This is Beirut, 08/12 20:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Thousands of jubilant Syrians rallied in Berlin and cities across Europe on Sunday, waving flags and singing with joy to celebrate the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. "Finally we are free!" exclaimed a smiling Bassam Al-Hamada, 39, among 5,000 people at an exuberant rally in the capital of Germany, the country home to the largest ...
Tarek Karam, 08/12 19:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah Kamal Joumblatt USA Bashir Gemayel Syria Bachar el-Assad
It is a dream realized. Today, we will not hide our joy. We will celebrate, cheer and roam the squares. We will gather in Sassine Square, the square of the martyred President Bashir Gemayel, to raise a toast in his honor. We will then pass by the statue of Samir Qassir in downtown Beirut and stop by An-Nahar newspaper to salute Gebran Tueni. From ...
This is Beirut, 08/12 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Dozens of Syrians explored President Bashar al-Assad's luxurious Damascus home after it was looted on Sunday, an AFP correspondent said, following the fall of the capital to rebel forces. Women, children and men could be seen touring the home and its large garden, with the rooms completely empty, save some furniture and a portrait of Assad ...
This is Beirut, 08/12 18:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US President Joe Biden will meet Sunday with his national security advisors over Syria, where Islamist-led rebels declared they had taken Damascus and overthrown President Bashar al-Assad. The United States so far has been muted in its response, as other world leaders have weighed in to urge peace, hailing the fall of Assad and encouraging a ...
Tilda Abou Rizk, 08/12 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu Turkey Vladimir Putin Syria Hezbollah
A new dawn breaks over Syria, liberated from the man who has been known at times as “the tyrant of Damascus,” and at other times as “the executioner.” After the fall of Homs on Saturday night into the hands of opposition rebels, the collapse of Damascus and Bashar al-Assad’s regime was just a matter of hours. Since the surprise ...
This is Beirut, 08/12 18:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel Syria Golan Heights Benjamin Netanyahu
The Israeli cabinet on Sunday, has approved the occupation of Mount Hermon and its surrounding demilitarized areas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he had ordered the Israeli military to "seize" a UN-patrolled buffer zone between the Israeli- and Syrian-controlled Golan Heights. The premier said a 1974 ...
Natasha Metni Torbey, 08/12 17:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The fall of Bashar al-Assad marks the beginning of a new era for Syria, one that holds the promise of political and institutional transformation after 13 years of civil war. This prolonged conflict has devastated the country’s state institutions and torn its social fabric. Observers believe that the regime’s end could create an opportunity to ...
This is Beirut, 08/12 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed on Sunday the urgent need to tighten control on the border with Syria and follow up on the issue of Lebanese citizens believed to have been detained in Syrian prisons. "There is a need to tighten border controls and protect Lebanon from the repercussions of developments in Syria," Mikati said in a ...
This is Beirut, 08/12 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's embassy in Syria was "attacked" on Sunday, Iranian state TV said, after Islamist-led rebels declared the fall of Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad following a sweeping offensive that culminated in Damascus. "Unknown individuals have attacked the Iranian embassy, as you can see in these images shared by various networks," a state TV broadcaster ...
Liliane Mokbel, 08/12 13:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Syria is left with a crumbling economy, shaped by decades of state control and average wages barely surpassing $40 per month. The country’s economic prospects now depend largely on the removal of American and Western sanctions, as well as financial assistance from the international community. ...
Michel Touma, 08/12 13:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Kamal Joumblatt Middle East Syria Assad Lebanon
Four years ago, Lebanon celebrated the centennial of Greater Lebanon’s creation. It is important to acknowledge that almost half of these one hundred years were marked by the unfortunate conflicts with the Assad regime, from the early 1970s to the dramatic downfall of Bashar al-Assad and his regime on December 8, a historic day. Lebanon’s ...
This is Beirut, 08/12 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Turkish-backed Syrian National Army’s fighters announced they had entered the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Sunday, while the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces withdrew from it, according to rebel officials interviewed by Reuters. SNA claimed to have launched an attack against the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic ...