This is Beirut, 10/05 10:40 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese Army, with support from the Bekaa Intelligence Directorate, oversaw a new voluntary repatriation of displaced Syrians on Saturday. Around 100 families left camps in Arsal and crossed back into Syria via the Zamarani border point, returning to villages in the western Qalamoun region. This operation is part of weekly repatriation ...
Bassam Abou Zeid, 08/05 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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France has stepped in decisively to take a leading role in the border demarcation process between Lebanon and Syria—an initiative announced by President Emmanuel Macron during the visit of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to France. According to French sources, Macron expressed his country’s readiness to provide both the Lebanese and Syrian ...
This is Beirut, 08/05 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joe Raggi, received on Thursday the French Ambassador to Lebanon, Hervé Magro, who presented him with copies of documents and maps from French archives related to the Lebanon-Syria border. This handover follows Lebanon's official request and a promise made by French President Emmanuel Macron to Lebanese ...
This is Beirut, 08/05 09:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Lebanese army Bekaa Syria
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam began a visit to the Bekaa on Thursday morning to assess security protocols at the border posts with Syria. During his visit, he praised the role of Lebanese armed forces, stating: "The army is the nation's stronghold, embodying sacrifice and loyalty." He also emphasized the importance of "supporting the military ...
This is Beirut, 07/05 22:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Wednesday that Syria was holding "indirect talks" with Israel to calm tensions between the two countries, following Israeli strikes and threats against Syria since Bashar al-Assad's ouster. "There are indirect talks (with Israel) taking place through mediators to calm the situation and try to ...
This is Beirut, 07/05 22:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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Emmanuel Macron called on Wednesday for the United States to "rush to lift sanctions" against Syria, "with conditions," and to "maintain" its military operations against the Islamic State in the country. "The interest of everyone, including the Americans, is today (...) to act in support of lifting sanctions against the Syrian people," and "to ...
This is Beirut, 07/05 20:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa Farid al-Madhan Ceaser Act
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday met French leader Emmanuel Macron on his first visit to Europe since overthrowing longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, despite alarm over deadly clashes that have overshadowed the new authorities' first months in power. Ahead of the high-profile talks at the Elysee Palace, Sharaa and his foreign minister ...
This is Beirut, 07/05 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Six months after Bashar al-Assad's fall, Turkey and Israel are both operating in Syria with starkly opposing agendas, stoking fears of a confrontation unless they find a way to coexist, analysts say. Over the past week, Israel has struck deep inside Syria, with unconfirmed reports suggesting Turkish and Israeli warplanes had a close encounter ...
This is Beirut, 06/05 14:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Lebanon Missing nationals Joe Raggi
Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji has pledged to take all necessary steps to resolve the long-standing issue of Lebanese citizens missing in Syria, promising to remove any obstacles that stand in the way of progress on the sensitive humanitarian file. During a meeting on Tuesday with the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly ...
This is Beirut, 05/05 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Armed men opened fire inside a club in Damascus on Monday, killing a woman, according to a witness and a war monitor, the second attack in a week targeting the Syrian capital's nightlife. The perpetrators or their motives were unknown. Some Syrians have expressed fears that the country's new Islamist authorities would seek to impose restrictions ...
This is Beirut, 05/05 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria Israël Mount Hermon Golan Heights
The Israeli army declared that it had located and demolished a former Syrian regime military headquarters situated on the summit of Mount Hermon in southern Syria. The operation was conducted over the past week by troops from the recently established HeHarim, or “Mountain Brigade.” Formed in 2024, the HeHarim Brigade is tasked with securing ...
This is Beirut, 05/05 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Asylum applications filed by Syrians in the European Union dropped to their lowest in over a decade in February following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, the EU's asylum agency said Wednesday. Data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) showed Syrians lodged 5,000 requests in the 27-nation bloc plus Switzerland and Norway in February, ...