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Jordan reopens trade gateway with Syria after month-long COVID closure
Middle East

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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…
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