Hundreds of Syrians protest signs of Damascus-Ankara thaw
Hundreds of Syrians in the rebel-held north protested Friday against signs of a thaw between Ankara and Damascus after their defence ministers met in Moscow for the first time since 2011....
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Ghosn case: Four years later, the ‘conspiracy’ theory is gaining momentum
Since his arrest in 2018, Carlos Ghosn has never stopped claiming his innocence. The former CEO of Renault-Nissan was charged in Japan—twice for underreporting his income and a third time for...
Guilhem DORANDEU, 30 December 2022
Investigation into UN peacekeeper death places Hezbollah in the spotlight
Private Sean Rooney, 23, was killed and three others injured on Dec. 14 when their UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicle was attacked near the village of Al-Aqbiya in the country’s south, a...
Salah Hijazi, 30 December 2022
Israeli officials to require COVID tests for foreign arrivals from China: Ministry
The Israeli health ministry said Friday it will impose COVID tests on foreigners intending to travel from China, where coronavirus cases have surged. "It was decided to...
30 December 2022
Sayrafa rate transactions: More banks get on board
More and more banks have begun implementing the new terms for converting Lebanese lira into dollars according to the exchange rate set by Banque du Liban’s (BDL) Sayrafa platform, two days after...
Philippe HAGE BOUTROS, 30 December 2022
Mawlawi says 7,700 security officers to be deployed for New Year's Eve
BEIRUT — Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced on Friday that New Year's Eve will see 7,700 security officers deployed across Lebanon as part of his ministry's security plan for the...
30 December 2022
Are Turkey and Syria on the verge of normalizing their relations?
What we know: · This is a first since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011. Hulusi Akar and Ali Mahmoud Abbas, the Turkish and Syrian defense ministers, exchanged views on Dec. 28 in...
Emmanuel HADDAD, 30 December 2022
Iran summons Italian envoy in rebuke over protests
Iran has summoned the Italian ambassador to protest "interventionist" policies, the foreign ministry said late Thursday, a day after Rome called in Tehran's envoy over its response to nationwide...
30 December 2022
Al Jadeed TV station attacked for the third time in four days
BEIRUT — Unknown people fired bullets on the Al Jadeed television station in Beirut's Moseitbeh neighborhood Friday morning, the station said, in the third such non-lethal attack this week...
30 December 2022
Farm worker killed by mine explosion in South Lebanon
BEIRUT — A Syrian farm worker was killed on Friday in a landmine explosion in the village of Wazzani, South Lebanon, the state-run National News Agency reported. According to the NNA, the man had...
30 December 2022
Mikati and FPM exchange accusations over signing decrees
BEIRUT — The Free Patriotic Movement on Wednesday accused caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati of "forgery" for claiming that caretaker social affairs and defense ministers had signed recent...
30 December 2022
Attack blamed on jihadists kills 12 oil workers
An attack in eastern Syria killed 12 oil field workers, a war monitor said on Friday, a day after Syrian Kurdish-led forces announced an offensive against jihadists. The British-based Syrian...
30 December 2022
Nearly 1,700 journalists killed over past 20 years: RSF
Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders....
30 December 2022
Unlimited dollar withdrawals, gas prices bounce back up, municipal elections planned for 2023: Everything you need to know to start your Friday
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up . Banque du Liban announced that Al-Mawarid Bank will allow depositors from all banks to withdraw an unlimited amount of dollars...
30 December 2022
Prominent journalist placed in pretrial detention
A prominent Algerian journalist was remanded in custody on accusations of illegally collecting donations for propaganda activities, a court said Thursday. Ihsane El Kadi,...
