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NNA – Civil Defense volunteers held a press conference at the protest tent set up off the border, threatening to escalate their move “because of procrastination in dealing with their case,” the NNA correspondent reported on Friday. One of the volunteers, Yousef Mallah, spoke at […]

Lebanese protesters raise flag at Shebaa Farms

BEIRUT: Residents of southern Lebanon marched Friday on the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms, raising the national flag there in protest of the Israeli army’s construction of a road in the area. The march was held in defiance to the Israeli military’s continuing presence in Shebaa Farms, […]

25 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israel army

NNA – Twenty-five Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers conducting searches in a refugee camp in the southern West Bank Tuesday, Red Crescent medics said. Some of the wounded had been hit by live ammunition, others by rubber bullets, the medics said. The […]

Civilians flee Syrian city as Kurdish forces fight government

Civilians fled a city in northeastern Syria where government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas for a second day on Friday, as the Syrian army accused Kurdish forces of igniting the conflict by trying to take over the area. The fighting this week in Hasaka, which is […]

Women’s rights activists demand justice for domestic violence victims

BEIRUT: Women’s rights activists and human rights groups staged a protest Tuesday outside the Justice Palace in Beirut to demand a retrial in the case of a man who was sentenced to only three years in prison for murdering his wife. The protest, organized by […]

During lull in Kurdish-Syrian clashes, scores flee city

BEIRUT: Residents of the northeastern Syrian city of Hassakeh took advantage on Friday of a lull in the fighting between Kurdish forces and Syrian government troops to flee to safer areas nearby, after fighting intensified the previous day with government warplanes bombing Kurdish-controlled positions in […]

Sukleen fires back at Gemayel after ‘false accusations’

BEIRUT: Sukleen denied Friday accusations made by Kataeb party Chief MP Sami Gemayel that the company was in breach of government contract for operation of the Bourj Hammoud landfill and of its overall waste managment plan. “MP Sami Gemayel’s news conference Thursday included false information […]

Jewish rabbi stabbed by man shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ in French religious attack

AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to WhatsAppShare to EmailShare to PrintMore AddThis Share options NNA – A JEWISH rabbi has been stabbed by an attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar” in the city of Strasbourg, sparking fears France has fallen victim to another Islamist-inspired […]

Nawaf Moussawi: Circumstances to elect Aoun president on way to conclusion

NNA – “Loyalty to Resistance” parliamentary bloc member MP Nawaf Moussawi considered that the “circumstances to elect General Aoun president to the Republic are about to be completed.” Moussawi’s words came during a memorial ceremony held in Nabatieh town. “We are doing what we have […]

Because of Syrian war, Lebanon’s tobacco industry is booming

BEIRUT: Syria’s conflict has caused hundreds of thousands of refugees to flee to Lebanon, putting a huge strain on the Lebanese economy and its already-crumbling infrastructure. But the five-year Syrian civil war has been a boon for at least one economic sector: the tobacco industry. […]

The New Face of the Syrian Civil War

The image of the five-year-old boy—his feet barely off the seat, his face coated with dirt and blood, his hair falling over his brow—looking dazed at the camera has captivated the world, and drawn its attention, at least temporarily, to the intensity of fighting in […]

Alliance Between Russia, Turkey, Iran on Syria Taking Shape