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The Latest: Syrian opposition group supports call for talks

17 December 2016

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria where thousands more civilians and rebels are expected to leave the eastern part of the city of Aleppo under a key cease-fire deal (all times local): 10:25 p.m. An official with Syria’s main opposition group […]

Obama: Espionage Is Being ‘Turbocharged’ By The Internet : Parallels : NPR

17 December 2016

The world is entering a new cyber era — one with no ground rules, and with the potential for traditional espionage to be “turbocharged” by the Internet, President Obama told NPR in an exclusive interview. “Among the big powers, there has been a traditional understanding […]

Dangerous wind chills puts parts of US in the deep freeze

17 December 2016

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Low temperatures and high winds have put the Northeastern U.S. in a deep freeze. Dangerous wind chills of 20 to 30 below in parts of the region made for some crippling conditions Friday. “You are talking about 30 degrees below normal […]

Hariri, Lebanese businessmen in Saudi Arabia tackle relevant affairs

17 December 2016

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri received this afternoon at the Central House a delegation of Lebanese businessmen in Saudi Arabia, in the presence of Lebanese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Abdul Sattar Issa. The delegation congratulated the Prime Minister on his assumption of premiership. Talks reportedly dwelt […]

US offers $25 mln reward for information on Islamic State leader

17 December 2016

The United States on Friday more than doubled its previous reward for information on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, offering $25 million for information that would help locate, arrest or convict the head of the jihadist group. The US State Department’s Rewards for […]

Aleppo evacuation suspended amid dispute over villages

17 December 2016

The evacuation of people from the last opposition-held areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo was suspended Friday after pro-government militias demanded that the wounded should also be brought out of two Shiite villages being besieged by rebel fighters. ALEPPO/BEIRUT: The evacuation of the last […]

Allah hört zu

16 December 2016

Deutschland stören sich viele syrische Flüchtlinge an arabischen Moscheen, die von Saudi-Arabien oder den Golfstaaten finanziert werden und ein erzkonservatives wahhabitisches oder salafistisches Islamverständnis predigen. Von Joseph Nasr teilen115tweet+10Tooltip Als Hani S. im November vergangenen Jahres die Männer mit den langen Bärten in einer Kölner […]

MP Kanaan from Ain Tineh: New electoral law requires working on it

16 December 2016

Change and Reform bloc Secretary, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, categorically underscored on Friday the need for a new electoral law, stressing that such a novel law requires working on it. MP Kanaan’s fresh words came in the wake of the meeting between House Speaker, Nabih Berri, […]

La nieve cubre las poblaciones de Bsharreh y Ehden

16 December 2016

La tormenta de nieve que afectó al Líbano desde ayer, se intensificó a partir de esta tarde, ya que estuvo nevando a una altitud de 800 metros cubriendo la mayor parte de los pueblos de la region de Bcharre y Ehden El director regional de […]

Embajadora de España en el Libano entrega Orden de Mérito Civil a Elie Nakhal

16 December 2016

ANN-La embajada de España en Líbano, anunció este lunes en un comunicado que la embajadora española en Líbano, Milagros Hernando Echevarría, le hizo entrega al director general de la Agencia Nakhal para Viajes y Compañía, Elie Nakhal, la Orden del Mérito Civil, escala oficiales, concedida […]

Aoun recibe invitación para visitar Armenia: El Líbano entra en una etapa de un verdadero resurgimiento

16 December 2016

ANN-El presidente de la República, el general Michel Aoun, recibió este viernes una invitación oficial del presidente armenio, Serzh Sargsyan, para realizar una visita oficial a Armenia. El embajador de Armenia para Líbano, Samvel Mkrtchian, le hizo entrega de la carta, la cual resaltaba que […]

Estatua de la comunidad libanesa en el jardín de la República de México

16 December 2016

ANN-La comunidad libanesa en México celebró ayer jueves 15 de diciembre el acto de desvelar una estatua en el jardín de la República Libanesa en México titulada “Detrás de un Sueño”, de la artista mexicana de descendencia libanesa, Nour Khoury, con el fin “de rendir […]