This is Beirut, 2024-11-25 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
G7 foreign ministers on Monday are meeting near Rome for two days of talks with regional counterparts on the Middle East before turning to Russia and the war in Ukraine. The Group of Seven ministers will also discuss the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's military chief, "and ...
Charles Chartouni, 2024-11-25 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The delusions of truce, however legitimate they might be, have no chance of materializing. The strategic realignments have changed the plot and the narrative of the ongoing wars: Israel is not in the business of securing its northern and southern borders anymore. The new axis of war is based on changing a region's military and political dynamics ...
Amal Chmouny, 2024-11-23 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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As Donald Trump prepares to take office again in January 2025, reflecting on his previous administration's lessons will help shape effective strategies to address the complex challenges in the Middle East. If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were to meet and speak with Trump before taking office, this engagement could signal a strong ...
Christiane Tager, 2024-11-20 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Twenty Lebanese have been named to Forbes Middle East’s list of influential people under 30 for the year 2024, among 153 laureates from 24 different countries who are notable for their inventiveness and impact in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on the list. The 153 outstanding talents under 30 from 24 different countries were revealed ...
Lyne Sammouri , 2024-11-20 14:35 - Reading : less than a minute
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For the second consecutive day, US envoy Amos Hochstein met with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh, as part of diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Rami Rayess, 2024-11-20 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iran faces mounting questions about how best to navigate its relationship with US President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his expected return to the White House on January 20, 2025. Tensions remain high following his first term (2016–2020), which was marked by the assassination of Quds Force Commander General Qassem Suleimani, one of Iran's most ...
Malo Pinatel, 2024-11-18 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was chosen as his father's successor in September at a secret meeting of the Assembly of Experts, according to Israeli media outlet Yedioth Ahronot. The Assembly of Experts, whose members are 88 clerics elected by direct universal suffrage, is responsible for electing the next ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-17 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, according to an AFP tally indicating a sharp increase, which one rights group described as unprecedented. The latest execution, reported on Saturday in the southwestern region of Najran, was of a Yemeni national convicted of smuggling drugs into the Gulf kingdom, according to the ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 2024-11-15 15:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The idea of a "new Middle East" often takes on more weight than it deserves, as it is always associated with assumptions, fears, and troubling considerations as if this new Middle East is inherently an enemy of everything we know today. If we look back at World War I, when the concept of a "new Middle East" was first discussed before the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 15:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A senior Hamas official said Friday that the group is "ready for a ceasefire" in Gaza and urged US President-elect Donald Trump to pressure Israel to end the war. "Hamas is ready to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip if a ceasefire proposal is presented and on the condition that it is respected" by Israel, Hamas political bureau member Bassem ...
Soumia Benmerzoug, 2024-11-15 12:50 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
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RFK Jr., Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a longtime health and environmental campaigner, who at 70 proudly shows off his muscular body. But the scion of the famous US political dynasty is also a leading anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who has promoted the disproven idea that childhood vaccines cause autism and claimed ...
Christiane Tager, 2024-11-14 22:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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As the year-end holidays approach, Lebanese expatriates who usually rush home to celebrate Christmas and New Year's with their families are now facing a grim reality. The ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel is profoundly affecting Lebanon, turning it from a place of festivities and celebrations into a war zone. This year, behind the ...