The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon’s top brass gathered at the Shukri Ghanem Barracks in Fayyadieh Wednesday morning to celebrate the Lebanese Army’s 73rd anniversary, at a ceremony where a new class of officers graduated. Army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun led the proceedings, which were attended by President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister-designate […]

by middleeastmonitor.com — Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri said that he refuses to visit Syria or meet with Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, under any circumstances, even if that would cost him his position. “It is impossible that I visit Syria, not now and not in the future… and if Lebanon’s interest requires so, then you […]

By Donna Abu-Nasr -Bloomberg- Lebanese and Iraqi security services have uncovered an Iraqi network that spread false information about Lebanese banks in order to extort them, and several of its members have been arrested, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said Tuesday. The agency cited an Iraqi statement issued by the national intelligence service on Monday. […]

by catholicnewsagency.com — Islamabad, Pakistan (CNA).- Imran Khan has emerged as the victor in a general election held in Pakistan Wednesday, July 25. The professional cricket player-turned-politician has previously voiced support for the country’s controversial blasphemy laws. While votes are still being tallied in some areas, Khan’s centrist Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) have won 115 […]

by star-magazine.co.uk — The human rights lawyer, who married Hollywood superstar George Clooney in 2014, founded her educational initiative the following year to help girls from her native Lebanon realise their potential. This year (18), Amal and assessors at the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, an organisation founded on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide, […]

French-Italian musician Carla Bruni (C) and her husband, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) pose for a photograph with Beiteddine Art Festival president Noura Jumblatt (L) at the Beirut airport on July 29, 2018. AFP / ANWAR AMRO Singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the former French First Lady, performs at the Beiteddine Art Festival near Beirut, Lebanon, […]

BEIRUT, (Xinhua) — The World Bank has provided Lebanon with 2 billion U.S. dollars for the country’s development, the National News Agency reported Monday. “The World Bank is always ready to help Lebanon by funding its development and productive projects,” said Farid Belhaj, the World Bank’s vice president for Middle East and North Africa. Belhaj’s […]

JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – Russia cannot compel Iranian forces to quit Syria, Moscow’s ambassador to Tel Aviv said on Monday, rebuffing Israel’s long-standing demand that it should work to ensure their total withdrawal from the country. Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov said Moscow could equally do nothing to prevent Israeli military strikes against Iranian forces in Syria, which […]

Beirut- Asharq Al Awsat –Saudi Chargé d’Affaires in Beirut, Walid al-Bukhari, stressed Saturday that Lebanon’s stability has always been and will remain a priority for all Lebanese and Arabs, indicating that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia wants Lebanon to remain an independent, sovereign, free, secure and prosperous Arab country. Bukhari was speaking during the “Third […]

The Daily Star BEIRUT: A Kuwaiti court Sunday sentenced an Egyptian man to death by hanging for stabbing and killing his Lebanese wife, local media reported. The man, said to be in his 40s, was sentenced for stabbing his wife multiple times in front of their children in August 2017. He later turned himself in. The […]