Shiites across Lebanon commemorate Ashura
BEIRUT — Dressed in black, tens of thousands of people took to the street in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Nabatieh, Sour, and Baalbeck Saturday, to commemorate Ashura and mourn the death of Imam...
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Derian to Grillo: ‘French efforts to solve Lebanon’s crisis should continue’
BEIRUT — Mufti of the Republic Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian met with French Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo at Dar al-Fatwa Saturday where Derian stressed that “the French envoy's efforts to...
29 July 2023
Nasrallah: Everyone awaits September. 'Serious dialogue' must be opened
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah stated Friday that "everyone is waiting for September" for progress on the presidential dossier, as Lebanon has been without a head of state...
29 July 2023
Turkish strike in Iraq kills 4 militants: Kurdish officials
Four “fighters” from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been killed by a drone strike in northern Iraq, officials in the autonomous Kurdistan region said, blaming the Turkish military. The...
29 July 2023
IS claims attack near Damascus Shiite shrine
The Islamic State group (IS) said late Friday it was behind a bombing south of the Syrian capital Damascus the day before that killed at least six people and wounded 20. Thursday’s explosion was...
