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France asks Lebanon to question 2 suspects in 1983 bombing

Lebnese officials say French authorities have asked Lebanese prosecutors to detain two people suspected of involvement in a 1983 bombing in Beirut that killed dozens of French troops, It is highly unlikely that Lebanese authorities will detain the suspects nearly 40 years after the attacks

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Seven Dead in Syria Drone Strike on Arms Factory

Seven people including several civilians were killed Wednesday when a drone strike targeted a weapons factory belonging to Iran-backed factions in government-held eastern Syria, a war monitor said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the strike in Deir Ezzor province, where Iran-backed factions hold sway and where a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kuwait Acquits 13 Nationals of Terror-funding, Affiliation with Hezbollah

The Kuwaiti Criminal Court on Tuesday acquitted thirteen nationals of charges of financing terrorism and joining the ranks of the Hezbollah party. In November, 2021, the defendants were interrogated on charges of funding groups and organizations linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah group. The prosecution ordered the defendants be put in…

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Hezbollah says it backs Christian ally to become president

The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah says the group backs a former Cabinet minister and strong ally to become Lebanon’s next president

The Independent UK

Hezbollah Backs Suleiman Franjieh for Lebanon’s Presidency

The Hezbollah party will back head of the Marada Movement Suleiman Franjieh to be the Lebanon’s president, the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday, a move that gives him important backing but does not secure his election. Lebanon has had no head of state since former president Michel Aoun's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Threatens to Strike Hezbollah in Southern Syria

Israeli planes dropped leaflets in areas in the governorates of Qoneitra and Daraa, southern Syria, warning the Syrian army against the consequences of sheltering Hezbollah members. The leaflets read: “We will not accept the continued presence of Hezbollah at the Tel Al-Hara military base, and the continuation of cooperation in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top Lebanese intel chief, mediator with Syria steps down

A Lebanese intelligence chief who has mediated the release of Westerners held in Syria and also acted as a mediator within Lebanon has stepped down after attempts to extend his term failed

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Geagea to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Will Thwart Quorum to Prevent Election of Hezbollah Candidate

Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea believes that there are currently so solutions that can resolve the presidential vacuum in Lebanon. “We have grown accustomed to tactics used by Hezbollah in previous presidential elections,” he told Asharq Al-Awsat. He explained that the party will allow the situation to reach…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chirac Warned Bush against Overthrowing Saddam

French Diplomat Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's memoirs are unlike those of any regular ambassador that fill French libraries year after year. The author of “The Others Don’t Think Like Us” is no ordinary ambassador. Now retired, his long diplomatic career took him to Tokyo, Beijing, Berlin and London. He was France’s sherpa…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Security Chief's Term to End after Authorities Skip on Renewal

The term of Lebanon's powerful General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim is set to end this week as neither cabinet nor parliament have discussed a measure that would allow him to stay on after reaching the legal retirement age. Ibrahim, who hails from southern Lebanon, has headed the General Security directorate…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Key Hezbollah Financier Faces 20 Years in Prison

A US federal prosecutor announced the arrest of a Lebanese-Belgian citizen considered a major financier of Iran-backed Hezbollah in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. US Attorney Breon Peace in Brooklyn said that Mohammed Ibrahim Bazzi, 58, designated by the US as a “global terrorist” in 2018, when it offered $10 million…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Key Hezbollah Financier Arrested in Bucharest

A Lebanese and Belgian citizen considered a key financier of the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah was arrested Friday in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, federal authorities said. Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi, 58, who was labeled a “global terrorist” by the United States in 2018 when $10 million was offered for information about his whereabouts,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Rocket Strike in Damascus Hit Iranian Military Experts

A rocket attack in Damascus on Sunday that Syria blamed on Israel hit an installation where Iranian officials were meeting to advance programs to develop drone or missile capabilities of Tehran's allies in Syria, sources told Reuters in an exclusive report published on Wednesday. Iran has been a major backer…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Foundation Offers Land to Salman Rushdie’s Attacker

An Iranian foundation has praised a man accused of severely injuring novelist Salman Rushdie in an attack last year and promised him 1,000 sq metres of agricultural land, state TV reported on Tuesday on its Telegram channel. Rushdie, 75, lost an eye and the use of one hand following the…

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Nasrallah Snubs Bassil after MP Rejects his Candidate for Lebanese Presidency

Head of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah has refused to hold a meeting with Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) chief MP Gebran Bassil over his rejection of the party’s candidate for the Lebanese presidency. Bassil has compiled a list of potential candidates that does not include the party’s favored pick, Marada Movement leader…

The Independent UK

Syrian state media: Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in Damascus

Syrian state news reports that Israeli airstrikes have targeted a residential neighborhood in central Damascus

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bassil Accuses Hezbollah Candidate for Lebanese Presidency of Corruption

Head of Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MP Gebran Bassil ended on Saturday all hopes for a “comprehensive settlement” over the presidency after launching a scathing attack against the FPM’s ally, Hezbollah. During an address before an FPM youth gathering, the MP delivered messages to “internal and foreign players, rivals…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Washington Denies Imposing Sanctions on Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor

The US State Department denied on Saturday that it was considering imposing sanctions on Lebanon’s central bank governor Riad Salameh. “We have seen these rumors, and while we generally are not discussing any possible sanctions, I can confirm that these rumors are not based on facts,” a US State Department…

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Evening Standard

Labour coming out of special measures is a relief for British Jews

Almost five years ago I stood with my community in Parliament Square to demonstrate against the handling of antisemitism in the Labour Party. The demonstration was called by my predecessor as Jewish Leadership Council Chair, Jonathan Goldstein and the then Board of Deputies of British Jews President, Jonathan Arkush. The…

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German Chancellor Makes No Mention Of Iran In Antisemitism Strategy

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands accused of whitewashing the world's top state-sponsor of Jew-hatred and Holocaust denial.

Miami Herald

Former Mexican mayor who directed massive meth shipment to Miami sentenced to 10 years

A former Mexican mayor was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge accusing him of directing the largest shipment of methamphetamine to Miami-Dade in the county’s history.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gemayel Says Will Paralyze Presidential Election If Candidate Supports Hezbollah’s Weapons

The leader of Lebanon’s Kataeb party, Samy Gemayel, on Friday threatened to “paralyze” the Lebanese presidential election if Hezbollah’s candidate plans to “protect the weapons” of the Shiite party. Gemayel’s threat, which was made during an address to Kataeb's 32nd general congress, will hardly be effective if he does not…

The Independent UK

Qatar boosts influence in Lebanon amid multiple crises

Wealthy Qatar has been silently expanding its influence in crisis-hit Lebanon in recent years, while oil-rich Gulf Arab nations ostracized the Mediterranean country over the growing influence of its militant Hezbollah group

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two Years Later, No Justice for Slain Anti-Hezbollah Activist Lokman Slim

Two years after the murder of Lebanese intellectual and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim, no indictment was issued by the Lebanese judiciary in a country, where impunity has become part of the public scene, as stated by Slim’s sister, Publisher Rasha Al-Amir. Lokman Slim was found dead in his car on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lokman Slim’s Mother to Asharq Al-Awsat: Sorrow Is My Constant Companion

No feelings of animosity and vengeance are harbored towards the killers of Shiite political activist Lokman Slim. His mother, Salma Mershak has refused to move out of her house in Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold. Many in Lebanon have accused the party of assassinating Slim two years…

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