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Luqman Salim went missing on Wednesday in Zahrani town, south of Lebanon Wasim Seif El-Din   | 04.02.2021 BEIRUT Various Lebanese media outlets reported Thursday the death of prominent political activist Luqman Salim in Zahrani town, south of the country, hours after his disappearance. “Luqman Salim was found dead in a rented car in the Zahrani area with the body bearing wounds caused by two bullets,” local media quoted security forces a...

Turkey and Russia escalate standoff in Syria The Syrian Kurds have been under Russian pressure for some time to cede control of Ain Issa to Damascus Ain Issa has become the focal point of Turkish and Syrian National Army attacks for a few months Updated 22 March 2021 March 22, 2021 20:04 ANKARA: Turkey has asked for Russia’s help in shielding northwestern Syria following mounting airstrikes in the area, which is home to 4 million people.  The attacks are hitting civilian targets like hospi...

Lethal crackdown on protests as Lebanon’s economy collapses amid pandemic surge Security forces used lethal force to disperse demonstrators in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon’s poorest city. At least two people died, and hundreds were injured during several nights of riots. Angry protests and clashes with security forces erupted Monday as workers, furious at the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, poured onto the streets of Tripoli and other cities around the cou...

Saad Hariri: President ‘had last chance to end collapse’ Protesters swarm Beirut streets as currency exchange rate spikes on black market Updated 23 March 2021 March 22, 2021 22:16 BEIRUT: A critical meeting on Monday between Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on the country’s uncertain future failed to reach an agreement. The 18th meeting between the two men, held at the Presidential Palace, was met before and after with pessimism by much of the Leba...

File photo: President Michel Aoun L and his son-in-law FPM leader Gebran Bassil BEIRUT: Lebanese Parliament  MPs have accused Michel Aoun of  abusing the presidency by acting “as a party and not as a president entrusted with the constitution.” On Saturday, MP Anwar Al-Khalil , a member of Speaker Nabih’s Berri’s parliamentary bloc said that Aoun’s media office’s statement on Friday “undermines the Lebanese people’s minds and destroys the hope of forming an important govern...

BEIRUT: Deputies in the Lebanese Parliament have accused President Michel Aoun of acting “as a party, not as a president entrusted with the constitution.” On Saturday, MP Anwar Al-Khalil said that Aoun’s media office’s statement on Friday “undermines the Lebanese people’s minds and destroys the hope of forming an important government. It is also a digression from obstinacy and stubbornness.” Friday’s statement said Aoun was a “partner in choosing ministers and distributing min...

× 14 April 2021: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa poses with a display of Olympic Symbol after unveiling ceremony of the symbol on Mt. Takao in Hachioji, west of Tokyo, to mark 100 days before the start of 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Photo: dpa 1/4 A Pakistani man prepares traditional food at a restaurant for pre-dawn meals (Sehri) during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 14 April 2021. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB 2/4 Palestinians shop in the market on the first day of the holy ...

The head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, on Sunday attacked Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, arguing that there is no trust in

Lebanon’s racism is fanning the flames of violence towards Syrian refugees Frans Timmermans and Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil.jpg (Image by Creative Commons Genérica de Atribución/Compartir-Igual 2.0) As Lebanon celebrated Christmas, a Syrian refugee camp in Miniyeh in the north of Lebanon was attacked by a group of local youths who set fire to tents amid clashes with residents. The number of v...

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s politicians swapped insults and accusations on Friday while coronavirus infections in the country continued to rise dramatically, with almost 5,000 cases reported in a single day. Journalists, artists, doctors, nurses, soldiers and teachers — some in their 20s and 30s — were among those falling victim to the virus, while hospitals struggled to cope with the influx of cases and health officials warned of a growing crisis. On Thursday night, former minister Nicolas Nahas a...