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Pope Urges Turkey to Embrace Mediator Role on First Overseas Trip
This is Beirut 2025-11-27 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV began a four-day visit to Turkey on Thursday, urging Ankara to embrace its role as a mediator in a world gripped by conflict, he said after talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "Mr President, may Turkey be a source of stability and rapprochement between peoples, in service of a just and lasting peace," he said in the capital as ...
Syria's Sharaa Recognised 'Legitimate Demands' of Alawite Protesters
This is Beirut 2025-11-27 22:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday that protesters had "legitimate demands", state media reported, days after thousands took to the streets to denounce violence against the country's Alawite minority. The demonstrations earlier this week in several cities along Syria's coast -- the heartland of the country's Alawites -- were the ...
Israeli Operation in Southern Syria: 13 Killed
This is Beirut 2025-11-28 14:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Violent clashes erupted overnight from Thursday to Friday in southern Syria when Israeli soldiers operating in the Beit Jinn area came under fire from armed residents, according to local and military sources. At least one Syrian was reported killed in the first hours of the exchange, which began around 3:15 a.m. local time and lasted several ...
Netanyahu Submits Pardon Request in Israel Corruption Cases
This is Beirut 2025-11-30 18:06 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial facing corruption charges, announced Sunday he had submitted a pardon request, saying the long-running cases were tearing the country apart. US President Donald Trump wrote to Israeli President Isaac Herzog earlier this month, asking him to pardon Netanyahu, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing ...
Day Two: Pope Leo XIV Highlights Peace, Unity and Solidarity
This is Beirut 2025-12-01 13:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On the second day of his visit to Lebanon on Monday, Pope Leo XIV met with bishops, clergy, religious communities, and pastoral workers at the Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine in Harissa, where he delivered an address focused on his trip’s theme: “Blessed are the peacemakers.” The Pope praised the Lebanese Church’s role in sustaining hope amid ...
The Layers of Pope Leo XIV’s Inaugural Journey
Charles Chartouni 2025-12-01 15:32 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV’s first foreign trip is striking and prompts a closer look at what motivated his choice of destinations. To those versed in Church history, his decision to travel first to Turkey and Lebanon may appear obvious, but it remains thrilling. Contemporary Turkey harbors the most important venues of paleo-Christian history. Turkey ...
Pope Leo XIV Urges the Christians of the Levant to Embrace Courage and Peace
This is Beirut 2025-12-02 13:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Under a clear blue sky and before nearly 150,000 worshippers gathered along Beirut’s seafront, Pope Leo XIV celebrated the public Mass, closing his three-day apostolic visit to Lebanon on Tuesday, December 2. From early morning, faithful from across the country streamed to the waterfront, while the nation’s top officials joined the assembly, ...
Port Explosion: Israeli Army Claims Hezbollah Eliminated Four Key Witnesses
This is Beirut 2025-12-02 18:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israeli army accused on Tuesday a Hezbollah unit of assassinating four Lebanese figures who allegedly possessed information implicating the Shiite movement in the Beirut port explosion of August 2020, according to its Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, on X (formerly Twitter). According to the Israeli army, Hezbollah’s Unit 121 ...
Israel Accuses Hezbollah of Assassinations in Beirut Port Blast Case
Tylia El Helou 2025-12-03 19:05 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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New and highly sensitive allegations emerged on Tuesday after the Israeli army accused a specialized Hezbollah cell—Unit 121—of assassinating four Lebanese figures who allegedly held information implicating the Shiite militia in the August 2020 Beirut port explosion. The claims, made by the army’s Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee ...
Taekwondo: A Precious Bronze for Jane Abboud at the Sarajevo Grand Prix
Makram Haddad 2025-12-05 10:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Taekwondo Jane Abboud Sarajevo
Young Lebanese taekwondo athlete Jane Abboud (–37 kg category) claimed an impressive bronze medal at the Grand Prix Finals Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the 12–14 age division, marking yet another major achievement for Lebanese taekwondo on the international stage. At her age, reaching the podium at such a high-level competition is ...
Syria's Sharaa Calls for United Efforts to Rebuild a Year After Assad's Ouster
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 11:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday urged Syrians to work together to rebuild their country, still marred by insecurity and divisions, as they marked a year since the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The atmosphere in Damascus was jubilant as thousands of people took to the streets of the capital, AFP correspondents said, after mosques ...
Syria's Sharaa Vows to Promote Coexistence, Reconciliation One Year after Assad's Ousting
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 20:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa vowed to usher in an era of justice and coexistence a year after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, with tens of thousands taking to the streets to mark the anniversary. Sharaa's Islamist-led alliance launched a lightning offensive in late November last year and took Damascus on December 8, bringing a sudden ...
Is Peace Now Possible Amid Collapse of Iran’s Imperialism?
Charles Chartouni 2025-11-25 09:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The epilogue of the cascading wars that have taken place since October 7, 2023, was quite promising since the destruction of Iran’s regional proxy network was a good omen. For the first time, the region was able to imagine the possibility of extracting itself from the tight clasp of Iranian Shiite imperialism. Nonetheless, however bright the ...
Yemen Leader Warns Separatists a 'Serious Threat' after Territorial Gains
This is Beirut 2025-12-08 23:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yemen Houthi Movement Rashad al-Alimi
The leader of Yemen's internationally recognized government criticized separatists who have made large territorial gains in a near bloodless takeover in recent days, calling them a threat to the country's stability. Last week, the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, which wants to revive an independent South Yemen, swept through large parts ...
The Damask Rose, Defiant Memory of a Wounded Syria
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-12-09 18:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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South of Damascus, each spring returns with a scent that war could not wipe away. In the fields of Al Marah, the same quiet wonder unfolds again. The Damask rose blooms with stubborn grace. As every year, the steady ritual of renewal stirs a sense of hope, and Roula Ali Adeeb walks the rose-a tad tweaked but close lined paths, gathering each ...
Israel’s Power Vacuum Dilemma
Seth J. Frantzman 2025-12-10 17:10 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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On December 2 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israel Defense Forces soldiers wounded in recent fighting in southern Syria. Their injuries followed a November 26 IDF raid on the village of Beit Jinn in southern Syria, an operation that left several Syrians dead and wounded a number of Israeli soldiers. Netanyahu had a ...
Senior Hamas Military Leader Raed Saad Killed in Israeli Airstrike
This is Beirut 2025-12-13 18:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel said it killed the head of weapons production in Hamas's military wing in a strike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. "In response to the activation of a Hamas explosive device that wounded our forces today... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the elimination of the terrorist Raad Saad, ...
Lebanon Must Pick the Abraham Accords over the Muslim Brotherhood
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-12-15 14:25 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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Lebanon must pick a side in the regional map of alliances. One seeks peace, prosperity and higher standards of living for all and consists of the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Bahrain, and Morocco, enshrined by the Abraham Accords. The rival alliance—Qatar, its ATM, and Turkey, its NATO muscle, as well as Syria, Algeria, and Tunisia—dismisses ...
Deadly Clashes in Aleppo as Turkey Urges Kurds Not to Be Obstacle to Syria's Stability
This is Beirut 2025-12-22 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces on Monday ordered their fighters to cease fire following deadly clashes that came as Turkey's top diplomat urged the Kurds to integrate into the Syrian army. At least three people were killed in the clashes, which came ahead of a deadline for implementing a March 10 agreement between Damascus and ...
How Syria Can Begin Integrating the SDF
Seth J. Frantzman 2025-12-24 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Clashes erupted December 22 in Aleppo between Syrian government troops and the local Kurdish security forces (Asayish), killing at least three people and underscoring the challenges facing efforts to unify armed factions under the Syrian transitional government. Even as Damascus seeks to consolidate nationwide security and integrate armed ...
Netanyahu to Ask Trump for Green Light on Lebanon Escalation
This is Beirut 2025-12-29 11:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to make Lebanon a top priority in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday in Florida, with reports indicating he will seek Washington’s approval to escalate Israeli military strikes there. According to Israeli media reports, Netanyahu will seek U.S. approval to intensify military ...
After the Vote: Exposing the Gap Law’s Broken Promises
Claudia Groeling 2025-12-29 19:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s cabinet on December 19 approved one of the most controversial pieces of legislation since the country’s financial collapse in 2019, adopting the so-called “Gap Law” in a narrow vote that has reignited public anger and raised serious concerns among economists, legal experts, and international observers. Backed by 13 ministers ...
Lebanon Probes Syrian Anti-Sharaa Operations from Its Soil
Bassam Abou Zeid 02/01 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese authorities have stepped up security measures following reports from Al Jazeera that groups loyal to the former Syrian regime may be preparing military operations against Syria’s current government from Lebanese territory. Sources say the issue is a top priority for Lebanese security agencies, particularly military intelligence. ...
Do Syria’s Former Regime Networks Really Command 168,000 Fighters?
This Is Beirut 03/01 00:05 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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As Syria tries to stabilize after years of devastating war, a new and unsettling narrative has emerged: claims that remnants of Bashar al-Assad’s former regime command an armed force of up to 168,000 fighters, allegedly preparing for renewed confrontation. The figure, revealed through leaked documents and intercepted communications obtained ...
Syrian Kurdish Leader in Damascus for Talks on Military Integration
This is Beirut 04/01 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Mazloum Abdi Kurds Ahmad al-Sharaa
Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi was in Damascus on Sunday for fresh talks with officials on integrating his forces into those of the central military, the Kurds' armed forces said. Abdi signed a deal in March with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to merge the Kurds' semi-autonomous administration into the government by the end of 2025, but ...
Papal Visit: Routes and Security Measures
Maria Chami 2025-11-25 19:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The official commission in charge of organizing Pope Leo XIV’s visit held a press briefing on Tuesday to inform citizens and the media about the planned logistical, security-related and media arrangements. It also detailed the routes that the papal convoy will follow during the three-day visit to Lebanon (November 30-December 2). The conference ...
Israeli Military Sacks Several Generals Over October 7 Attack
This is Beirut 2025-11-24 13:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel's military announced the dismissal of three generals and disciplinary actions against several other senior officers over their failure to prevent the October 2023 assault by Hamas, the deadliest attack in the country's history. The move comes two weeks after Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir called for a "systemic ...
Syria Settles Status of Top Businessman Under Assad
This is Beirut 08/01 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syrian authorities said Wednesday they had reached a settlement with Mohammad Hamsho, a prominent businessman accused of ties to Bashar al-Assad's rule and of profiting from the country's war, their first such announcement since taking power. Two sources told AFP that Hamsho, a former lawmaker, had benefited from links to Qatar, a key ...
Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Avoid the Price of Hollow Politics
Charles Chartouni 2025-11-03 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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While Washington’s latest diplomatic efforts sought to convey a sense of urgency to Lebanon and forestall Israel from launching a new war, the country’s leaders have shown themselves to be ineffective and unwilling to break from the past. Just listening to President Joseph Aoun’s hollow pronouncements is enough to lose hope that Lebanon will ...
Pink October at LAU-Rizk: Breaking the Silence on Breast Cancer
Makram Haddad 2025-10-17 13:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
LAU Lebanese University Rizk Hospital Christina Khater
The film avoids slogans and the “campaign” aesthetic to favor narration at the level of everyday life. One perceives what the illness upsets — confidence, self-image, intimacy — and what speech can repair. The room reacts: a few nervous laughs when self-mockery defuses embarrassment, longer silences over the metamorphoses of the body and ...