This is Beirut 08/03 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The leaders of Syria's three main Christian churches issued a joint statement Saturday condemning "massacres targeting innocent civilians", following reports of mass killings of Alawite civilians by the security forces. Britain-based war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said "532 Alawite civilians were killed in the coastal ...
This is Beirut 08/03 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Pope Francis, in hospital with pneumonia, is responding well to treatment, the Vatican said on Saturday, adding that the 88-year-old's condition had seen "a gradual, slight improvement". The Argentine pontiff has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital since February 14, and has suffered several respiratory crises since his admission, but for several ...
This is Beirut 08/03 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday slammed what he described as bullying tactics a day after US President Donald Trump threatened military action against Iran. "Some bully governments -- I really don't know of any more appropriate term for some foreign figures and leaders than the word bullying -- insist on ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 08/03 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
8 March Culture Women' s Rights History World
In the misty streets of New York in 1908, no one could have imagined that a group of exhausted, underpaid textile workers were paving the way for a global movement. As they stood up against inhumane working conditions, they had no idea they were writing the first chapter of a long history of struggle. Back then, March 8 was just another date on ...
This is Beirut 08/03 18:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Syrian security forces deployed heavily in the Alawite heartland on the Mediterranean coast on Saturday, after a war monitor reported that government and allied forces killed at least 745 civilians from the religious minority in recent days. Residents of the region continued to report killings of civilians after deadly clashes broke out on ...
This is Beirut 08/03 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Hamas accused Israel Saturday of "committing the war crime of collective punishment" by halting aid to Gaza for a seventh day, saying it also impacted Israeli hostages still held there. On Sunday, Israel announced it was blocking aid deliveries to Gaza until Palestinian militants accepted its terms for an extension of the ceasefire which had ...
This is Beirut 08/03 17:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani has warned that an attack on Iran's Gulf coast nuclear facilities would leave countries across the region without water. In an interview with right-wing United States media personality Tucker Carlson, who is close to US President Donald Trump, the premier said Doha had ...
This is Beirut 08/03 17:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Women will overthrow the Islamic system established in Iran after the 1979 revolution even if the authorities survive a military conflict, Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said in a message Saturday marking international women's day. Mohammadi, 52, who won the 2023 Nobel prize in recognition of her years-long fight for human rights in ...
This is Beirut 08/03 15:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Britain, France, Germany, and Italy on Saturday backed a proposal by Muslim-majority nations to rebuild Gaza as a "realistic path". The counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump's plan to take over Gaza and displace its residents "promises—if implemented—swift and sustainable improvement of the catastrophic ...
This is Beirut 07/03 23:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syrian interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa declared on Friday that Syria “will not move backward” and warned against any violations of the state's established rules during a speech to the nation. “Syria has moved forward and will not take a single step back,” the president stated, emphasizing that security forces must avoid excessive ...
This is Beirut 07/03 22:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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More than 300,000 refugees have returned to Syria since president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, while nearly a million more people displaced inside the country have returned to their homes, the United Nations said on Friday. Since Assad was toppled by Islamist-led rebels on December 8, "we've now crossed the 300,000 returns" mark, ...
This is Beirut 07/03 22:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The US has temporarily suspended Ukraine's access to satellite imagery services, a new measure by the Trump administration, which had already frozen arms shipments and intelligence sharing with Kyiv, The Washington Post reports. Maxar, a leading US provider of commercial satellite imagery, confirmed that the suspension affects the Global Enhanced ...