This is Beirut, 14/03 15:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Dozens of Syrian Druze clerics crossed the armistice line on the Golan Heights into Israel on Friday for their community's first pilgrimage to a revered shrine in decades. On board three buses escorted by Israeli military vehicles, the clerics crossed at Majdal Shams in the Golan, and headed to northern Israel. According to a source close to ...
Sana Richa Choucair, 14/03 15:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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On March 14, 2005, a human tidal wave flooded Martyrs' Square. Lebanese people of all faiths gathered around a single cause: rising up against the Syrian occupation of Lebanon, one month after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. It was a first in the history of independent Lebanon. Today, the 20th commemoration has a new ...
This is Beirut, 13/03 20:05 - Reading : less than a minute
The Kurds of Syria celebrate the agreement reached between the new Syrian government and the leader of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which are primarily made up of Kurds.
This is Beirut, 13/03 14:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israeli Air Force conducted on Thursday an airstrike in Damascus, targeting headquarters of the Islamic Jihad group. Israel's military spokesman, Avichaï Adraee, said the attack had targeted a "terrorist command center" in Damascus, belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, which fought alongside Hamas in Gaza against Israel. "The ...
This is Beirut, 13/03 13:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A delegation of Syrian Druze clerics is planning to visit a pilgrimage site in Israel on Friday for the first time since Israel's creation in 1948, a source close to the group said. "A delegation of dozens of Druze clerics will visit Israel on Friday," the source said, adding that it follows an invitation from the Druze community in Israel. "The ...
This is Beirut, 12/03 12:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A former Syrian diplomat who defected from his service under the administration of toppled president Bashar al-Assad was shot dead alongside his brother in the country's south, a war monitor said on Wednesday. Armed men on Tuesday night entered the home of former diplomat, Noureddine al-Labbad, in the town of Al-Sanamayn, some 50 kilometres (30 ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssef Rajji stressed that “stability in Syria is very important for stability in Lebanon”. He also pointed out that a number of “common issues with Syria need to be addressed, including border demarcation, arms and drug smuggling, and terrorism”. Rajji's remarks came at the close of a meeting of Syria's ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 12:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Mazzeh neighborhood in Damascus was, on Monday morning, the scene of violent clashes between Syrian security forces and armed elements from the previous regime, marking an unprecedented development since the beginning of the confrontations last Thursday. According to “Al-Araby Television Network”, based in Qatar, an armed group attacked ...
This is Beirut, 10/03 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran on Monday rejected media reports accusing the Islamic republic of involvement in the violence in Alawite areas of Syria, which has left hundreds of civilians dead. Fighting erupted on Thursday between Syria's new security forces and loyalists of the former government of toppled president Bashar al-Assad, a long-time Tehran ally. War monitor ...
Michel Touma, 10/03 11:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The main pieces are being put in place… A likely diplomatic showdown — or, if diplomacy fails, a military confrontation — between the Iranian axis and the Western camp is clearly taking shape, both in Lebanon and across the regional landscape. Several clear signs of this looming standoff have surfaced in recent days amid an increasingly ...
Élie-Joe Kamel, 04/03 17:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Israel has ramped up its operations in Syria, seemingly seeking to assert itself as the dominant player against Turkey, which is trying to fill the vacuum left by Iran’s retreat. It has carried out strikes on military positions of the former regime and pro-Iranian militias, expanded its presence in ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 22:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The forces of Syria's new authorities deployed Sunday in a Damascus suburb following deadly clashes with Druze gunmen, state media said amid tensions after Israeli demands to protect the minority group. Jaramana, a mostly Druze and Christian suburb of the capital, saw a fatal shooting at a checkpoint on Friday, followed a day later by clashes ...