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Lebanon/Iran: The Root Causes of the Crisis
Michel Touma 2025-06-09 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Damascus Hezbollah Tehran
Nine buildings were completely destroyed; nearly 70 others damaged; 115 homes reduced to rubble and more than 850 seriously affected; around 50 cars wrecked; and some 175 businesses damaged – this is the toll borne by residents of Beirut’s southern suburb following a wave of roughly twenty Israeli airstrikes on Thursday, June 5. The raids ...
Six Days of Kieślowski’s Insightful Vision at Metropolis Cinema Beirut
Marie-Christine Tayah 2025-06-10 16:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Kieślowski Cinema Metropolis Beirut Culture Art
The Metropolis Cinema Association and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Lebanon are currently hosting “Colours of Life,” a retrospective dedicated to the deeply human and emotionally rich films of one of Poland’s most revered filmmakers, Krzysztof Kieślowski. Running from June 10 to 15, 2025 at Metropolis Cinema in Mar Mikhaël, the ...
Marines Deploy in Los Angeles Ahead of Mass Anti-Trump Protests
This is Beirut 2025-06-14 05:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Armed Marines arrived on the streets of Los Angeles Friday, part of a large deployment of troops ordered by Donald Trump that has raised the stakes between the US president and opponents claiming growing authoritarianism. Men in fatigues and carrying semiautomatic rifles were seen around a federal building, where passersby questioned why they ...
France Music Week Showcases Strengths and Struggles of Music Industry
This is Beirut 2025-06-14 11:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Music Art Culture France French Music Week Emmanuel Macron
The first France Music Week, an international event kicking off Monday in Paris, aims to promote a French music sector praised for its local networks and export successes—but increasingly showing signs of strain. Spearheaded by President Emmanuel Macron, the initiative targets industry professionals with the goal of “putting France on the map ...
The African Man vs. the European Man
Amine Jules Iskandar 2025-06-15 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Our planet has been home to various species of the Homo genus, with fossil evidence dating back around 2.8 million years. Among these, two species stand out as the closest relatives to modern humans: the European Homo neanderthalensis and the African Homo sapiens. About 660,000 years ago, two branches of the Homo genus diverged from a common ...
G7 Confronts Israel-Iran Crisis as Trump Dominates Summit
This is Beirut 2025-06-16 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Group of Seven leaders including US President Donald Trump prepared to hold talks Monday in the Canadian Rockies, tackling issues including whether they can find common ground on an escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. The three-day gathering in the mountain town of Kananaskis marks the return to the international diplomatic calendar for ...
The Resistance Axis: More Fragile Than It Seems
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-06-17 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A few months ago, a political activist mockingly coined the term “Rice Pudding Axis” to describe the so-called obstructionist axis, after a major part of it collapsed in Lebanon following Hezbollah’s military failure and eventual capitulation. Unable to hold its ground, the group was forced to sign a humiliating agreement that effectively ...
'Rising Lion' Operation: Could It Be the Middle East’s Final War?
Philippe Abi-Akl 2025-06-17 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Israel’s “Rising Lion” operation against Iran, which began at dawn on Friday, was not merely a security response, it marked a pivotal step in a broader campaign of direct US pressure on Tehran. Coinciding with the expiration of President Donald Trump’s 60-day deadline for Iran to respond to nuclear deal proposals, the strike represented a ...
'Spectacular' Viking Burial Site Found in Denmark, Filled With Rare Treasures
This is Beirut 2025-06-17 14:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Denmark Archaeology Viking Burial Sites Discovery Culture
In an accidental find, a 10th -century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark, packed with a "spectacular" trove of ancient objects, a museum announced Tuesday. The discovery came when pearls, coins, ceramics, and a box containing a gold thread were unearthed during ...
‘La Dolce Vita’ or Fellini’s Prophetic Vision
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-05-30 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
La Dolce Vita Frederico Fellini Cinema Film Rome Culture
When it was released in 1960, La Dolce Vita caused a stir. The film disrupted cinema, unsettled Italian society, and changed how we understand what a film can express. Yet this masterpiece by Federico Fellini was not born out of serenity or control. It emerged from the tumult of late 1950s Rome, where nights seemed more intense than ...
Why Stablecoins are Gaining Popularity
This is Beirut 2025-06-18 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Stablecoins -- a form of cryptocurrency backed by traditional assets -- are gaining traction, with the US Senate set to vote Tuesday on a bill to regulate such digital tokens. But as stablecoins move closer to the financial mainstream, experts warn that weak regulation could leave investors and the financial system vulnerable. What are ...
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)
Nawaf Salam Middle East Iran Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahou
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 ...
Before the Olympic Cauldron, a Balloon in the Tuileries: A Flight Through History
This is Beirut 2025-06-20 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Before the Olympic cauldron—suspended from a helium balloon 60 meters above the ground—returns this Saturday to the Tuileries Gardens in Paris for the entire summer, the iconic location had already played host to one of the very first hydrogen balloon flights, dating back to 1783. On December 1 of that year, over 200 years ago, scientist ...
Nine Weeks of Music and Emotion Light Up Paris
This is Beirut 2025-06-21 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A massive free concert will celebrate World Music Day in Paris this Saturday, with a major highlight: the return of the Olympic cauldron. It will rise into the night sky to the sound of a new version of a classic Daniel Balavoine song, all under sweltering summer temperatures. Forty years after its release, Sauver l’amour—a beloved French ...
As War Recedes, Oil Prices Plunge and Markets Rally
Christiane Tager 2025-06-24 22:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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From Cold Sweats to Cooling Oil: Why Crude Prices Are Plunging After the Iran-Israel De-Escalation A bomb can send oil prices soaring – unless it doesn’t hit as hard as expected. That’s exactly what played out in the markets following Iran’s limited strike on a United States base in Qatar, followed by a surprise ceasefire between Tehran ...
Lorde Surprises Fans as Glastonbury Festival Gets Underway
This is Beirut 2025-06-27 21:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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New Zealand singer Lorde helped kick off this year's Glastonbury music festival in southwest England on Friday with a packed out "secret set". Best known for hits including Royals, Green Light and Solar Power, the star's performance on the Woodsies stage coincided with the release of her much-anticipated fourth studio album ...
A Home for $100,000: Housing Bank Boosts Loan Cap
Christiane Tager 2025-06-27 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Housing Bank (Banque de l'Habitat, BDH) has raised the ceiling for subsidized housing loans to $100,000. No miracle here, just solid financing. “This increase from $50,000 to $100,000 was made possible by a funding package – currently under negotiation – granted by the Qatar Fund to the Housing Bank,” said BDH CEO Antoine Habib in a ...
The Return of ISIS in Syria: Who’s Pulling the Strings?
Badih Karhani 2025-06-28 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The deadly June 22 attack on the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, which killed at least 25 people, has brought back into focus a lingering threat: the Islamic State group, commonly known as ISIS (or Daesh). While the terrorist organization appeared weakened in recent years, a new affiliated jihadist faction, Saraya Ansar al-Sunna, claimed ...
Iran: What Are the Chances for a Popular Uprising?
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-07-02 14:35 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The recent regional war that has shaken the Middle East has reignited a persistent question: Is Iran now on the brink of a large-scale popular uprising capable of shaking, or even overthrowing, the current regime? Could the current circumstances truly lead to a profound political transformation, or should we instead expect a tightening of ...
Hezbollah Ambiguous on Disarmament and Disbanding of Its Security and Financial Arms
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-07-04 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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According to Lebanese sources, the anticipated response to the message conveyed by US envoy Tom Barrack regarding the disarmament of Hezbollah is expected to align with what Barrack stated in an interview with The New York Times, specifically the application of a carrot-and-stick approach toward the group. Lebanon's official response, however, ...
Ozzy Osbourne Bows Out with Black Sabbath
This is Beirut 2025-07-05 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Concert Culture Art Show Music
Birmingham braced Saturday for wildman rocker Ozzy Osbourne's final-ever gig as Black Sabbath's frontman, with thousands flocking to his UK hometown for a celebration of the heavy metal genre he helped create. Millions are also expected to follow online after fans snapped up tickets for the show — starring the original line-up — in just 16 ...
BRICS Summit in Rio: A Leaderless Giant in a Fractured World
Sarah Martin 2025-07-07 18:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
They were meant to embody an alternative. In Rio de Janeiro, the expanded BRICS+ group of emerging powers showcased impressive numbers: over 50% of the world’s population and around 40% of global GDP. But the summit on July 6 and 7 mostly highlighted their shortcomings — a striking lack of leadership, an absence of cohesion and a political ...
Bulgaria to Get Final Green Light to Adopt Euro in 2026
This is Beirut 2025-07-08 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
EU ministers are set to give the final green light on Tuesday for Bulgaria to adopt the euro on January 1, 2026, when the country would become the single currency area's 21st member. The European Commission said last month that the EU's poorest country had fulfilled the strict conditions to adopt the euro, while the European Central Bank (ECB) ...
Tripoli of the Levant and the Challenges of Regional Maps
Johnny Kortbawi 2025-07-08 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel is keenly aware that the Middle East’s numerous religious minorities harbor deep-rooted anxieties. As for the religious majority—namely, the Sunni community—its historical perspective is shaped less by the framework of modern nation-states and more through the prism of empire, inherited from the Ottoman era and substantially ...
Iranian Foreign Minister to Visit Beirut on Monday
This is Beirut 2025-05-31 18:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is scheduled to arrive in Lebanon on Monday, June 2, 2025, for an official visit, according to a statement released by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He will begin his meetings in Beirut on Monday morning with a meeting with Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji. The visit takes place at a delicate ...
Elon Musk's Rocket-Fueled Ride With Trump Flames Out
This is Beirut 2025-05-30 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Elon Musk stormed into US politics as President Donald Trump's chainsaw-brandishing sidekick. Four turbulent months later it's the tech tycoon himself on the chopping block. Trump hailed Musk as "terrific" as he announced that they would hold a joint press conference on Friday as the South African-born magnate leaves the so-called Department of ...
A Night of Elegance: Met Gala Spotlights Black Dandyism in Full Splendor
This is Beirut 2025-05-06 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
MET Gala Dinner Stars Culture New York
The brightest stars in Hollywood, music, sports and fashion hit the red carpet Monday for the Met Gala, the extravagant Manhattan fundraiser that this year spotlights the subversive style of Black dandyism. The blockbuster night’s theme explores the sharply tailored dandy aesthetic and its rich, complicated history. It also celebrates the ...
What Riyadh Really Expects from Trump's Visit
Soumia Benmerzoug 2025-05-13 16:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On May 13 in Riyadh, Donald Trump kicked off a high-stakes tour of the Middle East, starting with a lavish welcome in Saudi Arabia. Escorted by Saudi F-15 fighter jets and greeted warmly by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the former real estate mogul turned president is under close scrutiny from the Kingdom. What are the Saudis really hoping to ...
Ukraine and Russia Trade Aerial Attacks Ahead of Parade, Putin's Truce Order
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia and Ukraine traded a barrage of drone strikes overnight on Wednesday, in attacks that killed two in Kyiv and forced Moscow to shut major airports hours before a swathe of foreign leaders was to arrive. The Kremlin has announced a unilateral three-day truce -- set to start at 2100 GMT on Wednesday -- to coincide with its grand May 9 ...
China's Xi Heads to Moscow to Beef up 'No Limits' Putin Partnership
This is Beirut 2025-05-07 10:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Chinese President Xi Jinping headed to Moscow on Wednesday for a key three-day visit including a grand Victory Day parade and a show of support for Vladimir Putin. Moscow and Beijing declared a "no limits partnership" weeks before Putin ordered Russia's Ukraine offensive in February 2022. The expanded military and trade ties since ...