This is Beirut 02/01 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Syria's top diplomat said he hoped to open a "new, bright page" with Saudi Arabia upon arriving in the kingdom Wednesday, the first foreign visit for Syria's new rulers, who seized power last month. "I have just arrived in the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, accompanied by the Minister of Defence Murhaf Abu Qasra and the ...
This is Beirut 02/01 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Israel's former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who was dismissed in November after spearheading the military campaign in Gaza for more than a year, announced Wednesday that he would resign from parliament. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had sacked Gallant, saying there was a "breakdown in trust" amid disagreements between the two on several ...
This is Beirut 02/01 05:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, the deceased suspect in the ram-vehicle attack in New Orleans that killed at least 15 people on Wednesday, was ‘inspired’ by the Islamic State group and had reportedly become radicalised in recent years. An estate agent and former soldier, the man was a 42-year-old American citizen born in Texas. US President Joe ...
This is Beirut 01/01 22:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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A few dozen protesters gathered in the Syrian city of Douma on Wednesday, demanding answers about the fate of four prominent activists abducted more than a decade ago. Holding up photographs of the missing activists, the demonstrators called on Syria's new rulers -- the Islamist-led rebels who seized power last month -- to investigate what ...
This is Beirut 01/01 20:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The man who drove a truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday was a US citizen named Shamsud-Din Jabbar and was carrying the flag of international jihadist group Islamic State, the FBI said. "An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the subject's potential associations and ...
This is Beirut 01/01 19:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday hailed the end of Russian gas transit across his country as a significant "defeat" for Moscow amid its near three-year invasion. Flows of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine stopped on Wednesday morning after Zelensky refused to prolong decades of cooperation that had earned billions of ...
This is Beirut 01/01 19:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Saudi Arabia has put six Iranians to death for drug trafficking, the interior ministry said Wednesday, after a year in which it carried out a record number of executions, according to an AFP tally of official reports. The six were executed in Dammam, on the Gulf coast, for having "clandestinely introduced hashish" into the kingdom, the ministry ...
This is Beirut 01/01 18:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The war in Syria has claimed more than 528,500 lives, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Wednesday, marking nearly 14 years of a devastating conflict triggered by the regime of Bashar al-Assad’s violent crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising. Assad was overthrown on December 8 2024. More than 181,939 civilians are among ...
This is Beirut 01/01 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli air strike killed at least 25 people in the territory's north on Wednesday, in what it called the first deadly attack of the New Year. "The world welcomed the New Year with celebrations and festivities, while we witnessed 2025 begin with the first Israeli massacre in the town of ...
This is Beirut 01/01 13:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Some Russians ushering in the New Year said they wanted the conflict with Ukraine to end in 2025 and for a return of "peace" and "stability". But on the streets of Moscow there was no mention of Russia withdrawing its troops or giving up territory seized during the nearly three-year offensive. "Of course, we would like the country to finally end ...
This is Beirut 01/01 13:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran will hold nuclear talks with France, Britain, and Germany on January 13 in Switzerland, local media reported on Wednesday, quoting a foreign ministry official. "The new round of talks between Iran and three European countries will be held in Geneva on January 13," said Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International ...
This is Beirut 01/01 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Yahya al-Batran clutched the tiny clothes of his dead newborn son Jumaa, just days after the baby died from the cold in their tent in war-torn Gaza. "We are watching our children die before our eyes," said the 44-year-old. Their baby was one of the seven children who died from the cold within the span of a week, the Hamas-run territory's health ...