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Attack on Key City in Sudan's Kordofan Region Kills 40

This is Beirut, 05/11 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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An attack on a funeral in the key city of El-Obeid in Sudan's central Kordofan region killed 40 people, the UN said Wednesday, as paramilitaries looked poised to launch an offensive. The United Nations' humanitarian office did not specify when the attack took place or who was behind it but said that the situation in the Kordofan region was ...

Afghanistan Quake Kills 27, Injures Over 300

This is Beirut, 04/11 13:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A strong earthquake killed at least 27 people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, just months after another deadly tremor that left the country reeling. The 6.3-magnitude quake struck overnight at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles) with the epicenter near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to the US Geological Survey. More than ...

Trees, Targets and Trillions: What's on the Agenda at COP30?

This is Beirut, 04/11 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the environmentally vulnerable Amazon. But what is actually on the agenda? The marathon negotiations gather nearly every country to confront a challenge that affects them all, but unlike recent editions, this "COP" has ...

Saydet al-Jabal Urges Lebanon to Negotiate with Israel and Reclaim Control of Weapons

This is Beirut, 03/11 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Saydet al-Jabal Gathering called for direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, urging President Joseph Aoun to personally lead talks to address outstanding issues, including Israel’s withdrawal from five disputed points and the return of prisoners. The group said such a step could move Lebanon from war toward peace and allow it to ...

Thousands Flee as Sudan Conflict Spreads East from Darfur: UN

This is Beirut, 03/11 12:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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  Over 36,000 Sudanese civilians have fled towns and villages in the Kordofan region east of Darfur, according to the UN, as the paramilitary warned that its forces were massing along a new front line. In recent weeks, the central Kordofan region has become a new battleground in the two-year war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary ...

Impunity: When Justice Falls Silent

Sana Richa Choucair, 02/11 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Every year on November 2, the United Nations marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (IDEI). Between 2006 and 2024, more than 1,700 journalists were killed worldwide. In nearly 9 out of 10 cases, their killers have never been brought to justice, according to UNESCO’s Observatory of Killed Journalists. This ...

Southern Lebanon’s Olive Trees: Peace Left to Fallow

Katia Kahil, 02/11 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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After a spiral of violence that devastated villages and farmland, the scars of war remain visible in Deir Mimas, Khiam, Houla, Blida, and Mays al-Jabal. More than 60,000 olive trees have been destroyed. “This year, we lost everything,” says Rose from Deir Mimas. “The trees are no longer pruned, the olives wither on the branches, and no one ...

Hezbollah’s Resurgent Arsenal: Borders, Ports, and Clandestine Workshops

Natasha Metni Torbey, 01/11 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Warnings mount over Hezbollah’s rearmament. After years of focus on Iranian financial backing, Washington and Tel Aviv are increasingly concerned about how quickly Lebanon’s Shia movement is rebuilding its arsenal. A Wall Street Journal investigation published Thursday found that Hezbollah, far from adhering to the November 2024 ceasefire ...

Two Hezb Members Killed in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 31/10 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Tensions sharply escalated across southern Lebanon on Friday as Israeli drone and warplanes struck target in the Nabatiyeh and Bint Jbeil districts, leaving several casualties. In one incident, an Israeli drone launched a guided missile at a motorcycle in Talat Shukain, in the Nabatieh caza, killing the driver instantly. Ambulances rushed to the ...

Sudan's RSF says Arrests Fighters Accused of Abuses in El-Fasher

This is Beirut, 31/10 14:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said they had arrested several of their fighters accused of committing abuses during the capture of the city of El-Fasher, including a man identified by AFP in multiple execution videos. The RSF, at war with the army since April 2023, seized El-Fasher -- the army's last stronghold in western Darfur -- on ...

No-State Zones in Lebanon: The Bekaa and the Shadow of the Clans (2/3)

Natasha Metni Torbey, 31/10 12:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Along the road from Zahleh to Hermel, portraits of former clan leaders, imams, and martyrs adorn the buildings, set among auto repair shops and fields of cannabis. In this fertile valley, crossed by the Orontes River and framed by the Anti-Lebanon mountains, the state’s presence gradually fades as the road stretches north. In the Bekaa, clan ...

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