This Is Beirut 15/09 11:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
If they had tried to do this a few years ago, the group of Iraqi women enjoying a night out in Mosul would probably have risked severe punishment. The northern city was under the harsh rule of the Islamic State (IS) group until the jihadists were ousted from their last major Iraqi bastion in 2017. Seven years later, Mosul's streets truly come ...
15/09 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Neither Israel nor Syria has confirmed nor denied Western reports of a landing operation carried out by Israeli special forces in Masyaf, Syria. The operation allegedly targeted the Scientific Studies and Research Center facilities during the night of September 8-9. However, residents in the Tartous region reported hearing helicopters flying ...
This Is Beirut 14/09 18:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Moscow and Kyiv swapped 103 prisoners of war each on Saturday in a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates, a rare moment of coordination between the two warring sides as Russia pushes ahead in east Ukraine. The Russians released in the swap were captured during Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region, Moscow said, while some of the ...
This Is Beirut 14/09 17:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Mourners gathered in southwest Turkey on Saturday for the funeral of a US-Turkish activist, who was shot dead while protesting Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The killing last week of 26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi has sparked international condemnation and infuriated Turkey, further escalating tensions over the war in Gaza that began with ...
This Is Beirut 14/09 16:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won a second term with 84.3% of the vote in last week's election, as final results announced Saturday showed, down from an initial count contested by rivals. The preliminary results issued by the North African country's electoral authority, ANIE, on Sunday gave Tebboune nearly 95% support, prompting ...
14/09 15:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Saturday, Iran blasted a new research satellite into orbit, state media said. "The Chamran-1 research satellite was successfully launched and put into orbit by the Ghaem-100 carrier," state television claimed. The satellite, which weighs around 60 kilograms (132 pounds), is designed to test hardware and software systems for orbital maneuver ...
14/09 10:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Four Islamic State group leaders were killed in a joint US-Iraqi raid in western Iraq last month, including the head of the jihadist group's operations in the country, the US military said Friday. "This operation targeted ISIS leaders and served to disrupt and degrade ISIS' ability to plan, organize, and conduct attacks against Iraqi civilians," ...
13/09 18:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ministers from Muslim and European countries along with the European Union's foreign affairs chief gathered Friday in Madrid to discuss how to advance a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "Together, we want to identify the concrete actions that will enable us to make progress towards this objective," Spanish Prime Minister ...
Mario Chartouni 13/09 17:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood and main opposition party in Jordan, has won the September 2024 legislative elections by a landslide. However, this groundbreaking victory far from undermines the state’s control over the party or changes the fact that the Jordanian Parliament has a limited role ...
This Is Beirut 13/09 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US State Department said on Thursday it was unconditionally releasing $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt, at a time when Cairo and Washington have been working closely on a Gaza ceasefire deal. Last year, the United States released part of this annual aid conditional on progress being made on respecting human rights in Egypt, a country ...
This Is Beirut 13/09 12:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has arrived in Washington where he will meet US President Joe Biden on Friday to discuss whether to let Kyiv use long-range missiles against Russia. It is likely their last meeting before an election that could upend US policy on Ukraine. Kyiv is pushing Washington and London to lift a restriction on firing ...
This Is Beirut 13/09 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pope Francis wrapped up an arduous 12-day tour of the Asia-Pacific on Friday, defying health concerns to connect with believers from the jungle of Papua New Guinea to the skyscrapers of Singapore. The 87-year-old pontiff took off for Rome, completing his longest trip in duration and distance since he became head of the world's estimated 1.4 ...