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Macron to Meet Rubio, Witkoff amid Transatlantic Tensions

This is Beirut, 16/04 19:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

French President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US envoy Steve Witkoff, the Elysee Palace said, as transatlantic tensions soar over the war in Ukraine. Witkoff, who recently met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Rubio are heading to Paris for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, the State ...

Hariri on 50th Anniversary of Civil War: To Get Rid of the Militia Mentality

This Is Beirut, 12/04 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri called upon “moving away from the militia mentality to that of a state that accommodates everyone, provided its Constitution is respected, its laws are abided by, its institutions are preserved, and its independence is defended.” His statement comes on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of ...

Palestinians in East Jerusalem, West Bank Strike to Demand End to Gaza War

This is Beirut, 07/04 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Shuttered storefronts lined empty streets in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Monday, as Palestinians held a general strike demanding an end to the Gaza war. "I walked through the city today and couldn't find a single place that was open," Fadi Saadi, a shopkeeper in Bethlehem, told AFP. Shops, schools, and most ...

S.Sudan Opposition Says Vice President's Arrest Ends Peace Deal

This is Beirut, 27/03 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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South Sudan's opposition said on Thursday the arrest overnight of First Vice President Riek Machar, long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, had invalidated their 2018 peace deal and risked plunging the country back into war. A convoy of 20 heavily armed vehicles entered Machar's residence in the capital, Juba, late on Wednesday and arrested him, ...

Air Algérie Set to Resume Flights to Lebanon

This is Beirut, 26/03 21:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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Air Algérie is preparing to resume flights to Lebanon after suspending operations last August due to the military conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. According to An-Nahar, the Algerian government plans to send a delegation to assess security conditions at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport before resuming services. Notably, ...

The Anticipated Resumption of the War in Gaza

Samar El-Kadi, 18/03 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Israel’s warning to unleash hell fire on Gaza if Hamas fails to release Israeli hostages is no longer a threat. At least 413 people were killed and more than 600 injured in a spate of intense airstrikes on Monday evening, shattering a fragile truce that took effect on January 19. The escalation is set to continue with the Israeli government ...

The “Old Man” and Violence

Fady Noun, 15/03 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Syria Alawites Lebanon War

One can only be horrified by the atrocities that have recently unfolded in the “Alawite country,” just a few hundred kilometers from our television screens. In the age of smartphones, the images have reached us, more graphic and harrowing than ever before. The interim Syrian president, Ahmad al-Shareh, has promised an investigation and the ...

14 Billion Dollars: The Devastating Losses of the Hezbollah-Israel Conflict

Christiane Tager, 21/02 22:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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$14 billion! That is the historic and no less colossal amount of damage caused by the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. This sum includes both material damage and economic losses. The reconstruction costs are estimated at around $12 billion. For Nassib Ghobril, chief economist at Byblos Bank, economic losses amount to at least $3 ...

Zelensky Says Trump has Succumbed to Russian 'Disinformation'

This is Beirut, 19/02 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Donald Trump of succumbing to Russian "disinformation", deepening a rift between Kyiv and the new US administration. Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Tuesday, Trump echoed many of Russia's talking points on the three-year war in Ukraine, blaming Kyiv for having "started" ...

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Homs Residents Return to Their City

This is Beirut, 18/02 15:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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Once dubbed the capital of the revolution against Bashar al-Assad, Homs saw some of the fiercest fighting in Syria's civil war. Now, displaced people are returning to their neighborhoods, only to find them in ruins.

Syrians Stuck in Camps After Finding Homes Destroyed

This is Beirut, 10/02 16:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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Many displaced people and Syrian refugees hoped to return home after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime. But upon returning to their villages, they found their homes destroyed.

Hussain Abdul-Hussain from FDD Washington, D.C : Lebanon and Israel Should Start Talking About Peace

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 03/02 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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I spent the last decade away from Lebanon in self-imposed exile. I became an intellectual and political pariah for demanding immediate and unconditional peace between Lebanon and Israel. I was told not to show off my Hebrew and to conceal my friendships with Israelis. I was told that I was going too far and that the Lebanese were not there yet. ...

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