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Weil sich die beiden Länder im Krieg befinden, weigern sich libanesische Sportler, gemeinsam mit Athleten aus Israel im selben Bus zu fahren. Letztere müssen zurückstecken. Vor der Anreise zur Eröffnungsfeier im Stadion Maracana haben Sportler der libanesischen Olympia-Delegation für einen Affront gesorgt. Wie mehrere Beteiligte […]

Lebanon At 2016 Rio Olympics: Our Athletes, The Possibility of a Gold Medal & Fighting With Israel Over A Bus Lebanon Olympics 2016 Rio’s 2016 Olympics had their big opening yesterday, or as the joke goes it was similar to an average Lebanese wedding. Critics […]

Forças apoiadas pelos Estados Unidos que tentavam expulsar militantes do Estado Islâmico da cidade síria de Manbij assumiram o “controle quase completo” da localidade neste sábado, disse o Observatório Sírio dos Direitos Humanos; Sharfan Darwish, porta-voz oficial do conselho militar de Manbij, que é aliado do […]

Beirut, Lebanon (CNN)She’s struggled for funding in a country where sport has long been overshadowed by politics and even bloody conflict — but Ray Bassil is on the cusp of something special. The 27-year old arrived at the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro […]

Lebanese athletes refused to share a bus with the Israel team to get to Friday’s Rio Olympic Games opening ceremony, members of both teams said. Lebanon and Israel are officially at war and have no diplomatic relations. The incident happened as the Lebanon team sat […]

NNA – Sports and Youth Minister, Abdel Mottalib Hennawi, on Thursday congratulated the sports media on forming its special union in accordance to decree number 8990, stressing his ministry’s support in this regard. Hennawi’s stance came as he received today at his office the foundation […]

NNA – “Lebanese Democratic Party” Head, MP Talal Arslan, praised on Saturday Lebanon’s delegation to the Olympics in Brazil, saying via Twitter: “Congratulations on the Lebanese delegation’s national position at the Olympic Games, an honorable stand par excellence!”

Two female officers were injured after being attacked by a machete-wielding man near the police station in the Belgian city of Charleroi, the authorities said. The perpetrator, who could be heard shouting “Allahu Akbar,” was shot by a third officer on site, the RTL radio […]

Syrian rebels broke through to besieged opposition-held areas in eastern Aleppo on Saturday in an assault on a major government military complex meant to end a month-long siege, insurgents and a monitoring group said. Pro-government media outlets denied the siege had been broken. The heavy […]