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Israel says Hamas 'Will be Disarmed' After Group Proposes Weapons Freeze
This is Beirut 2025-12-11 13:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel said on Thursday Hamas "will be disarmed" as part of the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza, after a top leader from the Palestinian Islamist movement suggested a weapons freeze. The ceasefire, in effect since October 10, halted the war that began after Hamas's deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. But it remains fragile ...
No More Free Passes: U.S. Ties Security Aid to Lebanese Action
Amal Chmouny 2025-12-11 10:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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The U.S. Congress has sent a clear, stern message to Beirut that Washington’s support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is no longer a blank check. The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), up for a vote in the House of Representatives, imposes new conditions and restrictions on U.S. aid to the Lebanese army, ...
Hamas Proposes Weapons 'Freeze' in Return for Long-Term Truce
This is Beirut 2025-12-10 23:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A top Hamas leader told Qatari news channel Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the militant group is open to a weapons "freeze" but rejects the demand for disarmament put forward in the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza. "The idea of total disarmament is unacceptable to the resistance (Hamas). What is being proposed is a freeze, or ...
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 ...
Barrack's Glaring Error on Syria and Lebanon
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2025-12-10 16:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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U.S. envoy Tom Barrack keeps warning that Lebanon will be “reabsorbed” into Syria unless Hezbollah is disarmed, a historically unfounded threat from someone who derides the Sykes-Picot boundaries as colonial nonsense yet treats Syria’s borders as sacrosanct. His selective anti-colonialism spares Syria, disregards Kurdish and Druze ...
Who Really Defeated ISIS in Syria?
Mario Chartouni 2025-12-09 20:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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In the narrative promoted by Moscow and Damascus, Russia and Bashar al-Assad’s regime are credited with delivering the decisive blow against ISIS in Syria. This account frames Russia’s military intervention, which began in September 2015, as the turning point in the fight against the terrorist group. Yet, a closer look at the data paints a ...
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 ...
Teetering on the Edge: Escalation Along the Lebanon–Israel Border
Amal Chmouny 2025-12-08 14:00 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
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The Israeli-Lebanese border is now one of the Middle East’s most volatile fronts, where a “low-intensity” conflict feels less like crisis management and more like a dress rehearsal for an imminent war. U.S. and Israeli officials are no longer debating whether fighting will erupt again, but how quickly and extensively it could escalate, ...
Pope Leo Meets Families of Beirut Port Blast Victims
This is Beirut 2025-12-02 11:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Pope Leo XIV Beirut Port August 4
Pope Leo XIV visited the site of the August 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion on Tuesday morning, in what became one of the most symbolically charged moments of his third and final day in Lebanon. Still scarred by the blast, he was welcomed by families of the victims, who came to express both their grief and their unrelenting demand for truth and ...
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 ...
The Hermes Kelly: Elegance Inspired by Grace Kelly
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-12-07 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Bags Culture Grace Kelly Hermès Kelly Fashion
In the exacting world of luxury leather goods, few pieces have left as profound a mark on collective memory as the Hermes Kelly. No other bag so effortlessly unites French equestrian heritage with international glamour. Originally created in the late 19th century as a “Haut à Courroies” for carrying saddles, it evolved in 1935 into the ...
Iran Filmmaker Panahi to Return Home Despite Prison Sentence
This is Beirut 2025-12-05 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has said he plans to return to Iran despite being sentenced to a year in prison and a travel ban earlier this week, a report said Thursday. The 65-year-old is currently touring to promote his latest Oscar-nominated film, It Was Just an Accident, which won top prize at the Cannes Film Festival this ...
2026 Winter Olympics Flame Handed to Milan-Cortina Organisers
This is Beirut 2025-12-04 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The flame for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics was handed to the host city organizers on Thursday in an Athens ceremony for a two-month torch relay in Italy before the Games open on February 6. "Today marks a magical moment for all of us," Giovanni Malago, president of the Milan-Cortina organizing committee, said at the Panathenaic Stadium, ...
Lebanon’s Diplomatic Pivot: Understanding Simon Karam’s Role
Natasha Metni Torbey 2025-12-04 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Wednesday’s meeting of the ceasefire monitoring mechanism in Naqoura carried the weight of history. Lebanon held civilian-led direct talks with Israel for the first time in decades, a development that offered Beirut a rare opportunity to resuscitate the faltering November 27, 2024, ceasefire and begin moving toward substantive political ...
Iraq Reverses Hezbollah, Houthi Asset Freeze, Calls It ‘Mistake'
This is Beirut 2025-12-04 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iraq's central bank on Thursday said the appearance of Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthis on a frozen assets list was a mistake, and ordered the correction of the official announcement, according to a document seen by AFP. An official gazette issue dated November 17 published a decision about Iraq freezing the assets of ...
The Gentle Dictatorship of the Socio-Economic
David Sahyoun 2025-12-03 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Socio-Economic Dictatorship
Domination does not always present itself through harshness. Some forms advance gently, not through coercion but through the pull of seduction. They show no signs of authoritarian rule and present themselves instead as paths that promise freedom. The current socio-economic order belongs to this quiet family of tyrannies. It draws individuals into ...
AIDS in Lebanon: A Chronic Disease, A Stubborn Taboo
Makram Haddad 2025-12-03 10:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The history of AIDS officially begins in the early 1980s, when research teams, including that of Luc Montagnier at the Institut Pasteur, identified the human immunodeficiency virus. At the time, doctors had neither reliable tests nor effective treatment. Today, the situation has radically changed: triple and dual antiretroviral therapies control ...
US–Russia 28-Point Plan for Ukraine
This is Beirut 2025-11-21 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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A draft 28-point plan backed by US President Donald Trump would require Ukraine to offer territorial and security concessions to Moscow, while Russia would be readmitted to the G8 group and receive sanctions relief. Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been "quietly" working on the plan for around a month, ...
Trump Says Will Meet with New York Mayor-Elect Mamdani on Friday
This is Beirut 2025-11-20 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said he will host New York's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani for a meeting Friday. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that the meeting "will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st." Mamdani's spokesperson Dora Pekec confirmed the meeting in a statement. "As is customary for an incoming mayoral ...
Hezbollah and the Endless Bloodshed
Bassam Abou Zeid 2025-11-07 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Hezbollah does not want the Lebanese state to negotiate with Israel, yet it has offered no alternative for liberating occupied areas, releasing prisoners, or resolving the disputed points along the Blue Line. It wants neither negotiation nor fighting against Israel. It aims to maintain the status quo, thereby blocking solutions that would secure ...
Trump’s New Doctrine: Transforming the War on Drugs into a Front Against Iran
Ian Talley 2025-11-10 23:55 - Reading : 24 minute(s)
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The string of U.S. strikes against alleged narco-trafficking boats in the Caribbean is not just a fresh phase in the war on drugs; it is a new operational theater in the proxy war against Iran. The attacks—nearly a dozen over the last month—are the sharp tip of the Trump administration’s doctrine that treats Latin ...
Francophone Europe and the Muslim Brotherhood: Between Myth and Reality
Marie de La Roche Saint-André 2025-11-12 10:55 - Reading : 11 minute(s)
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While the presence of Muslim Brotherhood members and sympathizers in France and, more broadly, across Francophone Europe has long been established, the issue only entered mainstream public debate recently, following the publication of a government report on the Brotherhood’s influence in France last May. The report stirred widespread ...
Neural Nostalgia: The Calming Power of the Music of Our Youth
Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-11-12 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Neural Nostalgia Music Science Feel Good
Tuning into an FM station, an old hit slips in between news flashes, and suddenly everything comes rushing back: the taste of an adolescent summer, the warmth of a first love, the carefree lightness of youth. Why do these songs, sometimes simple or even innocent, have such a powerful effect on our mood? In a world where nostalgia seeps into ...
Israel Negotiator Dermer Resigns from Ministerial Post
This is Beirut 2025-11-12 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's strategic affairs minister, Ron Dermer, who also led negotiations for the Gaza ceasefire, has announced his resignation from his ministerial post following the return of hostages held in the Palestinian territory. Dermer, a close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, spearheaded months of intense negotiations that resulted in the ...
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 ...
Tehran Fights for Its Political Survival in Iraq
Paul Guillot 2025-11-11 19:11 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Officially, the elections are hailed as a step forward for a country still scarred by two decades of war and instability. In reality, the vote unfolds under the persistent shadow of Iran, determined to preserve a political system it has largely shaped since Saddam Hussein’s fall in 2003. Outgoing Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani owes his ...
Mali Slides into Chaos Following French Withdrawal
Mario Chartouni 2025-11-11 16:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
At the end of October, the United States issued an unequivocal warning to its citizens in Mali. In a statement released on October 28, the U.S. Embassy in Bamako urged American nationals to leave the country “immediately,” as the capital struggles with a severe fuel shortage imposed by armed groups linked to al-Qaeda. Since September, ...
Netflix Unveils First Immersive Theme Parks Across the US
This is Beirut 2025-11-11 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Pretending to be a pirate in an immersive game inspired by the manga One Piece, or wandering through a carnival hosted by Wednesday Addams, is now part of the experience offered inside Netflix’s first theme parks in the United States. For its first “Netflix House,” opening Wednesday, the American streaming giant chose one of the country’s ...
Hannibal Kadhafi Released After Decade in Prison
This is Beirut 2025-11-10 22:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon released Hannibal Kadhafi, the son of deposed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, on bail on Monday after nearly a decade in prison, his lawyer told AFP. "We left; he is free," Laurent Bayon said, hours after Kadhafi's bail of $900,000 was paid. The younger Kadhafi, 49, was accused of withholding information about the 1978 ...
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 ...