Assad urges UN to help Syria rebuild after quake
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called Monday for international aid for reconstruction in the quake-struck country during a meeting with United Nations relief chief Martin Griffiths, the...
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Sudan sends aid flight to quake-hit Syria
Sudan has sent a flight carrying 30 tons of aid to quake-hit Syria, while army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to offer support, officials said Monday....
13 February 2023
Lebanese girl found alive in Turkey, one week after earthquake
BEIRUT — General Mohammad Kheir, Secretary General of the High Relief Committee (HRC), announced Monday that a Lebanese girl has been found alive in Turkey, nearly a week after a deadly earthquake...
13 February 2023
UN Security Council meets on aid to quake-hit Syria
The UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors Monday to address ways to boost humanitarian assistance to Syria following the recent devastating earthquake, amid growing calls to open new...
13 February 2023
Mass protest outside parliament against judicial reforms
Tens of thousands of Israelis protested outside parliament on Monday against the government's controversial judicial reform plan, which aims to give lawmakers substantially more control over the...
13 February 2023
Soaring demolitions of Palestinian homes must stop: UN experts
United Nations rights experts called Monday on the world community to act to stop a dramatic surge in Israel's "systematic and deliberate" demolition of Palestinian housing....
13 February 2023
Berri presides over Parliament Bureau meeting ahead of controversial potential legislative session
BEIRUT — Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday presided over a Parliament Bureau meeting scheduled to discuss the agenda of an upcoming legislative session, after more than a third of...
13 February 2023
Foreign powers warn 'all ties' with Lebanon will be reconsidered if Parliament fails to elect president
BEIRUT — Western and regional powers warned they will reconsider "all ties" with Lebanon if Parliament fails to elect a president amid a worsening financial crisis, caretaker Prime Minister Najib...
13 February 2023
Second daily increase in fuel prices as lira continues free fall
BEIRUT — Fuel prices increased for the second time in Lebanon on Monday afternoon, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. The Lebanese lira reached new record...
13 February 2023
In Beirut, Saad Hariri will commemorate his father's assassination 'in silence'
BEIRUT — During a short three-day visit to Lebanon former Prime Minister and leader of the Future Movement Saad Hariri will commemorate the 18th anniversary of the assassination of his father,...
Layal DAGHER, 13 February 2023
Quake aid response reinforces Turkish diaspora’s mistrust of authorities
With chances of finding survivors decreasing by the minute, anger has grown towards Turkish authorities who have been accused of being slow to provide emergency relief, failing to equally...
Clara HAGE, 13 February 2023
Saudi Arabia to send its first woman into space
Saudi Arabia will send its first ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this year, state media has reported, in the latest move to revamp the kingdom's ultra-conservative image....
13 February 2023
Young girl rescued from rubble in Turkey 178 hours after quake
ISTANBUL — A young girl named Miray was rescued from the rubble of an apartment block in the southern Turkish city of Adiyaman on Monday, 178 hours after a devastating earthquake shook the region,...
13 February 2023
‘My children ask me: Mommy, why are people crying and dying?’
It seemed like yet another curse among many. After more than a decade of bombing by Bashar al-Assad's regime and its Russian ally, the seizure of much of the area by the jihadist group Hay’at...
Noura DOUKHI, 13 February 2023
Ex-Prime Minister Hassan Diab accuses BDL governor of 'falsifying facts'
BEIRUT — Lebanon's former Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday accused Banque du Liban Governor Riad Salameh of “trying to falsify the facts” in reference to the central bank chief's explanation...
13 February 2023
Iran policeman reprimanded for not enforcing hijab rules
An Iranian police officer has been reprimanded after he did not enforce the country's dress code requiring women to cover their hair, local media reported Monday. A video...
13 February 2023
Lira hits 3rd depreciation record in single day, reaches LL69,000 to the dollar
BEIRUT — The Lebanese national currency hit a third depreciation record in a single day on Monday, trading at LL69,000 to the US dollar on the parallel market by the early evening. According to...
13 February 2023
Roof of house in Kfar Roummane collapses, family survives
BEIRUT — The roof of a house in Kfar Roummane, in the Nabatieh district of South Lebanon, collapsed Sunday night after it cracked during the earthquake that struck on Feb. 6, the state-run National...
13 February 2023
Turkey-Syria quake toll rises above 35,000
The toll from last week's earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose above 35,000 on Monday, as rescue teams started to wind down the search for survivors and the aid effort shifted to hundreds of...
13 February 2023
Israeli parliament in uproar over Netanyahu plans for judiciary
JERUSALEM — Israeli lawmakers engaged in a shouting match on Monday in a parliamentary committee deciding on government plans to overhaul the judiciary, a move President Isaac Herzog has warned...
13 February 2023
Saad Hariri returned to Beirut Sunday night
BEIRUT — Former Prime Minister and leader of the Future Movement Saad Hariri, who has been living in the United Arab Emirates for the past year and who withdrew from Lebanese politics ahead of...
13 February 2023
Rescuers dig for three survivors in rubble in Turkey a week after earthquake
ANTAKYA/ELBISTAN, Turkey — Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey on Monday and another team was digging a tunnel to reach what was believed to be a trapped...
13 February 2023
Gasoline, diesel and domestic gas prices up, generator fuel oil remains unchanged
BEIRUT — Fuel prices increased in Lebanon on Monday, according to the latest tariffs announced by the Energy Ministry. Here are the new prices: • Twenty liters of 95-octane gasoline:...
13 February 2023
Israel says it will legalize nine settlements in occupied West Bank
Israel's security cabinet announced on Sunday that it would legalize nine settlements in the occupied West Bank following a series of attacks in east Jerusalem, including one that killed three...
13 February 2023
Israel strikes Gaza, kills one man in West Bank raid
Israel struck a Hamas base in Gaza on Monday in response to a rocket fired from the enclave, while one Palestinian died during what the army called a West Bank raid targeting suspects. The...
13 February 2023
Earthquake death toll tops 33,000, Turkey starts legal action
ANTAKYA/ELBISTAN, Turkey — Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday, nearly a week after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities sought to...
13 February 2023
End in sight for Salameh, legislative session debate, dozens of Lebanese still missing: Everything you need to know to start your Monday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Banque du Liban (BDL) chief Riad Salameh on Friday said he does not intend to prolong his 30 years in office at the end of his...
