Lebanon Chooses a President After 2 Years of Gridlock
As the country endured economic crisis and a devastating war, lawmakers failed 12 times to pick a head of state. They have ...
Now Is the Time to Reimagine Lebanon
The fall of the Syrian regime and loss of Iranian influence opens the door for the Lebanese to finally take their fate into ...
U.S. Envoy Says Israel Will Withdraw From Southern Lebanon
With the deadline looming for the terms of a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah to be met, an American diplomat ...
U.S. Eases Some Restrictions on Humanitarian Aid to Syria
The authorization comes after rebels toppled the Syrian government last month and is intended to allow humanitarian groups to ...
Celine Haidar, the Lebanon player struck by shrapnel, has loved ones ‘waiting for her to come back to life’
The 19-year-old's family and friends tell the story of the promising player who cannot move or speak after being caught up in ...
Story of Lebanon prodigy hit by shrapnel, inside Liverpool’s ticket tout crackdown
Last autumn, amid wider conflict in the Middle East, Israel escalated its pursuit of Hezbollah, an Iran -backed Shiite ...
With Stakes High, Lebanese Lawmakers to Try Again to Choose a President
Despite pressure by the United States and others to elect a president in order to receive financial support, a consensus ...
International 7-Day News Agenda
GENEVA (Switzerland) - World Economic Forum launches its annual Global Risks report (0900 GMT) LISBON (Portugal) - Firefighters strike (1200 GMT) PICTURE. UNITED NATIONS (United States) - UN Secretary ...
Netanyahu’s gift to Joe Biden
The greatest gift from Benjamin Netanyahu to Joe Biden was making the departing American president’s Middle East legacy seem ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu convenes security panel on potential strike on Iran
By bnm Tel Aviv bureau Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is set to convene a security discussion on January 9 focusing on ...
The fragile Israel-Hezbollah truce is holding so far, despite violations
A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has held up for over a month, even as its terms seem ...
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Lebanon said to stop transfer of funds to Hezbollah through Iranian flight to Beirut
Last week, a report in the UK newspaper The Times said Iran was looking ... smuggling weapons and is now trying to turn Beirut airport into its new logistics hub, just as they did in Syria.” ...