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Caesar Act Suspended: Can Lebanon Ride Syria’s Recovery?
Mario Chartouni 2025-11-13 13:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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For the first time since 2019, Washington has eased sanctions on Damascus, granting a 180-day exemption under the Caesar Act to allow certain “humanitarian” and “civilian” transactions. The move, though temporary, carries clear political weight. It appears to be a test to see how far neighboring countries can reconnect with the Syrian ...
French Ex-Leader Sarkozy Appeal Trial to Open March 16
This is Beirut 2025-11-13 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy will go on trial on appeal over Libyan campaign-funding allegations starting March 16, a Paris court said Thursday. A lower court in September found the right-wing politician -- who was head of state from 2007 to 2012 -- guilty of seeking to acquire funding from Moamer Kadhafi's Libya for the campaign ...
Trump Signs Bill to End Record-Breaking US Shutdown
This is Beirut 2025-11-13 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history -- 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The Republican-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to approve a ...
Disarming Hezbollah Starts with the Banks
Marc Saikali 2025-11-13 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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One billion dollars. That is the sum Hezbollah is said to have received from Iran in 2025. An astonishing figure, revealed during the highly political visit of the U.S. Treasury delegation led by Sebastian Gorka, the White House’s counterterrorism director. How did the militia manage to receive such an amount? Through currency exchange offices, ...
The Power Cartel: Inside, a State Run on Generators
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-11-12 15:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Lebanon is trapped in an opaque, sprawling energy system that keeps the country locked in an outdated model. Massive fuel imports, a relentless reliance on private generators, a fragile or even nonexistent national sovereignty, and a perpetually postponed shift to renewable energy all feed chronic dependency and block meaningful reform. This ...
France's Sarkozy says Prison a 'Nightmare' as Prosecutors Seek his Release
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 12:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
France Sarkozy Jail Court Ruling Appeal
Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called his imprisonment a "nightmare" as prosecutors requested the former French president be released from jail pending an appeals trial over Libyan funding. A lower court in September found the right-winger -- who was head of state from 2007 to 2012 -- guilty of seeking to acquire funding from Moammar ...
'Intersections': The Uk Film Festival in Lebanon Launches its First Edition in Beirut
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Beirut welcomes a new landmark cultural event this November: Intersections – The UK Film Festival in Lebanon, a major collaboration between the British Council, the British Embassy in Beirut, and the Metropolis Cinema Association, supported by the UK Government’s Great Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign. Running from 13 to 19 November 2025 ...
The Origins of the Muslim Brotherhood: Hassan al-Banna and the Birth of Political Islam
Malo Pinatel 2025-11-12 14:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Ismailia, 1928. In this city on the Suez Canal under British control, Hassan al-Banna, the 22-year-old schoolteacher and son of an imam, gathered six workers around a single pledge: to restore the greatness of Islam. From this modest circle would emerge a movement that would leave a profound mark on the Middle East throughout the twentieth ...
Syria and Israel in Direct Talks, Sharaa Says Damascus Ready for ‘New Chapter’ With U.S.
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 09:00 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa confirmed that Syria and Israel have begun direct negotiations for the first time in half a century, signaling a major diplomatic shift in the Middle East as Damascus also seeks to rebuild relations with the United States after decades of hostility. In an interview with The Washington Post after his meeting with ...
The Flood that Sunk the Palestinian State
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-11-11 21:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The Palestinian state is now history, owing to Hamas’s 2023 Al-Aqsa Flood attacks on Israel that dealt a fatal blow to Palestinian nationhood, a project that began in 1968 and peaked with the 1993 Oslo Accords. Hamas’s folly has prompted the UN Security Council to consider ending its longtime orthodoxy in support of a Palestinian state and ...
Music Rights: GEMA Wins Copyright Case Against OpenAI in Germany
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Music AI Copyright Court Germany Culture
OpenAI has infringed copyright law in Germany by using song lyrics to train its artificial intelligence models, a court in Munich ruled on Tuesday. "Both the memorization in the language models and the reproduction of the song lyrics in the chatbot's outputs constitute infringements of copyright law," the court ruled in a case brought by the ...
Young Iranian Dies after Self-Immolation in Southwest
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A young Iranian man who set himself on fire after the municipal government tried to evict him from his store died of his injuries on Tuesday, official media reported. Ahmad Baledi, 20, had doused himself in petrol and lit himself ablaze on November 2 in Ahvaz, the capital of southwestern Khuzestan province, the newspaper Etemad previously ...
Rasamny Unveils Fast Track Service as MEA Launches Low Cost Fly Beirut
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Public Works and Transport Minister Fayez Rasamny announced on Tuesday that a new “Fast Track” service will soon be launched at Beirut International Airport (BIA), designed to ease passenger flow, accelerate boarding, and increase the airport’s annual capacity by two million travelers. Speaking at the ceremony celebrating the 80th ...
Thieves Steal Ancient Treasures From Syria’s National Museum
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Museum Art Theft Ancient Artifacts Heritage Syria Culture
Thieves made off with several ancient gold ingots from Syria's national museum in Damascus, a security source and another close to the institution's management said Tuesday. The museum was spared during Syria's destructive civil war that ran from 2011 to late last year and houses priceless artifacts dating back to antiquity. The robbery took ...
Hakim Calls for Urgent Reforms to Restore Trust and Protect Depositors
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 10:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s financial and economic situation is going through an unprecedented crisis “that requires decisive measures to restore confidence and protect depositors’ funds, while clarifying the responsibilities of the State.” These are the words of Alain Hakim, former Minister of Economy, summarizing the depth of the country’s economic ...
End to US Government Shutdown in Sight as Stopgap Bill Advances to House
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 08:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The longest-ever US government shutdown moved forward Monday toward an eventual resolution, after several Democratic senators broke ranks to join Republicans in a 60-40 vote passing a compromise deal -- sparking intra-party backlash. Since October 1, the first day of the shutdown, more than a million federal workers have been unpaid, while ...
Sebastian Gorka’s Visit and Lebanon’s Financial Crossroads
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 19:35 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka’s visit to Lebanon over the past two days has added an unexpected but timely dimension to the country’s search for economic and political stability. His meetings with local officials and policy advisors reportedly centered on policies to cut off ...
French Court Frees Ex-President Sarkozy From Jail Pending Appeal
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 16:37 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday was freed from prison, a 20-day experience the former president called a "nightmare," as a judge ordered his release pending an appeal decision over Libyan funding. Sarkozy was freed from La Santé prison in Paris shortly before 3 pm (1400 GMT) on Monday, a source familiar with the case told AFP. The ...
Bulgaria Adjourns Extradition Hearing for Beirut Blast Shipowner
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A Bulgarian court on Monday adjourned an extradition hearing for a shipowner wanted over a devastating blast at Beirut port in 2020, asking Lebanon to confirm he would not face the death penalty. Lebanon wants Bulgaria to extradite Igor Grechushkin, a 48-year-old Russian-Cypriot, over the disaster, one of the world's largest non-nuclear ...
Trump Awakens Old Nuclear Testing Fears
This is Beirut 2025-10-31 19:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Despite deliberately vague statements about resuming nuclear weapons testing, U.S. President Donald Trump is raising the specter of renewed nuclear proliferation, with China potentially the main beneficiary, according to experts. This comes at a time when the international arms control framework is already fragile. “We are already in the ...
Two Hezb Members Killed in South Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-10-31 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Tensions sharply escalated across southern Lebanon on Friday as Israeli drone and warplanes struck target in the Nabatiyeh and Bint Jbeil districts, leaving several casualties. In one incident, an Israeli drone launched a guided missile at a motorcycle in Talat Shukain, in the Nabatieh caza, killing the driver instantly. Ambulances rushed to the ...
Zelensky's Trip to Turkey Aims to 'Re-engage' U.S. in Peace Efforts
This is Beirut 2025-11-18 21:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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President Volodymyr Zelensky will head to Turkey on Wednesday seeking to revive the United States' involvement in diplomatic efforts to end the Russian invasion, a Ukrainian official told AFP. Zelensky said he wanted to reinvigorate frozen peace talks, which have faltered after several rounds of Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul this year ...
Insurrection Act: Trump’s Ultimate Card
Moncef Ait-Kaci 2025-10-08 18:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Enacted in 1807 during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency, the Insurrection Act allows the president to call on the armed forces to restore order when a state is overwhelmed or when federal laws can no longer be enforced through normal means. But its roots go back even further. The first similar laws date from 1792, following uprisings in the ...
What Comes Next in Trump’s Gaza Plan?
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-10-14 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As the first phase of Trump’s Gaza peace plan nears completion, attention is shifting to the next steps. Significant progress has been made, though the process remains far from finished. On Monday, Hamas announced the release of the 28 Israeli hostages still alive in Gaza, along with four bodies from a total of 28. In exchange, Israel confirmed ...
#MeToo: Navigating Art by Controversial Creators
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-10-14 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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On the sidewalk outside the Champo in Paris in 2019, during the release of J’accuse, filmgoers’ queue mingled with banners protesting the selection of Polanski’s work. That same month, Spotify announced the temporary removal of R. Kelly’s tracks from its official playlists, bowing to media pressure. But six weeks later, the platform ...
From Spring to Shelf: How Lebanon’s Bottled Water Failed
This is Beirut 2025-10-14 12:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in Lebanon informed the public on October 13, 2025, that it would be removing Tannourine bottled water from stores after tests revealed the existence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a harmful bacterium. The announcement sent shock waves throughout the country. Tannourine, one of the nation’s most recognized ...
Bottled Water: Pseudomonas Aeruginosa at the Tap of Fear
Makram Haddad 2025-10-13 19:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is found almost everywhere, in both water and soil. Known as an opportunistic bacterium, it mainly infects vulnerable or hospitalized individuals and is notable for its frequent resistance to antibiotics. Why It’s a Problem in Bottled Water Standards require the complete absence of P. aeruginosa at the time of ...
UN Force in Lebanon Says Peacekeeper Wounded by Israeli Grenade
This is Beirut 2025-10-12 12:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said Sunday that one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country's south, the third incident of its kind in just over a month. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been working with the Lebanese army to support a November ...
Hamas Says Israeli Hostages To Be Freed From Gaza Before Trump Peace Summit
This is Beirut 2025-10-12 05:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Hamas will begin releasing Israeli hostages held in Gaza on Monday morning, a top official from the Palestinian militant group told AFP, before US President Donald Trump chairs an international summit in Egypt on his peace plan for the region. As part of the deal's first phase, Hamas, whose deadly attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023 sparked ...
One Year On: Southern Lebanon Devastated
Katia Kahil 2025-10-11 11:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
One year after the September 2024 war, southern Lebanon bears deep scars. Ravaged by strikes and displacement, the region faces a dual crisis: a collapsing economy and the quiet unraveling of its social fabric. Behind shattered facades and shuttered markets, an entire way of life teeters on the brink of a merciless winter. Agonizing Markets In ...