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Washington's New Ambassador, Michel Issa, Lands in Lebanon... Who is He?

This is Beirut, 14/11 20:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The new United States ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, landed in Beirut on Friday to begin a particularly delicate mission. His arrival comes at a time when Washington is seeking to redefine the scope of its engagement in a country caught in a deep institutional crisis, latent tensions in the south, and growing international pressure over ...

US and Several Arab States Urge 'Swift Adoption' of UN Gaza Resolution

This is Beirut, 14/11 19:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States and several Arab and Muslim-majority nations, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, called Friday for the UN Security Council to quickly adopt a US resolution endorsing Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza. "The United States, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, ...

Blue Origin Launches NASA Mars Mission and Nails Booster Landing

This is Beirut, 14/11 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard and, in a breakthrough, nailed the landing of its booster. The launch was stalled for days over weather both on Earth and in space, but it was worth the wait: in the rocket's second-ever flight, Blue Origin managed to ...

BBC Apologizes to Trump, but Rejects Defamation Claim

This is Beirut, 14/11 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The BBC said Thursday that its chairman had sent a letter to US President Donald Trump apologizing for a misleading edit of one of his speeches but rejected that it was grounds for a defamation lawsuit. The comments came after Britain's embattled public broadcaster said earlier that it was investigating a possible second instance in which a Trump ...

Trump’s Plan for Gaza: Heading into Phase 2

Paul Guillot, 13/11 19:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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One month after the October 10 ceasefire meant to close the chapter on two years of war in Gaza, the United States is struggling to turn the truce into a meaningful political process. Phase 2 of Trump’s ambitious 20-Point Plan was meant to shift from a halt in fighting all the way to reconstruction. Yet internal documents obtained by Politico ...

Trump Signs Bill to End Record-Breaking US Shutdown

This is Beirut, 13/11 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history -- 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The Republican-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to approve a ...

House Vote on Ending US Government Shutdown

This is Beirut, 12/11 22:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Congress looked set Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history, 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Donald Trump's Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game. The House of Representatives was expected to rubber-stamp a contentious Senate-passed funding ...

The World Tired of Lebanon’s Stalling: A Possible Return to Syrian Influence?

Bassam Abou Zeid, 12/11 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Lebanese file no longer provides meaningful political leverage for the countries involved. Neither U.S. President Donald Trump nor French President Emmanuel Macron has been able to exert decisive influence. A Western diplomatic source described the situation as exhausting and frustrating, noting that Lebanese officials often tell foreign ...

Sharaa in Washington: A Turning Point for Syria

Seth J. Frantzman , 12/11 16:00 - Reading : 8 minute(s)

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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa visited the White House on Monday for a historic meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump that capped a year in which Damascus has rapidly come in from the cold and reintegrated into the international community. Sharaa has helped steer Syria through this complex path, beginning with pushing the Assad regime out of ...

Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood: Between Ideological Lineage and National Adaptation

Malo Pinatel, 12/11 10:55 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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On April 23, 2025, Jordan’s Ministry of Interior formally banned Brotherhood-related activities in Jordan, citing  an alleged plot threatening national security, orchestrated by a group linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. The decision came amid heightened regional tensions. In the west of the kingdom, the Israel-Hamas war was raging, and public ...

House Vote Likely Wednesday on Ending US Government Shutdown

This is Beirut, 12/11 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The effort to end the longest-ever US government shutdown heads Wednesday toward a final vote, as President Donald Trump declared victory in the political face-off and rival Democrats tore themselves apart over the deal. The House of Representatives appeared likely to vote Wednesday on a spending bill to solve the six-week standoff, after eight ...

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