Vanessa Kallas 02/01 20:05 - Reading : less than a minute
The New Year in the United States began tragically, with at least 15 people killed in a truck attack in New Orleans on Wednesday and one person dead in a Tesla explosion in Las Vegas later that day.
This is Beirut 02/01 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Authorities in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah have banned four organizations accused of affiliation with the Turkish-blacklisted Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), activists said Thursday, denouncing the move as "political". The four organizations include two feminist groups and a media production house, according to the METRO center for ...
Vanessa Kallas 02/01 18:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Saudi Arabia Syria Bachar el-Assad
A Syrian delegation made a historic visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, marking the first since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on December 8, 2024.
This is Beirut 02/01 17:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestine Fatah Hamas Al-Jazeera
The Palestinian Authority decided on Wednesday to suspend the broadcasting and activities of the Qatari channel Al Jazeera in the Palestinian Territories, accusing it in particular of ‘inciting sedition’ and ‘interfering’ in its affairs. ‘The competent ministerial committee, made up of the ministries of Culture, ...
This is Beirut 02/01 16:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel struck a declared humanitarian zone in southern Gaza overnight, which rescuers on Thursday said killed the head of the Palestinian territory's Hamas-run police force, his deputy and nine others. Gaza's civil defense agency said two other Israeli strikes elsewhere in the territory later on Thursday killed 14 Palestinians. The ...
This is Beirut 02/01 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's education minister on Thursday sought to minimize curriculum changes announced this week by the new Islamist-led authorities, after activists denounced them as "extremist" and potentially harmful to religious minorities. The amendments were announced Wednesday on the Facebook page of the interim leadership's education ministry, a little ...
This is Beirut 02/01 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ardavan Yousefi has gotten so used to life under Iran's sweeping internet restrictions that for him, a recent decision to lift a ban on messaging service WhatsApp went virtually unnoticed. "Is it really removed now?" Yousefi, a café owner from the capital Tehran, said of the two-year ban on the popular application. To be certain, he switched ...
This is Beirut 02/01 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Syrian security forces are conducting an operation in Homs city, state media reported on Thursday, with a monitor saying it targeted two districts that are home to the Alawite minority of toppled president Bashar al-Assad. "The Ministry of Interior, in cooperation with the Military Operations Department, begins a wide-scale combing operation in ...
This is Beirut 02/01 12:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Abdullah Ocalan Turkey Erdogan PKK
A delegation from Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition DEM party said it would meet Thursday with the parliamentary speaker and far-right MHP leader amid tentative efforts to resume dialogue between Ankara and the banned PKK militant group. In a statement, DEM said its three-person delegation would meet with Speaker Numan Kurtulmus at 1:30 pm (1030 ...
This is Beirut 02/01 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A gunman who started a shooting spree at a restaurant in southern Montenegro killed a total of 12 people, including two children, a prosecutor said on Thursday. "Twelve people were killed, two of whom were children," prosecutor Andrijana Nastic told reporters in Cetinje, raising the previous toll of at least 10 from Wednesday's attack. The ...
This is Beirut 02/01 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Damascus Gulf Saudi Arabia Syria
Syria's top diplomat said he hoped to open a "new, bright page" with Saudi Arabia upon arriving in the kingdom Wednesday, the first foreign visit for Syria's new rulers, who seized power last month. "I have just arrived in the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, accompanied by the Minister of Defence Murhaf Abu Qasra and the ...
This is Beirut 02/01 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yoav Gallant Israel Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza
Israel's former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who was dismissed in November after spearheading the military campaign in Gaza for more than a year, announced Wednesday that he would resign from parliament. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had sacked Gallant, saying there was a "breakdown in trust" amid disagreements between the two on several ...