Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 2025-10-21 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Peace
"Break the taboos; we demand peace," declared Marcel Ghanem, host of Lebanon’s premier talk show. "Demanding peace [with Israel] is not a crime," he emphasized, challenging entrenched narratives. Marwan Hamade, a seasoned Druze lawmaker, appeared on I24 News (French service) to discuss Gaza, signaling a willingness to defy Lebanon’s surreal ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-21 14:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam USA Benjamin Netanyahu JD Vance Gaza
US Vice President JD Vance landed in Israel on Tuesday to shore up a fragile Gaza ceasefire deal, after President Donald Trump warned Hamas it would be wiped out if it breached the truce. Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner were already in Tel Aviv, where they met Israeli hostages released by Hamas ...
Mario Chartouni, 2025-10-21 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Ceasefire Hezbollah Joseph Aoun
In the wake of the Gaza ceasefire brokered on October 13 by Donald Trump, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun issued a statement that raised more than a few eyebrows, and possibilities. “The Lebanese state has already negotiated with Israel under American and UN mediation, resulting in the maritime border agreement… So why not adopt the same ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-21 10:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Chess Culture Art Heritage Daniel Naroditsky
The chess world has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of prominent US grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, aged 29. Governing body the International Chess Federation (FIDE) remembered Naroditsky, who was also a chess commentator and streamer, as someone "whose influence extended far beyond the chessboard." Fellow grandmaster and ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 2025-10-21 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Benjamin Netanyahu Hezbollah Joseph Aoun
Israel does not seek to negotiate with Lebanon solely over Hezbollah’s disarmament; its broader goal is a peace and normalization agreement between the two countries. At present, Israel shows little interest in Lebanese proposals, much like during the maritime border talks, where shuttle diplomacy by Amos Hochstein between Beirut and Tel Aviv ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-21 09:29 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Palestine Hostage
Israel said Tuesday that remains of a hostage held in Gaza, returned by Hamas a day earlier, had been identified as those of Tal Chaimi, a non-commissioned officer killed on October 7, 2023. "Following the completion of the identification process... representatives of (the army) informed the family of the hostage, Sergeant Major Tal Chaimi, ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-21 09:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Hamas Palestine Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump threatened to "eradicate" Hamas if it breached its ceasefire deal with Israel, as Vice President JD Vance travelled to the region Tuesday to bolster the fragile Gaza truce. The Trump administration has redoubled its efforts to cement the fragile Gaza peace agreement it helped to broker, after Israel accused ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-20 21:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Gaza Israeli Hostages
Israel said it had received on Monday the remains of another Gaza hostage handed over as part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal. "Israel has received, through the Red Cross, the coffin of a missing hostage who was handed over to the [Israeli military] and Shin Bet forces inside the Gaza Strip," a statement from the prime minister's ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-20 18:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Benjamin Netanyahu Hamas United States
Two of the United States' top envoys to the Middle East met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after weekend violence threatened to wreck a fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza. The sit-down came as Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom border crossing into Gaza for aid shipments, a security official and a humanitarian source ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-20 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Cinema Box office movies Culture Art
Black Phone 2, a horror sequel starring Ethan Hawke, captured the top spot at the North American box office with $26.5 million as spooky season shifts into high gear in the run-up to Halloween, industry estimates showed Sunday. The film from Universal and low-budget horror specialists Blumhouse has excellent critical and audience scores, said ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-20 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Middle East Tehran USA Ali Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday rebuffed claims by US President Donald Trump that the Islamic republic's nuclear sites had been destroyed by US strikes in June. In a statement on his official website, Khamenei told Trump to "keep dreaming" over the comments on the sites' destruction and questioned the US president's right ...
This is Beirut, 2025-10-20 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hamas Rafah Gaza crossings humanitarian aid
The reopening of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, part of US President Donald Trump's plan for the Palestinian territory, remains on hold despite calls from the UN and aid groups. Here are five things to know about this crucial crossing: Crucial access point The Rafah crossing into Egypt is a crucial entry point ...