This is Beirut 16/07 23:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Marco Rubio United States Syria
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that an agreement had been reached to restore calm in Syria by the end of the day, describing the current situation as a “misunderstanding” following Israeli strikes on Damascus and southern Syria. “We have agreed on specific measures that will put an end to this troubling and ...
This is Beirut 16/07 22:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Syria Tom Barrack United States
The United States' special envoy for Syria on Wednesday called on all parties to step back and engage in dialogue for a lasting ceasefire in Syria following clashes with Druze factions in the south and Israeli strikes in Damascus. "We unequivocally condemn violence against civilians in Sweida... All parties must step back and engage in ...
This is Beirut 16/07 21:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia Ukraine Donald Trump United States
A Russian strike on a commercial area in eastern Ukraine killed at least two people and injured around twenty others on Wednesday, local authorities reported, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Moscow to end the war. On Monday, President Trump gave Russia 50 days to reach a peace agreement with Ukraine or face ...
This is Beirut 16/07 20:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Donald Trump Federal Reserve Jerome Powell
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was not currently planning to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell but added that he did not rule it out. Trump's mixed messaging, after months of escalating attacks on the independent central bank chief, sent the yield on the 30-year US Treasury bond surging above five percent. Asked about ...
This is Beirut 16/07 19:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Damascus Benjamin Netanyahu Syria
An Israeli strike on Wednesday hit near the Syrian army and defense ministry headquarters in Damascus, the state-run Alekhbariya channel reported on Telegram, after Israel's military said it had struck there. AFP correspondents heard a loud explosion echoing throughout much of the capital shortly after a first air strike had targeted the same ...
This is Beirut 16/07 19:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israel bombed the Syrian army's headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the country's Druze minority alone, as authorities announced a ceasefire in the community's southern heartland after deadly sectarian clashes. Syrian government forces entered the majority-Druze city of Sweida on ...
Mario Chartouni 16/07 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Damascus Syria Sweida Druzes
The majority-Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria has been thrust into an unprecedented spiral of violence since Sunday, as fierce clashes between the Syrian army, backed by Bedouin militias, and local Druze armed groups have escalated dramatically. The fighting has been marked by intense combat, summary executions, a deepening humanitarian ...
This is Beirut 16/07 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Astronomers said Wednesday they had observed the moment when planets start forming around a distant star for the first time, revealing a process that sheds light on the birth of our own solar system. The new planetary system is forming around the baby star HOPS-315, which resembles our own Sun in its youth, 1,300 light years from Earth in the ...
This is Beirut 16/07 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu Erdogan
Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkey's leading opposition figure, got a 20-month prison sentence for insulting and threatening the city's public prosecutor Wednesday, according to a court document obtained by AFP. The case is one of a number lined up against Imamoglu, the main rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is already ...
This is Beirut 16/07 14:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Khamenei Ali Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Israel's attacks during last month's 12-day war were intended to weaken the Islamic republic's system and spark unrest to topple it. "The calculation and plan of the aggressors was to weaken the system by targeting certain figures and sensitive centres in ...
This is Beirut 16/07 14:35 - Reading : less than a minute
The Syrian presidency vowed to punish those who committed violations against Druze-majority Sweida's residents, as government forces were accused of summary executions and other abuses by right groups, witnesses and local factions. In a statement, the presidency said they "strongly condemn these heinous acts and affirm our full commitment to ...
Lyne Sammouri 16/07 14:15 - Reading : less than a minute
A SpaceX capsule with astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary and the United States safely landed off the coast of California, concluding Axiom Mission 4 after 20 days in orbit.