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Swimming: Lebanon in Qatar to Take Part in Arab Championship

A delegation from the Lebanese national swimming team left Rafic Hariri International Airport on Monday morning, bound for Doha, Qatar, to take part in the Arab Age Group Swimming Championships, held from January 8 to 14. The delegation includes Federation Secretary General Farid Abi Rached (head of delegation), coaches Georges Yazbek and ...

TIB Special: Insights Into Lebanon's Road to AFC 2023

The countdown to the Asian Cup Qatar 2023 starts now! Today, Lebanon goes head-to-head against the reigning AFC 2019 champions and hosts, Qatar. In an exclusive interview, Rashid Nassar, the manager of the Lebanese national team, shares the latest updates from Qatar, while sports analyst Anwar Kawtharani dissects Lebanon's preparedness for the ...

Football/Asian Cup: Lebanon Stumbles Against Qatar in Opening Match

  The Lebanese and Qatari national football teams met on the 12th of January at the Lusail Stadium at 6:00 PM local time in what was the first match of the 2023 Asian Cup. The Cedars were defeated 3-0 by the defending champions and hosts, Qatar, despite a great defensive outing. Even before the game, Lebanon knew that facing Qatar was going ...

Hostage Release Framework to Be Sent to Hamas

Qatar's Prime Minister stated on Monday that a framework for halting fighting in Gaza and securing the release of hostages will be conveyed to Hamas, following discussions with US, Israeli and Egyptian officials. A framework for a halt in fighting in Gaza and the release of hostages is to be relayed to Hamas, Qatar's Prime Minister said Monday ...

Qatar Edges Past Iran in Thrilling Asian Cup Semifinal

Qatar Clinches Asian Cup Final Spot in Thrilling Victory Over Iran. Hosts and holders Qatar squeezed into an Asian Cup final showdown with Jordan after beating Iran 3-2 with an 82nd-minute winner in a frenetic semi-final on Wednesday. Almoez Ali struck in Doha to send Qatar into their second straight final, further exorcising the demons of their ...

Water Polo: Bronze Medal for Club Satellity in Qatar

Club Satellity, Lebanon's reigning men's water polo champions, took third place and the bronze medal at the "Masters Water Games Championship" held in the Qatari capital, Doha. This marks Lebanon's debut in the history of this championship, with dozens of teams representing fifty countries from all over the world at its 2024 edition. Club ...

Qatar’s Prime Minister: A Driving Force in High Diplomacy

A year ago, in March 2023, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, appointed his Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman bin Jassim al-Thani, as Prime Minister. There is very little information available about this political figure on the internet and in open sources. We will attempt to ...

Heavy Storms Hit the Gulf, as Oman Death Toll Reaches 18

Torrential rains and high winds lashed parts of the Gulf on Tuesday as the death toll from storms in Oman rose to 18, many of them children. Flights were cancelled in Dubai, the region's financial hub, while schools were shut in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Flooding hit many areas of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital, and cut off ...

Heavy Floods Hit Dubai as Oman Death Toll Rises

Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai's airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday, after leaving at least 18 dead in Oman. Dubai, the Middle East's financial center, was paralyzed by the heavy storms that caused widespread flooding around the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Flagship shopping ...

Russia, Ukraine to Exchange Displaced Children After Rare Talks

Russia and Ukraine agreed in a Qatari-brokered deal to exchange almost 50 children displaced by Moscow's invasion, the Kremlin's children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova announced in Doha on Wednesday. Moscow has been accused of forcibly taking Ukrainian children into Russian territory during its full-scale offensive, with Lvova-Belova ...

New Qatar-Financed Village Opens For Displaced in Syria

More than 1,000 new homes for displaced people in northern Syria were inaugurated on Tuesday by Qatar's Red Crescent and Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, the Qatari organization said. Mohammad Salah Ibrahim of the Red Crescent said the Qatari-financed village of 1,136 new homes was "the largest village opened to date in ...

Taliban Representatives Meet UN Envoys in Doha

Representatives of Afghanistan's Taliban government began meetings on Sunday with United Nations officials, as they attended talks in Doha with special envoys to the Central Asian country for the first time, a UN spokesperson said. The two-day, UN-hosted meeting in Qatar is the third of its kind in the gas-rich emirate in just over a year, but ...