Lebanon records one death and two new cholera cases
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Thursday recorded one new cholera death and two new cases in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 569 confirmed cases and 20 deaths, the Health Ministry said in its...
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'No president of the Republic without us,' Bassil warns
BEIRUT — Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil said Wednesday evening from Paris that "there will be no president" without approval from his party. The statement comes while Hezbollah...
17 November 2022
UN watchdog criticises Iran over nuclear cooperation
The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors passed a resolution on Thursday criticizing Iran for its lack of cooperation, amid stalled talks to revive a 2015 agreement aimed at preventing Tehran...
17 November 2022
US imposes new Iran-related sanctions, targets Chinese firms
WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on over a dozen companies based in China, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates that Washington accused of facilitating the sale...
17 November 2022
Iran World Cup players focused on football, not protests at home
Iran football captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh said Thursday his team was focused on the competition at the World Cup and not on anti-government protests that have gripped his country....
17 November 2022
Everything you need to know about the drone attack on an Israeli oil tanker
Israel has blamed the incident, described as a “provocation,” on Iran, its enemy in the region, amid tensions and stalled nuclear deal talks. What happened Around 3:30 pm on Tuesday, tanker...
Clara HAGE and wires, 17 November 2022
Health Ministry announces arrival of rotavirus vaccine
BEIRUT — During a Thursday press conference, Caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad announced the arrival of an oral vaccine against rotavirus in Lebanon's national immunization calendar, to...
17 November 2022
Israeli president Herzog plans first visit to Bahrain
JERUSALEM — Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Thursday he would be the first Israeli head of state to travel to Bahrain, with a visit to the kingdom planned during a tour of the Gulf next...
17 November 2022
IAEA board passes resolution criticizing Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors has passed a resolution criticizing Iran's lack of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, diplomats told AFP Thursday. ...
17 November 2022
Mourners hit streets as Iran protests take bloody turn
Hundreds of mourners poured onto the streets of a flashpoint Iranian city Thursday, defying a lethal crackdown on protests over Mahsa Amini's death that shows signs of turning even bloodier....
17 November 2022
Egyptian dissident's health 'deteriorated severely' after hunger strike, family says
Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah's health has "deteriorated severely," his sister said Thursday after the first family visit since he ended a seven-month-long hunger strike....
17 November 2022
Tunisians protest over Sfax garbage crisis
Over 1,000 people demonstrated in Tunisia's second city Sfax on Thursday amid an ongoing trash crisis exacerbated by a landfill fire polluting the city's air. Garbage has...
17 November 2022
Constitutional Council rejects two new appeals to invalidate parliamentary election results
BEIRUT — The Constitutional Council rejected on Thursday two new appeals for the invalidation of May's legislative elections' results in Lebanon, out of a total of 15 files that were submitted to...
17 November 2022
Erdogan to Netanyahu: Relations should be maintained with mutual respect
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Israel's ex-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who won reelection this month, that it is important to maintain relations on a basis of respect...
17 November 2022
Gebran Bassil is in Paris to consolidate his position
Any serious presidential candidate must court the international community and Gebran Bassil, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), understands this. He has been in Paris since...
Salah Hijazi, 17 November 2022
Suspected Israeli gang boss held in South African swoop
South African and Israeli police said on Thursday they had arrested a suspected gang boss whom Israel has sought for years for alleged conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder....
17 November 2022
World Cup winger says focus is on playing, not political issues
DUBAI — Iran's soccer World Cup winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh said on Thursday that the focus of the team will be on the competition, not political issues related to the country's nationwide protests....
17 November 2022
MPs explore idea of a sovereign wealth fund for oil and gas revenues
Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee, chaired by Ibrahim Kanaan (Free Patriotic Movement/Metn), held a meeting Wednesday focusing on the draft law for the establishment of a sovereign wealth...
Julien RICOUR-BRASSEUR, 17 November 2022
Greek foreign minister snubs Libya counterpart in spat over Turkey deal
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias snubbed his Libyan counterpart on Thursday, abandoning a planned visit to Tripoli to avoid being welcomed by the top diplomat of a government allied with arch...
17 November 2022
UN Palestinian refugee agency warns it is in funding 'danger zone'
AMMAN — The global economic crisis has pushed UNRWA, the UN agency that delivers basic services to millions of Palestinian refugees, into a "danger zone" that could result in it no longer being...
17 November 2022
Man shot in Dinnieh after dispute
BEIRUT — A fight between people in Dinnieh, North Lebanon, on Thursday left one person shot in the foot and another stabbed in the stomach with a knife. The stabbed person fled the scene, the...
17 November 2022
UN 'alarmed' over detainee hunger strike at Libya jail
The United Nations' mission in Libya voiced alarm Thursday at reports that dozens of detainees at a prison near the capital Tripoli are on hunger strike. "UNSMIL is alarmed...
17 November 2022
Guterres expresses 'concern' over failure to elect new president
NEW YORK — UN Secretary General Antonió Guterres expressed his "concern" over the political crisis and the executive power vacuum in Lebanon, saying the country "cannot afford another political...
Sylviane ZEHIL, 17 November 2022
Worker deaths take a toll on World Cup host Qatar
The number of worker deaths from Qatar's giant World Cup campaign may never be known but the debate has already taken a toll on the Gulf state's name, experts say. One of...
17 November 2022
How Lebanon became a regional Captagon hub
BEIRUT — On Feb. 7, 2021, two men sent by a Syrian businessman arrived at a warehouse in the Bekaa town of Taanayel to help oversee and photograph the packing of crates of pomegranates. It was no...
Albin Szakola, 17 November 2022
Blackmail, vanishing acts and dirty money: The secretive business of a Lebanese Captagon kingpin
BEIRUT — “We have people at the Beirut and Riyadh airports, we pay them, the route is secure,” the recruiter Jassem al-Hamid promised a young Syrian man at a home in Saudi Arabia’s capital.For...
Albin Szakola, 17 November 2022
‘With Captagon, I feel invincible’: People with addictions open up about their experiences
Patients, looking haggard, come out of their rooms in bathrobes. Some enjoy a smoke break in the corridors, lit up like an operating room. A single locked door separates the mental health and...
Lyana ALAMEDDINE and Guilhem DORANDEU , 17 November 2022
Erdogan could revisit strained ties with Syria after Turkish election
ISTANBUL — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he could revisit relations with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad following the presidential and parliamentary elections set for June next...
17 November 2022
Sixth electoral session and still no president elected
Lebanese MPs failed on Thursday — at the end of a sixth dedicated parliamentary session — to elect a successor to former President Michel Aoun, whose term expired on Oct. 31. This new failure...
17 November 2022
Family of Egyptian-British activist hope to visit him in jail
CAIRO — Relatives of Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El Fattah went to his jail outside Cairo on Thursday, hoping to see him for the first time since his protest against conditions in prison...
17 November 2022
Baghdad airport hit by second fire in three days
Iraq opened an investigation Thursday after a second fire broke out at Baghdad airport within three days, prompting the prime minister to sack three airport officials. There were no casualties in...
17 November 2022
Iran accuses Israel and allies of plotting 'civil war'
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abollahian on Thursday accused Israel and its Western allies of plotting a "civil war" in the protest-hit Islamic Republic. Demonstrations have rocked Iran...
17 November 2022
Diplomats, direct flights to ease Israel-Qatar chill at World Cup
JERUSALEM— Israel has sent diplomats to help its citizens attending the World Cup in Qatar and plans to launch temporary direct flights there on Sunday as the countries find a measure of...
17 November 2022
Sixth parliamentary session to elect a new president underway
Lebanese MPs convened on Thursday morning at the Parliament building in Beirut to attempt for the sixth time in less than two months to elect a successor to former President Michel Aoun, whose term...
17 November 2022
Berri ready to convene legislative sessions 'whenever necessary'
BEIRUT — Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday that he will convene Parliament for legislative sessions "whenever necessary." Several opposition MPs have raised objections to...
17 November 2022
The fight against Captagon proves an uphill battle for Lebanese authorities
On Nov. 1, the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced they had seized nearly 5.5 million Captagon pills concealed in construction panels in South Lebanon’s Ghazieh. The narcotics were...
Guilhem DORANDEU, 17 November 2022
Gunmen on motorbikes kill nine in protest-hit cities: state media
Assailants on motorbikes shot dead nine people, including a woman and two children, during protests in two separate attacks in southern Iran, state media said on Thursday....
17 November 2022
Flooding from heavy rainfall traps people in their cars
BEIRUT — The Civil Defense rescued people trapped in their cars at Nahr Ibrahim, Jbeil, on Thursday morning after heavy rainfall. The Civil Defense said in a tweet that they “had towed a number...
17 November 2022
Macron says 'must not politicize sport' ahead of Qatar World Cup
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday waded into the controversy around Qatar's hosting of the World Cup, insisting sport should not be politicized. "I think we must...
17 November 2022
Another electoral session, EDL tariff update, passport price hikes: Everything you need to know to start your Thursday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up. Parliament is scheduled to convene for a sixth presidential election session today, the second attempt to name Michel Aoun’s...
