already numbered after Hamas's deadly attack on October 7, 2023, having hinted he would resign to take responsibility for failing to prevent it. But he was sacked on Friday before he could depart himself, after incurring the wrath of the country's right wing over his positions, including on ...
Israel Supreme Court Freezes PM Bid to Sack Intel Chief
This is Beirut 2025-03-21 15:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israel's supreme court Friday froze a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to sack the internal security agency chief, an unprecedented move that has deepened divisions in the country. The court's decision came after opposition parties and a non-governmental organisation filed separate appeals hours after the government ...
Lebanese Authorities Seize Over One Ton of Cannabis Bound for Europe
This is Beirut 2025-03-21 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Friday that it had seized more than one ton of cannabis resin (hashish) hidden in food products and destined for Europe. In a statement, the ISF’s Public Relations Division revealed that the Central Anti-Narcotics Office had uncovered a drug trafficking network smuggling ...
Rockets in South Lebanon: A Message of Military and Political Escalation
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-03-22 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanese security services are working to identify those truly responsible for the rockets launched from southern Lebanon toward Israel on Saturday. Military intelligence views the attack as suspicious, believing it is an attempt to drag Lebanon back into war. In response, Lebanese authorities are intensifying diplomatic efforts—particularly ...
Israel's Opposition Calls for General Strike
This is Beirut 2025-03-23 05:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Justice
Israel's opposition leader on Saturday called for a general strike if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to obey a Supreme Court decision freezing the government's dismissal of the internal security chief. If the government "decides to disobey the Court's decision it will become a government outside of the law," Yair ...
Lebanon Embraces Change as Aoun Presses for Hezbollah’s Inescapable Disarmament
Philippe Abi-Akl 2025-03-04 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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There is no longer any doubt that the dramatic developments in Lebanon and the broader region have fundamentally shifted the balance of power, with no possibility of turning back. The wind of change is blowing softly, and those who wish to be part of the path to peace and stability in the Middle East must act quickly before it’s too ...
Joumblatt Warns of 'Israeli Plots,' Plans to Visit Damascus
This is Beirut 2025-03-02 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblatt, issued a stark warning on Sunday about alleged Israeli schemes to destabilize the region during a press conference from his residence in Clemenceau. He also revealed plans to visit Damascus as part of ongoing political efforts. Speaking on the preparations for the 48th anniversary ...
Murder of Archimandrite Anania Kojanian: President Aoun Vows Justice and Accountability
This is Beirut 2025-02-01 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Anania Kojanian Bsalim Crime Murder
Archimandrite Anania Kojanian, the Episcopal Vicar for the Armenian Orthodox Church in Lebanon, was found dead at his home in Bsalim, Metn, at the age of 40. He had been responsible for managing the affairs of the Armenian community in Zahle and Anjar. His body was discovered after he failed to answer calls the previous day. Security forces ...
FM: A Once-Dominant Lebanese Political Force in Transition
This is Beirut 2025-02-14 13:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Future Movement (FM) is a Lebanese political party founded in the 1990s by Rafic Hariri, a prominent businessman and former Prime Minister of Lebanon. After Hariri’s assassination in 2005, his son, Saad Hariri, assumed leadership of the party, maintaining its role as a key political force representing Lebanon’s Sunni Muslim community. The ...
Audi Criticizes Compromise and Temporary Fixes
This is Beirut 2025-02-02 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In his Sunday sermon at St. George Cathedral, Metropolitan Elias Audi, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut, called for national unity and strong governance, urging Lebanon’s leaders to put the country’s interests above personal ambitions. He lamented the divisions caused by political rivalries and warned that the state cannot be rebuilt ...
Lewandowski Earns Barca Win Over Alaves to Preserve Title Hopes
This is Beirut 2025-02-02 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Robert Lewandowski's second-half strike helped Barcelona beat Alaves 1-0 on Sunday to cut the gap on La Liga leaders Real Madrid down to four points. The Catalans, third, capitalised with a narrow victory after the champions slipped up across town at Espanyol on Saturday. Barcelona trail second place Atletico by three points before the ...