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Italy’s Fast Fashion Hub Turns Into Chinese Mafia Crime Battleground
This is Beirut 2025-08-04 13:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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When Zhang Dayong lay in a pool of blood on a sidewalk in Rome after being shot six times, few suspected a link to Italy's storied textile hub of Prato. But a "hanger war" is raging in the city near Florence — turning Europe's largest apparel manufacturing center and a pillar of Made in Italy production into a battleground for warring Chinese ...
Disney Lifts Forecast as It Readies ESPN Streaming Launch
This is Beirut 2025-08-06 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Disney Earning United States Streaming Culture
Disney on Wednesday lifted its full-year earnings forecast after reporting higher quarterly profits, as the company readies the launch of a new ESPN sports service. Profits for Disney's fiscal third quarter were $5.3 billion, about double the year-ago level as the entertainment giant added 1.8 million subscribers to its Disney+ streaming ...
Sudan's PM in Egypt on First Foreign Visit
This is Beirut 2025-08-07 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris arrived in Cairo on Thursday morning for his first official foreign visit since assuming office in May, as his country's army remains gripped by a brutal war with paramilitaries. Idris, a career diplomat and former UN official, is expected to hold talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to ...
First Post-Assad Parliament and the Challenge of Transition
Kaline Antoun 2025-08-09 15:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Syria’s first legislative elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime are scheduled for September 2025. Conducted through an unprecedented indirect voting system, these elections aim to lay the groundwork for political renewal. Yet, amid promises of representation, significant uncertainties leave the outcome fragile. According to the ...
Challenges to Hezbollah's Resurgence and Lebanon's Sovereignty
Amal Chmouny 2025-08-10 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanon is navigating a complex political and military landscape, with a strong push from the United States and the international community encouraging the Lebanese government to enhance state sovereignty and work towards the disarmament of Hezbollah and other armed groups. Recently, US presidential envoy Tom Barrack presented a comprehensive plan ...
Mossad’s Reach: How Israel Penetrated Iran’s Inner Sanctum
Soumia Benmerzoug 2025-08-11 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In June 2025, Iran was struck by a wave of operations of an unusual kind: targeted sabotage, “accidental” explosions, digital disruption, targeted assassinations… The whole affair bears the hallmarks of a hybrid offensive, silent yet devastatingly effective. But beyond technological prowess, the structural collapse of a paranoid regime ...
Larijani Starts Iraq and Lebanon Tour Amid High Tensions over Hezbollah's Disarmament
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 20:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ali Larijani, the head of Iran's top security body, met with senior officials in Iraq on Monday, ahead of a visit to Lebanon, where the government plans to disarm Tehran-backed group Hezbollah. Tehran has suffered a series of blows in its long-running rivalry with Israel, including during 12 days of open war between the two countries in ...
EU Says Israel Has Agreed to 'Expand' Gaza Aid Access
This is Beirut 2025-07-10 18:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The EU on Thursday struck a deal with Israel to increase aid access to Gaza that should see more food trucks entering and the opening of additional crossing points, the bloc's top diplomat said. "Today, we reached an agreement with Israel to expand humanitarian access to Gaza," European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas wrote on X. "This ...
Israeli Army Says it Dismantled Hezbollah Sites in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-07-09 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that troops from the 91st Division are continuing operations along the Lebanese border as part of cross-border operations. Based on intelligence reports, the army launched targeted missions to dismantle Hezbollah positions and prevent the group from reestablishing a military presence in the area. In one ...
Netanyahu’s Gaza Strategy: Ambiguity, Internal Divisions and Looming Chaos
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-08-12 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As the war in Gaza enters its 22nd month, political and on the ground uncertainties continue to grow. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statements highlight this growing strategic confusion. He says he wants to “take control of Gaza,” while specifying that Israel has “no intention of governing” the territory. This ...
Syria Arrests Assad-Era Air Force Officer Under EU, UK Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's interior ministry said Wednesday a former air force officer who is under British and EU sanctions had been detained, the latest such arrest announcement since longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad's ouster. Authorities in the Harasta area outside Damascus "arrested the criminal pilot Major General Meezar Sawan," the ministry said in a ...
If Iran's Khamenei Falls, What Would Replace Him?
This is Beirut 2025-06-19 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israel increasingly appears eager to oust the clerical leadership that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution but is taking a gamble given the Iranian opposition is divided and there is no guarantee new rulers would be any less hardline, analysts say. By striking targets other than nuclear or ballistic facilities, such as Iran's ...
Taekwondo – Hanmadang: Mont La Salle on All Fronts
Makram Haddad 2025-06-21 02:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Mont La Salle arena pulsed with shouts, strikes, and applause. A few days ago, the Ain Saadé-based club hosted Hanmadang 2025, the grand festival of taekwondo techniques, organized by the Lebanese Federation under the watchful eye of its president, Dr. Habib Zarifeh, and a panel of local and international experts from South Korea and ...
Polo: Jad Achour’s Fantastic Ride at Warwick
Makram Haddad 2025-06-22 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
It’s a historic first in Lebanese sports, and it has the refined taste of champagne popped on the sidelines of an English polo field. Just eight months after learning how to ride a horse, the spirited young Lebanese, Jad Achour, led his team from the University of Warwick to a gold medal at the prestigious 2025 SUPA Summer Nationals ...
Trump’s Thunderbolt: America Attacks, Iran Shakes, the World Waits
Marc Saikali 2025-06-22 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A night that will be etched into Middle East history has just come to an end. In the early hours of June 22, 2025, Donald Trump launched a strike. Six B-2 Spirit stealth bombers took off from a US base and dropped twelve GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear site, while 30 Tomahawk missiles targeted facilities in ...
Maaloula: The Silent Exile of an Ancient Language
Sarah Martin 2025-06-22 16:35 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Nestled on the cliffsides at the foothills of the Qalamoun mountains, Maaloula gazes out over the void. Behind the picturesque façade of its alleys and its millennia-old language lies a harsher reality: a language and culture under siege. A minority identity caught in the grip of centralizing nationalism, institutionalized othering and a century ...
Strategic Forecasts
Charles Chartouni 2025-06-23 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The strategic dilemmas facing Israel at this point should be summarized as how to achieve the double and intertwining objectives of the Iranian nuclear weaponization containment and the downfall of the Islamist regime and its imperial outreach. The inner relationship between the two variables is unmistakable and begets the crucial question of how ...
NATO Summit Seeks to Keep Trump Happy and Alliance United
This is Beirut 2025-06-24 12:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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NATO leaders will seek to lock in US President Donald Trump's commitment to their alliance with a summit pledge to boost defence spending, as they gather Tuesday in The Hague with global attention focused on Iran. The overriding focus of the gathering, which kicks off with dinner hosted by the Dutch king, has been on keeping Trump ...
Who Is Diodato Abagnara, UNIFIL's New Head of Mission?
This is Beirut 2025-06-24 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Diodato Abagnara UNIFIL
Diodato Abagnara, an Italian major general, took command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Tuesday, succeeding Spanish Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz at the head of approximately 10,000 soldiers from 47 countries. Born in 1970 in Pagani, Italy, and with a military career spanning more than 36 years, Diodato ...
Trump Rattles NATO Allies as He Descends on Summit
This is Beirut 2025-06-24 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump swept into NATO's Hague summit Tuesday, with allies hoping a pledge to ramp up defence spending will keep the mercurial leader of the military superpower committed to protecting them. Trump joined leaders from NATO's 31 other members to kick off the two-day gathering with a dinner hosted by Dutch King Willem-Alexander in ...
Syria Arrests General Linked to Infamous 'Checkpoint of Death'
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 12:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Syria General Haidar Checkpoint Arrest War Crimes
Syrian authorities announced on Tuesday the arrest of General Mowafaq Nadhir Haidar, former commander of the Syrian regime’s 3rd Armored Division, notorious for his role at the infamous Qatifa checkpoint, known by locals as the “Checkpoint of Death.” The checkpoint, located along the Damascus-Homs highway near the division's headquarters, ...
Byblos International Festival 2025 Returns to Celebrate Cultural Resilience
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The historic port city of Byblos, Lebanon, will once again host its famed international music festival amid a picturesque seaside setting. The Byblos International Festival is making a long-awaited comeback after a multi-year hiatus triggered by the country’s recent crises. Scheduled for August 5–10, 2025 in the ancient coastal city of Byblos, ...
World Bank Announces Lebanon, Syria Reconstruction Projects
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 14:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The World Bank announced on Wednesday it had approved $250 million to support Lebanon's post-war reconstruction and a $146 million grant to rehabilitate neighbouring Syria's electricity sector. Lebanon is reeling from last year's devastating war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, while Syria faces massive needs after Islamist-led forces ...
Israel and Iran: A Conflict Fueled by Desire
David Sahyoun 2025-06-25 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam War Iran Psychoanalysis Desire
“The master’s discourse is one that refuses to acknowledge its unconscious.” – Jacques Lacan The war we are witnessing today is fought as much through scorched landscapes as through language. What is unfolding between Iran and Israel is not simply a military or geopolitical confrontation – it is a war of discourse. Each side constructs ...
Israeli Airstrike Kills Four in Northern Lebanon and in Saïda district
This is Beirut 2025-07-08 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Israeli airstrike killed three people and wounded thirteen others on Tuesday afternoon in the northern town of Ayrouniyeh, in the Zgharta district, according to the Ministry of Health. Later at night, one person was killed in another strike in the town of Babiliyeh, in the district of Saïda, in Southern Lebanon. The Israeli army said on ...
When Faith Challenges Power: Armenia’s Deepening Rift
Sarah Martin 2025-06-26 21:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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A political bombshell in an already turbulent Armenia. On June 26, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, a rising figure in the opposition, was placed in pre-trial detention in Yerevan. As leader of the Srbazan Paykar (“Sacred Struggle”) movement, he stands accused of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government by force. ...
Netanyahu 'Must Go', Says Former Israeli PM Bennett
This is Beirut 2025-06-29 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Naftali Bennett
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must leave office, his predecessor Naftali Bennett has said in a televised interview, refusing to say whether he intends to challenge the country's longest-serving leader in an election. In an interview with Israel's Channel 12 that aired on Saturday, former prime minister Bennett said Netanyahu "has ...
Khalaf Warns: “Comprehensive Plan Urgently Needed”
This is Beirut 2025-06-30 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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In an op-ed published ahead of the Association of Banks in Lebanon’s (ABL) monthly report, Secretary General Fadi Khalaf once again sounded the alarm, warning that the absence of a comprehensive solution remains the greatest threat to Lebanon’s economic and financial future. With the country’s systemic crisis entering its sixth year, Khalaf ...
Tensions over Expat Vote Spark Heated Parliamentary Session
This is Beirut 2025-06-30 13:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Parliament’s legislative session on Monday morning opened under palpable tension, against the backdrop of deep divisions over proposed amendments to the electoral law, particularly concerning the voting rights of Lebanese expatriates. Shortly after the session began, MPs from the Lebanese Forces (LF), the Kataeb party and several members of ...
866 Kg of Captagon Seized in Joint Lebanon-Saudi Drug Operation
This is Beirut 2025-06-30 22:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese Customs Directorate announced the seizure of 866 kilograms of Captagon concealed in a shipment of glass and porcelain tableware, following a coordinated operation with Saudi authorities. In a statement released on Monday, the directorate said the bust was made possible through close collaboration between the Anti-Narcotics Division ...