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Saudi Arabia drew 27 million foreign tourists in 2023 and has more than doubled its goal for the end of the decade, an official said on Tuesday. "We have reached 100 million tourists this year, 77 million from home, 27 million from abroad, over 100 million," Tourism Minister Ahmed Al Khateeb said at a conference organised by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, describing the 2023 figures. 

Palestinians in Lebanon are "prevented from employment in 39 professions such as medicine, law and engineering... are socially marginalized, have very limited civil, social, political and economic rights, including restricted access to the Government of

Film-makers based in the region and beyond were dismayed by policies at the event, including a crackdown on the keffiyeh

"The procedures and restrictions imposed on the entry of building materials into the Palestinian camps in Lebanon are in contradiction with the principles of human rights." — Hassan al-Sayyida, a researcher and human rights activist at the Palestinian

People and Places in Lebanon's Capital: The Damage Caused by the Massive Port Explosion Two Years Ago and the Rebuilding Now

There has been nothing like the attack on Fallujah since the Nazi invasion and occupation of much of the European continent—the shelling and bombing of Warsaw in September 1939 and the terror bombing of Rotterdam in May 1940. All the talk about precision bombing in Iraq is dust thrown in the public’s eyes.

As international aid poured in after the deadly blast in Beirut on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron, on a visit to the Lebanese capital, is expected to push for urgent support and widespread…

Roundup: Lebanese photographers hope to revive photography facing challenges-

Roundup: Lebanese photographers hope to revive photography facing challenges-

“I have been waiting to leave because this is not my home,” Kefale Tayachew Damtie, a father of six whose family is bound for Israel, told JTA.