This is Beirut 2024-12-12 16:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The semi-autonomous Kurdish administration that holds swathes of Syria's northeast said Thursday it will adopt the three-starred independence flag used by the opposition, after rebels toppled longtime president Bashar al-Assad. The Kurdish authority said in a statement it has "decided to raise the Syrian (independence) flag on all councils, ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-12 14:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Syria’s new leadership will "freeze the Constitution and Parliament" during a three-month transitional period, Obaida Arnaout, the political affairs spokesperson for the new government, told AFP on Thursday. "A legal and human rights committee will be formed to review the Constitution and propose amendments," he explained. The current ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-12 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli Mossad chief David Barnea met with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in Doha on Wednesday to discuss a potential deal. This meeting is part of a renewed mediation effort after months of deadlock. Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated in a phone call on Wednesday with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-12 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran must face new "realities" in Syria following the regime's fall, said Hossein Salami, commander of the Revolutionary Guards, on Thursday. Iran had been a close ally of President Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Russia. For decades, Syria has been a cornerstone of the land bridge between Iran and Hezbollah, a member of its anti-Israeli "axis of ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-12 11:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
EU states on Thursday cleared Bulgaria and Romania to become full members of the borderless Schengen zone from the start of next year, officials said. "It is a historic moment to finally welcome Bulgaria and Romania," said Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency. The two countries, both members ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-12 11:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Gaza Civil Defense reported that 33 people, including several children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday night, shortly after the United Nations General Assembly called for an immediate ceasefire in the war-torn Palestinian territory. Israeli warplanes targeted two houses near the Nuseirat refugee camp (central Gaza) and in ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-12 10:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Israeli airstrikes targeted military installations in Syria, belonging to the army of the former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, an NGO said on Wednesday. Among the "military sites" targeted were "the port of Latakia" and warehouses in Tartous. "Israeli fighter jets continue to destroy what remains of Syria's military arsenal, for the fourth ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-12 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Riyad Avlar spent 20 years languishing in Syria's jails, including a decade in the infamous Saydnaya prison, the scene of some of the Bashar al-Assad government's most brutal abuses. Those long years behind bars have left him with one obsession: documenting and healing the atrocities committed inside the prison where he himself was locked up. "I ...
Marc Saikali 2024-12-12 07:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The Assad family, more accurately known by the name "Al-Wahesh" (the savage), has surpassed all limits of hatred and brutality. After the dictator and his cronies fled, the world, horrified, discovered the full extent of the crimes against humanity that had been the norm in a country left in ruins. In Lebanon, we have long known, through our own ...
Elie Ziadé 2024-12-11 22:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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However, in Bab Touma, a district with a strong Christian majority in the eastern part of Old Damascus, a sense of apprehension and waiting prevails in the almost deserted streets. Most shops and churches remain closed, awaiting a stabilization of the political and military situation. This is Beirut spoke to the residents of this neighborhood, ...
Elie Ziadé 2024-12-11 22:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Father Siraj Dib, a Maronite priest of the Archdiocese of Damascus, shares a powerful testimony about the situation of Christians in the Syrian capital after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. In this exclusive interview, he reflects on the liberation of Syria, the hopes and fears of the residents of Bab Touma and the uncertainty surrounding ...
This is Beirut 2024-12-11 21:32 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Russia on Wednesday vowed retribution against Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of firing Western-supplied missiles on a military airfield in its southern Rostov region. President Vladimir Putin has previously threatened to launch a hypersonic ballistic missile at the centre of Kyiv if Ukraine did not halt its attacks on Russian territory using US-supplied ...