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The U.S. Urges the UN to Lift Sanctions on Syria’s President

Paul Guillot, 2025-11-06 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam United Nations Donald Trump Damascus Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa

According to a draft obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. is asking the Security Council to remove a set of sanctions imposed on Ahmad al-Sharaa and his Interior Minister Anas Hasan Khattab. The resolution could be put to a vote as early as Thursday. To pass, it must secure at least nine votes and avoid a veto from any of the five permanent ...

Israel Declares Egypt Border Area Closed Military Zone Due to Weapon-Smuggling Drones

This is Beirut, 2025-11-06 11:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Palestine Egypt

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday said he instructed the army to turn the area at the border with Egypt into a closed military zone to combat weapons smuggling via drones. "I instructed the IDF (military) to turn the area adjacent to the Israel–Egypt border into a closed military zone and to amend the rules of engagement ...

Hezbollah’s Obstinate Defiance: A State Within a State

This is Beirut, 2025-11-06 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hezbollah United Nations

Hezbollah issued an unprecedented “open-letter” on Thursday, addressed to President Joseph Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam as well as to the Lebanese people. It presents itself as a solemn political message in defense of Lebanon’s sovereignty and unity. Yet behind its polished language about “national ...

Israel Receives Gaza Hostage Body

This is Beirut, 2025-11-05 22:18 - Reading : less than a minute

Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza Israeli Hostages

Israel has received the body of a hostage from the Red Cross in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Wednesday night. The captive's coffin, handed over to the military and internal security service, "will be transferred to Israel, where it will be received with a military ceremony" before being ...

Is the Mamdani Plan the Fastest Way to Ruin New York?

Mario Chartouni, 2025-11-05 17:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam New York Zohran Mamdani Mayor

The election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s mayor marks a historic moment. It is the first time a member of the Democratic Socialists of America has taken charge of the nation’s largest city. But behind the wave of activist enthusiasm lies an economic agenda that risks backfiring. According to the Cato Institute, Mamdani’s plan is not ...

Iran Releases New Details on Ismail Haniyeh’s Killing

This is Beirut, 2025-11-05 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Ismail Haniyeh Iran

Ismail Haniyeh, the former leader of Hamas, was killed by a missile tracked to his mobile phone, according to Iranian officials. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has rejected claims that internal sabotage facilitated the assassination in Tehran. On November 3, Iran released new details on the death of Ismail Haniyeh, the former Hamas leader killed in ...

Cabinet Set to Discuss Arms Control, Electoral Law Amendments

This is Beirut, 2025-11-05 11:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Internal Security Forces Council of Ministers Baabda Palace Joseph Aoun Nawaf Salam

The Cabinet is set to convene Thursday afternoon at the Presidential Palace in Baabda. The session is expected to focus on two major issues: the nationwide arms control plan and proposed amendments to the electoral law. Arms control plan The first agenda item will involve a presentation by the Lebanese Armed Forces on the progress of the ...

Israel Says Returned Hostage Remains Are Those of Seized Soldier

This is Beirut, 2025-11-05 09:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza Israeli Hostages

Israel confirmed Wednesday that the remains handed over by Hamas the day before belonged to Israeli-American soldier Itay Chen, who was seized by Palestinian militants during the October 2023 attacks that sparked the Gaza war. The remains were returned by Hamas on Tuesday evening as part of the ongoing Gaza ceasefire deal brokered by US President ...

Yitzhak Rabin: Oslo Accords Architect Assassinated 30 Years Ago

Élie-Joe Kamel, 2025-11-04 21:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Palestine Banks Hamas Middle East

On November 4, 1995, in Tel Aviv, three gunshots ended the life of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, plunging the nation into shock. On what was then Kings of Israel Square, now Rabin Square, the architect of the Oslo peace process fell, struck by the bullets of an ultranationalist Israeli Jew. The assassin, Yigal Amir, a far-right ...

Trump Backs Cuomo in NYC: Experience Over Ideology

This is Beirut, 2025-11-04 19:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Donald Trump New York Democrats Palestine

Trump stirred the race by openly urging Jewish voters to reject Mamdani. “Any Jewish person who votes for Zohran Mamdani (…) is a stupid person!!!” he wrote Tuesday on Truth Social, accusing the frontrunner of “hating Jews.” Mamdani, 34, of Indian descent and a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause, has raised concerns among parts of ...

Aoun’s Push for Talks with Israel Must Overcome Hezbollah’s Ploys

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 2025-11-04 18:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Lebanon Peace

President Joseph Aoun said Lebanon has no choice but to enter into talks with Israel to break the cycle of war, a step that media reports suggest he had agreed on with Hezbollah’s ally, Speaker Nabih Berri. Aoun’s position is commendable, but Hezbollah will use such talks as cover to rearm and prepare for another round of fighting, rather than ...

The Tricky Creation of an International Stabilization Force in Gaza

Mario Chartouni, 2025-11-04 16:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Donald Trump UN Security Council Fatah Gaza International Stabilization Force

Two years after the outbreak of the Gaza conflict, the United States is seeking to establish a new framework for stability in the enclave. On Monday, Washington submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council to create an international stabilization force tasked with ensuring security and transitional governance in the Palestinian ...

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