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Third International Conference on Medical Education to be held on March 24, 25

18 March 2017

Under the High Patronage of His Excellency President of the Republic of Lebanon, General Michel Aoun, the Lebanese American University Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, is holding its Third International Conference on Medical Education on March 24 & 25, 2017, at the Hilton […]

Terrence Malick: Understanding The Enigmatic Filmmaking Master

18 March 2017

Terrence Malick: The Enigmatic Filmmaking Master Legendary film director Terrence Malick’s films have been branded as radical re-evaluations of the current concepts of cinema like sound, image, narrative and character. Malick’s films happen to be intensely visual, unorthodox, and flourishing with natural scenery. Born in […]

Israeli Jets Attack Targets in Syria, Shoot Down Missile

18 March 2017

FILE – An Israeli soldier rests after completing a 45 kilomter march in the Jordan Valley, Jan. 2, 2014. The Jordan Valley is part of the West Bank and borders Jordan. Share Israel’s military said it shot down one of several anti-aircraft missiles Friday as […]

Syria fires missiles at Israeli jets following airstrikes

18 March 2017

| Associated Press | Published on March 17, 2017 at 10:23 | Last update on March 17, 2017 at 15:06 JERUSALEM: Syria fired missiles at Israeli warplanes early Friday after a series of Israeli airstrikes inside Syria — a rare military exchange between the two […]

Despite White House Rhetoric, Syrians Welcomed in US

18 March 2017

LOS ANGELES — Nael Zaino will do anything for his almost 2-year-old son, Aram, whom he has hardly had a chance to meet. “When I saw him first time, he was crying and the bad moment was when he refused to come to me. Maybe he’s […]

UN: Mass Exodus from Western Mosul Possible

18 March 2017

Iraqi civilians line up to receive food supplies in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi security forces in western Mosul, March 14, 2017. Share See comments UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations said Thursday it is preparing for a “mass exodus” from the western part of […]

Egypt Says Ancient Colossus Pulled from Slum Likely Not Ramses

18 March 2017

A close-up of the carvings found on the colossus discovered few days ago that almost certainly depicts Psamtik I in the Egyptian Museum Cairo, March 14, 2017. (H. Elrasam/VOA) Share CAIRO — A massive eight-meter statue discovered in the ground water of a Cairo slum this […]

US Airstrike Rounds Out Brutal Anniversary Week in Syria War

18 March 2017

A U.S. Marines Harrier AV-8B makes its way to a fueling boom suspended from a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender during mid-air refueling support to Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq and Syria air space, March 15, 2017. A U.S. airstrike is being blamed for having […]

Aoun ante la comunidad libanesa de Roma: El Líbano estará mejor que ahora

18 March 2017

El presidente Michel Aoun, acompañado de la primera dama y su delegación, asistieron anoche a una recepción en su honor celebrada por el encargado de negocios del Líbano en el Vaticano, Albert Samaha, en la sede la escuela maronita de Roma. La ceremonia tuvo lugar […]

Papst berät mit Libanons Präsidenten über Lage in Nahost

17 March 2017

Libanons Präsident Michel Aoun war an diesem Donnerstag in Audienz bei Papst Franziskus. Für den Präsidenten war es der erste Besuch in Europa nach seinem Amtsantritt im vergangenen November, die eine zweieinhalbjährige Vakanz im wichtigsten Amt des Staates beendet hatte. Thema des zwanzigminütigen Gesprächs war […]

Schweizer Germania schaltet ihren Winterflugplan 2017/2018 frei

17 March 2017

Die Schweizer Fluggesellschaft Germania hat soeben ihren Flugplan für den Winter 2017/18 aufgeschaltet und gibt damit erste Nonstop-Flüge ab Zürich auf die Kanaren und die Balearen, nach Ägypten sowie in den Libanon zur Buchung frei. Die beiden ägyptischen Sonnenziele Hurghada und Marsa Alam am Roten […]

Kanaan asks of those rebuffing taxes to suggest alternative plan to fund salary scale

17 March 2017

NNA – Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Kanaan, on Thursday could not help but wonder how some sides were depicting the endorsement of the salary scale as a “huge crime” at the time that the matter had been thoroughly discussed by the joint parliamentary committees that […]