Lebanon
Jordan reopens trade gateway with Syria after month-long COVID closure
Middle East
September 28, 2020
Jordan reopens trade gateway with Syria after month-long COVID closure
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan on Sunday resumed its land border traffic with Syria, following a more than month-long closure, after…
Former Lebanese FM, president’s son-in-law, has coronavirus
Middle East
September 27, 2020
Former Lebanese FM, president’s son-in-law, has coronavirus
BEIRUT (AP) — A former Lebanese foreign minister and son-in-law of President Michel Aoun has tested positive for the coronavirus,…
Egypt’s prosecution orders arrest of 3 suspects in Fairmont rape case pending investigations
Egypt
September 26, 2020
Egypt’s prosecution orders arrest of 3 suspects in Fairmont rape case pending investigations
Egypt’s Public Prosecution on Saturday ordered that three suspects in the Fairmont Nile hotel rape case, extradited from Lebanon to…
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate steps down in blow to French initiative
Middle East
September 26, 2020
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate steps down in blow to French initiative
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s prime minister-designate quit on Saturday after trying for almost a month to line up a non-partisan…
Three suspects in Fairmont gang rape case handed over to Egypt
Egypt
September 24, 2020
Three suspects in Fairmont gang rape case handed over to Egypt
Three Egyptian men accused of raping a woman in Cairo’s Fairmont Nile City Hotel have returned to Cairo, after their…
Lebanon asks world’s help ‘trying to rise from its rubble’
Middle East
September 24, 2020
Lebanon asks world’s help ‘trying to rise from its rubble’
BEIRUT (AP) — Facing an economic meltdown and other crises, Lebanon’s president on Wednesday asked for the world’s help to…
Arms depot of Iran-backed Hezbollah explodes in Lebanon, source says
Middle East
September 23, 2020
Arms depot of Iran-backed Hezbollah explodes in Lebanon, source says
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An arms depot of the Iran-backed Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah exploded in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, a…
‘The port came to us’: Story behind AP photo of Beirut blast
Middle East
September 23, 2020
‘The port came to us’: Story behind AP photo of Beirut blast
JIYYEH, Beirut (AP) — When Mustafa Kinno felt the ground shake and heard the deafening blast toward the port, he…
Aoun warns Lebanon going to hell unless government agreed
Middle East
September 21, 2020
Aoun warns Lebanon going to hell unless government agreed
BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Michel Aoun warned on Monday Lebanon was going “to hell” if a new government could not…
Egypt’s Journalist Syndicate slams Lebanese newspaper over criticism
Egypt
September 20, 2020
Egypt’s Journalist Syndicate slams Lebanese newspaper over criticism
Egypt’s Syndicate of Journalists has slammed Lebanon-based newspaper Al-Akhbar for publishing criticism on the positions of several syndicate members on Arab…