Nawaf Salam

Israeli Strikes Target Hezbollah Sites in Southern Lebanon; Two Killed, Multiple Injured

This is Beirut, 2025-05-08 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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An Israeli security source reported that the Israeli military targeted a Hezbollah military compound in Nabatiyeh. The source, speaking to Al-Arabiya, confirmed that the compound contained weapons and tunnels used by the group. In a tweet posted on Thursday, Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army spokesperson announced: "Israeli Air Force fighter ...

Unveiling Eurovision: Secrets Behind the Rules You Didn't Know

This is Beirut, 2025-05-08 13:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The Eurovision Song Contest evokes a world of intrigue with its song rules, and system of semi-finals, juries and votes that draw out the drama until a winner is crowned. Here is a look at how the competition is put together, how artists are chosen and how the voting system works: Organizers The competition is organized by the European ...

Israeli Forces Close UN Schools in East Jerusalem

This is Beirut, 2025-05-08 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday that Israel closed three of its schools in annexed East Jerusalem, months after an Israeli ban on its activities took effect. An AFP photographer at the scene reported that a closure notice in Hebrew was left at the entrance of at least one of the schools, and UNRWA said at least one of its ...

Nawaf Salam on Security Tour in the Bekaa Region

This is Beirut, 2025-05-08 09:55 - Reading : less than a minute

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam began a visit to the Bekaa on Thursday morning to assess security protocols at the border posts with Syria.  During his visit, he praised the role of Lebanese armed forces, stating: "The army is the nation's stronghold, embodying sacrifice and loyalty." He also emphasized the importance of "supporting the military ...

Israel Threatens Iran With the Same Fate as Hamas and Hezbollah

This is Beirut, 2025-05-08 09:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel will do to Iran what it has done to Hamas in Gaza, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Thursday, days after an attack on Ben Gurion Airport by Iran-backed Houthis. "I warn... Iranian leaders who finance, arm, and exploit the Houthi terrorist organization: the proxy system is terminated, and the axis of evil has collapsed," Katz said in a ...

France and the Oil Monarchies' Support for Ahmad al-Sharaa

Nicolas Beau, 2025-05-08 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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More than ten key players, including states and militias, have been present for many years on Syrian soil: the Syrian army, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Hezbollah, Russia, the Turkish and American armies in the northwest of the country, the Kurds of Rojava, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) led by Commander Mazloum Abdi, a former member of ...

The Houthis: Masters of Unassisted Suicide

Marc Saikali, 2025-05-08 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Amid the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, patterns emerge that we pretend to understand, only for them to slip through our fingers. The latest example: repeated missile launches by Yemen’s Houthis targeting Israel. In this absurd drama, the Houthis have spent the past several months directing their attacks at Israel. Why? To support Gaza, ...

Macron Urges Washington to Quickly Lift Sanctions against Syria

This is Beirut, 2025-05-07 22:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Emmanuel Macron called on Wednesday for the United States to "rush to lift sanctions" against Syria, "with conditions," and to "maintain" its military operations against the Islamic State in the country. "The interest of everyone, including the Americans, is today (...) to act in support of lifting sanctions against the Syrian people," and "to ...

France Defends Cinema Model after Trump Threats

This is Beirut, 2025-05-07 21:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France's culture minister vowed Wednesday to defend the country's system of promoting domestic film production in the face of threats from US President Donald Trump. France has a complex mix of taxes, quotas and levies on film and TV distributors that helps funnel money into the national film sector, making it Europe's cinema powerhouse. "We ...

Rescuers Say Death Toll from Israeli Strike on Gaza City Rises to 33

This is Beirut, 2025-05-07 20:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said the toll from an Israeli strike on Gaza City on Wednesday had risen to at least 33 killed and more than 80 injured, many of them children. The agency's spokesman, Mahmoud Bassal, told AFP that "civil defense crews, paramedics, and volunteers transported at least 33 martyrs and more than 80 injured, about half of ...

Syrian Leader Meets Macron in First European Visit

This is Beirut, 2025-05-07 20:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday met French leader Emmanuel Macron on his first visit to Europe since overthrowing longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, despite alarm over deadly clashes that have overshadowed the new authorities' first months in power. Ahead of the high-profile talks at the Elysee Palace, Sharaa and his foreign minister ...

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