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FM Rajji Says Syria Is Ready to Demarcate Its Borders with Lebanon

This is Beirut, 01/07 12:35 - Reading : less than a minute

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Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji told Sky News Arabia on Tuesday that the Syrian administration was ready to demarcate and consolidate its border with Lebanon. This comprehensive step comes in light of the United States’ decision to lift its sanctions on Syria, a move described by Rajji as “a positive step that would have ...

Most World Heritage Sites at Risk of Drought or Flooding: UN

This is Beirut, 01/07 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's cultural agency said on Tuesday. As a result of rising temperatures, extreme weather events including hurricanes, droughts, floods and heatwaves have become more frequent and intense, scientists warn. Seventy-three ...

Disarming Hezbollah Is Here, Lebanon’s Peace with Israel Is Next

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 01/07 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Now that the leaders of Lebanon are certain that Israel and America would not shy away from using force against Iran when need be, and now that they are sure that the bark of China and Russia in the Middle East is louder than their bite, Beirut is finally moving on Hezbollah’s arms. Lebanon’s normalization with Israel will come next. Druze ...

Tehran Downplays Quick Resumption of US-Iran Talks

This is Beirut, 01/07 05:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday ruled out a quick resumption of talks with the United States and said Tehran will first need assurances it will not be attacked again. Araghchi, in an interview with CBS Evening News, was asked about US President Donald Trump's remarks that nuclear negotiations with Iran could resume as early ...

Netanyahu to Visit White House on July 7

This is Beirut, 30/06 23:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House on July 7 for talks with President Donald Trump, a US administration official told AFP Monday, as Washington presses for a ceasefire in Gaza. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier that Netanyahu had "expressed interest" in what would be his third meeting with ...

Trump Signs Executive Order Lifting Sanctions on Syria

This is Beirut, 30/06 23:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump on Monday formally dismantled US sanctions against Syria, hoping to reintegrate the war-battered country into the global economy as Israel eyes ties with its new leadership. Trump lifted most sanctions against Syria in May, responding to appeals from Saudi Arabia and Turkey after former Islamist guerrilla Ahmed al-Sharaa ...

The US Push for Hezbollah Disarmament and the Future of Lebanon

Amal Chmouny, 30/06 12:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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As the United States escalates its initiatives aimed at the disarmament of Hezbollah, the Lebanese government finds itself at a critical juncture, facing a multitude of internal and external challenges. A recent statement from Tom Barrack, the US Ambassador to Turkey, the Presidential Envoy to Syria, and the "de facto envoy" to Lebanon, ...

Massive Trump Budget Plan Moves Forward, Faces Divided Senate

This is Beirut, 30/06 11:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US senators were inching Sunday towards a vote on Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" spending bill, a hugely divisive proposal that would deliver key parts of the US president's domestic agenda while making massive cuts to social welfare programs. Trump is hoping the "One Big Beautiful Bill" will help seal his legacy, extending his expiring ...

Top Chinese Diplomat in Europe to Promote Closer Ties

This is Beirut, 30/06 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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China's top diplomat heads to Europe on Monday for a visit that Beijing said will highlight ties as an "anchor of stability" in a world in turmoil. Wang Yi's tour will take him to the European Union's headquarters in Brussels as well as France and Germany as China seeks to improve relations with the bloc as a counterweight to superpower rival the ...

What’s Next, the Scope of Negotiations?

Charles Chartouni, 30/06 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The truce finalized by US President Donald Trump should presumably pave the way to the end of the war and tentatively usher in a peace agreement. Otherwise, the restoration of the status quo ante and the rehabilitation of the older scripts of negotiations are highly questionable. The viability of the truce depends largely on the alternative ...

Gunman Who Killed Two Firefighters in Idaho Ambush Found Dead

This is Beirut, 30/06 05:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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U.S. authorities found the body of a lone gunman suspected of starting a wildfire on Sunday, then opening fire on firefighters battling the blaze in the northwestern state of Idaho, killing two. The suspected shooter was discovered dead with a firearm on Canfield Mountain in Kootenai County — a popular park and hiking area — following ...

Trump Says 'Very Wealthy' Group to Buy TikTok

This is Beirut, 29/06 19:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Sunday a group of buyers had been found for TikTok, which faces a looming ban in the United States due to its China ties, adding he could name the purchasers in two weeks. "We have a buyer for TikTok, by the way," Trump said in an interview on Fox's Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. "Very ...

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