Month: August 2016

Tous les Libanais engagés ce week-end aux Jeux olympiques de Rio ont été éliminés, chacun dans sa discipline respective. En effet, dès samedi, la pongiste libanaise Mariana Sahakian avait subi la loi de son adversaire Olufunke Oshonaike (Nigeria) qui l’a battue sur le score de […]

Youssef Riyad Fakhr, connu pour le “Cowboy”, est désormais aux mains des services de la sureté générale libanaise. Figure de la guerre civile et de la guerre des rues au Liban à l’époque des années 80 du siècle dernier, cet homme est accusé de recruter […]

As one of the top up-and-coming fencers in the United States, Zain Shaito has long had his sights set on the 2012 Olympics. Competition figured to be fierce, but there was also the question of what country he’d like to compete for, a question that […]

Even if fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad doesn’t medal at the Rio Olympics, she is set to make the history books. Once she hits the fencing strip for her first bout in the women’s individual sabre competition on Aug. 8, she will become the first U.S. Olympic […]

The Lebanese Olympic Committee have confirmed that eight of their athletes will compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic games. Four athletes achieved the qualifying standards in their respective sports automatically qualifying them for the Olympics. They are runner Chirine Njeim, table tennis player Mariana Sahakyan, […]

A United nations peacekeeper was killed and four others wounded Sunday in northeastern Mali, when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb. A U.N. statement said the blast occurred in the Kidal region and that all of the victims were from Chad. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, […]

CNN) —After months of being pummeled from the air and by Syrian artillery, an Islamist-led rebel coalition has made a dramatic breakthrough in relieving the siege of Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. Their assault — the first test for a new group born out of al […]

Well this is a little awkward. Following John Kerry’s “seeking cooperation” apology tour to Moscow, President Obama appears to be following the path that Donald Trump has suggested as Military.com reports, Obama said Thursday at the Pentagon that The United States must try to broker […]

NNA – MP Anwar EL-Khalil considered, on Sunday, that the “presidential vacuum has caused negative repercussions affecting all institutions in the country,” adding that “the Lebanese Army and military institutions alone are capable of preserving the State’s image and authority.” Khalil’s words came during the […]