Iran warns France over 'insulting' Khamenei cartoons
Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran deemed to be insulting....
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Turkey condemns Israeli minister's 'provocative' Al-Aqsa visit
Turkey on Wednesday condemned Israel's new far-right national security minister's "provocative" visit to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound and urged future restraint. "We...
4 January 2023
Hashem Safieddine: Hassan Nasrallah’s designated but undeclared successor?
Who will (one day) succeed Hassan Nasrallah? While rumors about the deteriorating health of Hezbollah’s leader have been making the rounds in the Middle East in recent days, it is difficult to...
Salah HIJAZI, 4 January 2023
Blast victims' relatives threaten to take 'severe measures'
Gathered under the Statue of the Emigrant near the port of Beirut on Wednesday, approximately 30 relatives of the victims of the Aug. 4 blast threatened to take "severe measures" next week, while...
4 January 2023
Iraqi court summons justice minister amid corruption probe
Iraq's anti-corruption agency said Wednesday the justice minister had been given a court summons after he was accused of blocking a corruption probe by refusing to hand over documents....
4 January 2023
Hezbollah bristles at appointment of new Beirut airport security chief
General Fadi Kfoury is known for founding and leading the army’s Strike Force, an elite unit specialized in counter-terrorism. The unit especially gained a name during the so-called Fajr al-Jurud...
Anne-Marie El-HAGE, 4 January 2023
Tunisia faces 'complicated' 2023 without quick IMF deal
Tunisia faces a year of low economic growth and runaway inflation, and urgently needs a bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund, its central bank chief said Wednesday....
4 January 2023
Palestinians mull next moves after Israeli minister's Al-Aqsa visit
Palestinians are holding urgent talks about their next moves after an extreme-right Israeli minister visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a step so far met with stern words rather than...
4 January 2023
Father of kidnapped boys calls on army to intervene for their release
BEIRUT — The father of two Syrian teenagers kidnapped three months ago in Baalbeck urged Lebanese army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun on Wednesday to intervene for their release, criticizing inaction...
4 January 2023
Ex-minister jailed over hazardous waste scandal
A Tunisian former environment minister has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the illegal import of 280 containers of waste from Italy, local media reported Wednesday....
4 January 2023
Iran bails actress Taraneh Alidoosti after three weeks in custody
Iranian authorities on Wednesday released on bail star actress Taraneh Alidoosti after holding her for almost three weeks over her support for the protest movement, her lawyer said. Alidoosti is...
4 January 2023
Dubai announces plan to 'double' economy in next decade
Dubai announced Wednesday a bold plan aiming to boost foreign trade and investment in the United Arab Emirates' financial hub and "double the size" of its economy by 2033....
4 January 2023
Capital controls in Lebanon: What to expect in 2023
The first week of 2023 has brought the first big economic file back on the table for Lebanese MPs sitting in Parliament’s joint committees. They were called by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, to...
Fouad Gemayel and Philippe HAGE BOUTROS , 4 January 2023
Two rockets target US army base in eastern Syria: CENTCOM
Two rockets were fired Wednesday at an army base in eastern Syria hosting a US-led anti-jihadist coalition, causing no casualties or damage, the US military said. The...
4 January 2023
Borrell visit to Morocco clouded by EU graft scandal
The EU on Wednesday defended a trip by its top diplomat to Morocco, which has been linked, along with Qatar, to a graft scandal unfolding at the European Parliament. As...
4 January 2023
Dozens of Christian graves vandalized in Jerusalem
A Jerusalem bishop said Wednesday he was "dismayed" by the desecration of dozens of Christian graves on the edge of the Old City, as police probed the vandalism. Stone...
4 January 2023
The secret histories of Medawar 749
BEIRUT — “The Directorate General of Antiquities told us, ‘The DGA has two woodworking machines you can use, but we don’t know what condition they’re in.’” Architect-restorer Nathalie Chahine...
Jim Quilty, 4 January 2023
Iran protests cartoons of Khamenei in French satirical weekly
Iran warned France on Wednesday it would respond after "insulting" cartoons depicting Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were published in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo ....
4 January 2023
Police arrest three men suspected of home invasion in Zgharta
BEIRUT — Internal Security Forces arrested three men suspected of a violent home invasion in Behouita, a village in the Zgharta region of North Lebanon, the ISF said Wednesday in a statement. The...
4 January 2023
Hezbollah’s ‘yes, but’ to Joseph Aoun
“We do not have any veto on anyone,” the chairman of Hezbollah’s political council, Ibrahim Amin al-Sayed said on Monday during a press briefing, in response to a question about a possible election...
Yara ABI AKL, 4 January 2023
Revolutionary Guard shot dead during burglary, police says
A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards was shot dead in his residential building in Tehran during a burglary, a senior police officer said Wednesday. Qassam Fathollahi was shot "three times when...
4 January 2023
Turkey announces cheaper mortgages for mid-income Turks
ANKARA — Mortgages with lower rates and longer maturities will be offered to middle income Turks looking to buy new housing, Turkish Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati said on Wednesday. Nebati told...
4 January 2023
Joseph Aoun’s presidential prospects, Al-Aqsa visit response, Nasrallah’s health: Everything you need to know to start your Wednesday
Former US Middle East diplomat David Schenker predicted Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun will become president in the next "three to four months," amid renewed calls for an end to the...
4 January 2023
Nine killed in central Somalia car bombings claimed by Al-Shabaab
At least nine people were killed and several wounded in two simultaneous car bombings in a town in central Somalia on Wednesday, security officials and witnesses said. The attack was claimed by...
4 January 2023
UAE, China ask UN Security Council to meet over Al-Aqsa mosque: Diplomats
UNITED NATIONS — The United Arab Emirates and China have asked the UN Security Council to meet publicly, likely on Thursday, over recent developments at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem,...
4 January 2023
Hachem Safieddine, designated but undeclared successor of Nasrallah
(This article was first published in January 2023)Who will (one day) succeed Hassan Nasrallah? Rumors about the deteriorating health of Hezbollah’s Secretary General have been circulating...
