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Libanesischer Salat mit Brotschtückchen

10 December 2016

Fattouch: Zutaten für 6 Personen 2Salatgurke(n)700 gTomate(n)2 BundPetersilie1 BundMinze1 BundFeldsalat, Blattsalat1 Zwiebel(n)2 Zehe/nKnoblauch2 TLThymian5 ELZitronensaft6 ELÖl (Olivenöl) Salz1 Tasse/nWeißbrot, in Stückchen . Petersilie, Minze und Feldsalat waschen und die Blätter von den Stängeln zupfen. Gurken in Scheiben schneiden. Tomaten in kleine Stücke schneiden. Knoblauchzehen mit etwas Salz zerdrücken, mit Zitronensaft und Olivenöl vermischen. Alles miteinander vermengen […]

Beirut and Adana will become the tourism capitals of the Middle East

10 December 2016

Adana and Beirut, the two prominent cities of East Mediterranean in industry, commerce and tourism, unite their powers. A delegation of 50 persons with representatives from the public and private sectors from Beirut came to Adana to build a bridget aiming at a high intensity […]

U.S. supports rural tourism at 3rd National Rural Tourism Forum

10 December 2016

On December 6, 2016, USAID Mission Director Dr. Anne Patterson and Minister of Tourism, Mr. Michel Pharaon, inaugurated the third National Rural Tourism Forum at Le Royal Hotel, Beirut. The forum, organized by Beyond Beirut and the USAID-funded Lebanon Industry Value Chain Development (LIVCD) project, […]

MP Kanaan visits Rai

10 December 2016

Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai received on Friday before noon at Bkirki Deputy Ibrahim Kanaan with talks featuring high on the Lebanese recent developments. Discussions tackled the cabinet situation as well as the electoral law. “We will visit next week the national figures in order to […]

International Forum at AUB on rebuilding health post conflict

10 December 2016

The Office of Strategic Health Initiatives (SHI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) organized an International Forum on “Rebuilding Health Post-Conflict: A Dialogue for the Future” between December 8 and 10, 2016. This is the first International Forum on rebuilding health post conflicts in […]

Nasrallah confirms ties with President Aoun ‘excellent’, says all sides want Cabinet to be formed

10 December 2016

Hezbollah’s Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, confirmed, in a televised speech on Friday, that his party’s ties with President of the republic Michel Aoun and the Free Patriotic Movement are “excellent,” maintaining that those relations were and still are based on mutual respect and solid […]

LebaneseUK partnership: Human Rights at the heart of Internal Security Forces’ Mission

10 December 2016

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities and the British Embassy announced their joint intention to work together on improving protection of human rights by the Internal Security Forces, within the framework of the strategic MOU they signed in […]

On International Human Rights Day Shorter Welcomes Human Rights Commission

10 December 2016

Ambassador Hugo Shorter has welcomed the new Human Rights Commission, in a speech to civil society, Lebanese officials and the international community. In the speech, which Shorter delivered at a reception to mark Human Rights Day, the British Ambassador also noted the importance of the […]

Zahra: Aoun’s Tenure an Opportunity to Implement Taef Accord

10 December 2016

Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Zahra said on Friday his party has always carried the project of building the State, noting that “the LF seeks partnership as stipulated by the Taef Accord.” In an interview on LBCI, Zahra said his party saw in President Michel […]

Israel accuses Iran of sending Hezbollah arms on commercial flights

10 December 2016

Israel has accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of using commercial airline flights to ship weapons to the Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah. In a letter to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon accused Iran of using airlines […]

Russia Resumes Aleppo Bombings After Brief Pause

10 December 2016

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Russia and Syrian government forces would continue their bombing raids in Aleppo until rebels vacated the city. “After a humanitarian pause, [the strikes] have resumed and will continue for as long as the bandits are still in […]

Turkish Troops, Syrian Rebels Attack Key Town Held by Islamic State

10 December 2016

LONDON — Turkish troops and Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army rebel fighters launched an assault Friday on al-Bab, a strategic Syrian town northeast of Aleppo which rival Kurdish militias aligned with the U.S. also want to seize from the Islamic State terror group. Syrian opposition sources […]