The alleged detection by U.S. intelligence agencies of what some officials say are the most serious al-Qaeda attack plots since September 11, 2001, has led to the closure until August 10th of nineteen American embassies across the Middle East. The measure was described by the State Department as one taken “out of an abundance of […]

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday condemned as “disgraceful” the abduction of two Turkish pilots near Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport, saying they were kidnapped in a prearranged and “professional” manner amid “the absence of the state’s security authorities.” Al-Rahi warned that the operation will harm Lebanon’s image, urging state officials to stop being “reckless […]

Most Palestinians trying to go to Lebanon from strife-torn Syria have been denied entry over the past two days, a rights group said on Thursday. "The Lebanese government began on August 6, 2013, to bar Palestinians from entering the country from Syria," New York-based Human Rights Watch said. "Refusing to allow asylum seekers to enter […]

The Obama administration cautioned on Wednesday that the terror threat to western outposts in the Middle East and Africa will not necessarily subside in the wake of Yemen’s claim to have foiled a large-scale plot to attack an important port. As details of the alleged plot emerged from the government in Sana’a, new US drone […]

Billionaire U.S. media mogul Oprah Winfrey says she was the victim of racism on a recent trip to Switzerland when a shop assistant refused to show her a handbag because it was "too expensive." Winfrey was in Zurich for Tina Turner’s wedding in late July when she left her hotel alone and popped into an […]

  كاتب صحفي لبناني. سكن مصر، وعمل في تحرير جريدة " الوطن " ثم " المقطم " و " الأهرام " وأنشأ جريدة " الأخبار " يومية ( سنة 1896 ) فمجلة " الخزانة " سنة 1900 فجريدة " بريد الأحد " أسبوعية. وعاد إلى بيروت، فكان من أعضاء مجلس النواب. وقام برحلة إلى إيطاليا، […]

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Armed assailants in two vehicles intercepted a bus carrying Turkish Airlines personnel from the airport into Beirut early on Friday and kidnapped a pilot and a co-pilot, Lebanese media reported. The attack could signal a further spread into Lebanon of the civil war in neighboring Syria. No group immediately took responsibility for […]

BEIRUT: Competition between the hundreds of mom-and-pop confectioners, boutique chocolatiers and international candy brands scattered throughout Lebanon is fierce all year round, but during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr the fight for the loyalty of Lebanese consumers reaches a fever pitch. The sheer number of small, family-run sweets establishments in Lebanon and high turnover among new […]

Pope Francis has called for mutual respect between religions in a message addressed to Muslims as they prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr next week, at the end of the holy month of Ramadan. It is traditional for the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to send a message of good wishes and a proposed theme for […]