27/05 20:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Planned discussions between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to resolve the impasse over Tehran's nuclear program have been suspended following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi this month, the agency said. One day after the May 19 helicopter crash which killed Raisi and others, "Iran indicated that due to the 'special ...
This Is Beirut 27/05 14:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Armenia said on Monday that police had detained hundreds of demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over territorial concessions made to Azerbaijan. Pashinyan's position remains unshaken, despite the challenge mounted by charismatic archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who is trying to launch an impeachment process ...
27/05 08:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The death of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, seems to be the result of technical failures, according to the questionable forensic investigations. Nonetheless, the technical failures unveil the hidden realities of a decaying dictatorship that has nothing to offer after 45 years of undisputed Islamic totalitarianism, failed governance, ...
This Is Beirut 26/05 17:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Saudi Arabia named a new ambassador to Damascus Sunday, state media said, more than a year after the two Arab nations resumed ties following a prolonged rift over Syria's war. The official Saudi Press Agency said the government had appointed Faisal bin Saud Al-Mejfel as its ambassador to Syria. The newly appointed envoy, according to the report, ...
This Is Beirut 26/05 12:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron arrived Sunday in Berlin on the first state visit to Germany by a French president in a quarter-century, bringing a plea to defend democracy against nationalism at upcoming European elections. Macron made an appearance at a democracy festival his first stop, where, accompanied by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, he warned ...
Ali A. Hamadé 26/05 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
It’s a bombshell! British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak surprised everyone by announcing that UK general elections will be held on July 4, moving them up several months from the original deadline of January 2025. This unexpected decision has sent shockwaves through government and parliamentary circles, where it was widely believed that Sunak ...
This Is Beirut 25/05 14:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Real GDP is projected to contract by 1.5% in 2024. As of 2022, poverty affects 69% of the population. Extreme poverty reached 27%, up from a negligible level in 2009. More than a decade of conflict, compounded by external shocks, has further worsened Syria’s dire economic situation in 2023 and led to a dramatic deterioration in the welfare of ...
This Is Beirut 25/05 14:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli drone strike in central Syria killed two fighters from Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement on Saturday, a war monitor said. "An Israeli drone fired two missiles at a Hezbollah car and truck near the town of Qusayr in Homs province, as they were on their way to Al-Dabaa military airport, killing at least two Hezbollah fighters and ...
This Is Beirut 25/05 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A car bomb killed a Syrian officer working with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in Damascus Saturday, a war monitor said, with state media reporting one dead without identifying the victim. Bombings targeting military and civilian vehicles still occur intermittently in the Syrian capital more than 12 years into a devastating civil war. "A ...
This Is Beirut 25/05 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced on Saturday that Rome would restore funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees as he met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa. "Italy has decided to resume financing specific projects intended for assistance to Palestinian refugees, but only after rigorous controls that ...
This Is Beirut 25/05 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China puts an end to the military exercises around Taiwan, which began on Thursday morning in reaction to the election of pro-independence president Lai Ching-te. China has ended two days of military drills around Taiwan that saw jets loaded with live munitions and warships practice seizing and isolating the self-ruled island. The exercises ...
This Is Beirut 24/05 22:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Several hundred Tunisians marched through the capital, on Friday, chanting "down with the dictatorship" as they protested a spate of arrests under a presidential decree critics say is being used to stifle dissent. Two Tunisian media figures received one-year jail sentences on Wednesday after making comments the authorities deemed critical, in the ...