Lebanon bids farewell to Melhem Barakat

30 October 2016 English

Family and friends filled the Saint Nicolas Church in Beirut’s Ashrafieh area Sunday as they said their final goodbyes to one of Lebanon’s most beloved singers and composers, Melhem Barakat, who passed away two days ago

(Video) President Aoun: Opportunities Still Open for acceptance and approval of New Electoral Law

16 May 2017 English

The 1960 Act is the most Unfair Law During a meeting with a delegation of Lebanon’s school of journalism alumni association, headed by Dr. Amer Mashmoushi, President Michel Aoun stressed Monday that chances were still open until June 19 to accept and approve a new […]

Lebanese newspaper As-Safir to stop publishing after 40 years

11 December 2016 English

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s daily newspaper, As-Safir, will stop publication at the end of 2016 after 40 years of operations, in the latest sign of the growing crisis facing publishers worldwide amid a drop in circulation and lower advertising revenues. The newspaper’s publisher, Talal Salman, informed Friday […]

raqi Troops Free Yazidi, Christian Women Taken as Daesh Prisoners

21 June 2016 English

Government troops in Iraq have almost completely recaptured Fallujah from Daesh. They also took control of the administration building in the city center. But the terrorists are still keeping the resistance, holding individual streets and houses Al-Zulfiqar Baldavi, the head of the volunteer center “Al-Shaab […]