Higher Sunni Council elects new members
BEIRUT — Prominent Sunni political and religious figures elected the 24 members of the Higher Sunni Council, Dar al-Fatwa's legislative body, Sunday, a process overseen by Sheikh Abdel-Latif...
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Ankara attack: What we know so far
BEIRUT — A pair of suicide bombers struck Ankara Sunday, lightly injuring two policemen who authorities said had tried to neutralize the perpetrators. According to Turkish Interior Minister Ali...
1 October 2023
Bassil on the presidential election: Don't expect a changed balance of power
BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil said in a speech Saturday night that political parties counting on a change in the balance of power to deliver their candidate to the...
1 October 2023
A timeline of terrorist attacks in Turkey
BEIRUT — An explosion shook Turkey’s capital, Ankara, near the Turkish parliament Sunday, in what the country's interior ministry called a "terrorist attack," injuring two police officers....
Ghadir Hamadi, 1 October 2023
Khaled Khalifa, Syrian novelist and poet, dies age 59
Syrian writer and veteran government critic Khaled Khalifa has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 59 at his home in Damascus, a close friend told AFP. Khalifa, who hailed from Maryamin in...
1 October 2023
Man killed by the army in Hermel after refusing to stop at checkpoint
BEIRUT — A man died from gunshot wounds in Hermel Saturday, after Lebanese army troops fired on his car for refusing to stop at a temporary checkpoint at the entrance of al-Lubwa, North Bekaa, a...
1 October 2023
Turkey's Kurdish PKK claim responsibility for Ankara attack
Turkey's interior ministry is calling an explosion near Turkey's parliament in Ankara Sunday, leaving two police officers injured, "terrorist attack." Turkey's Kurdish PKK claimed responsibility...
