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Powerful South Syria Armed Faction Says to Integrate Into Government Forces

This is Beirut, 2025-04-13 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

A powerful armed faction in southern Syria led by defected military officer Ahmed al-Awdeh on Sunday announced that it was dissolving itself and integrating into the government's armed forces. The Eighth Brigade, the most prominent armed faction in southern Syria, announced its dissolution and placed its weapons and personnel at the disposal ...

Israeli Military Says Projectile Fired from Yemen

This is Beirut, 2025-04-13 19:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Yemen Houthi Movement

The Israeli military said a missile had been launched from Yemen on Sunday and was likely intercepted, as AFP journalists heard muffled blasts in Jerusalem. "Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in several areas in Israel, after review, it has been determined that one missile was launched from Yemen," the military ...

Syria Leader Makes First Visit to Wealthy Emirates

This is Beirut, 2025-04-13 16:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam United Arab Emirates Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose war-devastated country seeks Gulf financial support, traveled to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for his first visit since Bashar al-Assad's overthrow, state media said. Nearly a week after rebels toppled Assad in December, UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said his government found ...

Salam on 50th Anniversary of Civil War: Time to Rebuild a State Protected by Its Army

This is Beirut, 2025-04-13 13:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Civil War Nawaf Salam Syria

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who laid a wreath of flowers at the Martyrs’ Monument in central Beirut on the 50th anniversary of the commemoration of the Lebanese Civil War on Sunday, said, “We must learn from the tragedies of the war and it is time to rebuild our state capable of protecting us through its army.” On the occasion, he ...

Israel Expanding Gaza Offensive, Seizes Key Corridor

This is Beirut, 2025-04-12 22:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza

Israel said Saturday it planned to expand its military offensive in Gaza after seizing a new corridor as part of a broader effort to take large parts of the war-battered Palestinian territory. It also told tens of thousands of residents of Khan Yunis and surrounding areas in southern Gaza to evacuate and launched strikes after projectiles were ...

Israel Takes Control of Key Gaza Corridor, to Expand Offensive

This is Beirut, 2025-04-12 15:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza

Israel announced on Saturday that its military had completed the takeover of a new corridor in southern Gaza, advancing its efforts to seize large parts of the war-battered Palestinian territory. The announcement from Defense Minister Israel Katz came as Hamas expected "real progress" towards a ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza, with senior ...

Most Hezbollah Military Sites Ceded to Army in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 2025-04-12 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Most military sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon have been placed under Lebanese army control, a source close to the group said on Saturday. A November 27 ceasefire that ended more than a year of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, including two months of full-blown war, stipulated that only United Nations peacekeepers and ...

Iraqi Markets a Haven for Peddlers Escaping Iran's Economic Woes

This is Beirut, 2025-04-12 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Iraq Iran Sanctions economy

Every Friday, Alawi crosses the border from Iran into Iraq to sell his produce in the markets of Basra, which serve as a haven for Iranians grappling with economic sanctions. He is just one of many Iranian peddlers who endure the arduous journey into southern Iraq through the Chalamja border crossing. They bring essential goods such as chicken, ...

Trump envoy suggests allied zones of control in Ukraine

This is Beirut, 2025-04-12 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's special envoy to Ukraine, suggested British and French troops could adopt zones of control in the country, in an interview with The Times newspaper published Saturday. Kellogg suggested they could have areas of responsibility west of the Dnipro River, as part of a "reassurance force", with a ...

Judge Says US Can Deport Pro-Palestinian Student Protester Mahmoud Khalil

This is Beirut, 2025-04-12 05:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam United States New York Palestine Columbia

An immigration judge ruled Friday that a pro-Palestinian student protester, a US permanent resident detained by the Trump administration, can be deported, his lawyer said. Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jamee Comans, based in the state of Louisiana, said the federal government had met its burden to prove it had grounds to deport Mahmoud ...

Agriculture in Lebanon: $118 Million in Damages, $586 Million in Losses, and $263 Million Needed for Recovery

This is Beirut, 2025-04-11 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hezbollah

Over the past year, Lebanon’s agricultural sector has suffered massive losses estimated at more than $700 million, according to a joint assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture, and the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS). A report by the FAO presents an initial overview of the damage ...

Erdogan Accuses Israel of Destabilizing Syria

This is Beirut, 2025-04-11 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Erdogan Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Israel of sowing divisions in Syria in a bid to "dynamite" the "revolution" that toppled strongman Bashar al-Assad. Turkey is a key backer of Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led the rebel coalition which ousted Assad in December. "Israel ...

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