Iran releases seven women activists from prison
Iran has released a number of prominent women activists and journalists from Tehran's Evin prison, campaigners said Thursday, with video footage showing them defiantly chanting pro-protest slogans...
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Civil society backs UGTT union 'targeted' by president
Dozens of Tunisian civil society organizations, parties and political figures on Thursday voiced their "full support" for the powerful UGTT trade union, accusing President Kaid Saied of "targeting"...
9 February 2023
Turkish father's pain symbolizes quake tragedy
It was a moment encapsulating the unspeakable pain of the Turkish earthquake: a father holding his 15-year-old's hand, the only thing visible after her body was crushed by concrete....
9 February 2023
Syrian village submerged after dam collapses
Syrians fled their flooded northwestern village when a dam collapsed Thursday, an AFP correspondent reported, in the aftermath of a deadly quake that struck Turkey and Syria this week....
9 February 2023
The 3 ancient cities damaged in Turkey-Syria
Three ancient cities suffered widespread destruction in Monday's massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria: Antakya, Sanliurfa and Aleppo. Here are some key facts:...
9 February 2023
Iranian official calls on Lebanon to 'build a future away from external dictates'
BEIRUT — During his visit to Beirut, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri on Thursday urged the Lebanese political class and the people to "build a future away from external dictates." His...
9 February 2023
Tripoli residents fear home collapse following multiple quakes
TRIPOLI — Residents of Tripoli in North Lebanon, one of the poorest areas in the country, on Wednesday night fled their houses following a 4.3 magnitude earthquake that hit an area near Hermel in...
Madeline EDWARDS and Mohamad El Chamaa, 9 February 2023
France pledges €12 million in Syria aid
France on Thursday promised €12 million (almost $13 million) in emergency aid to Syrians after the earthquake that hit Turkey and neighboring Syria earlier this week. The...
9 February 2023
Expert: No need to panic over Lebanon's Wednesday night earthquake
BEIRUT — After a 4.3 magnitude earthquake shook the Lebanese-Syrian border Wednesday night , many people in Lebanon began to panic. Lebanon experienced heavy tremors early Monday morning...
9 February 2023
Bassil: Presidential election is 'national, not just Maronite or Christian'
The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, said Thursday that the presidential election "is a national election, not only Christian or Maronite" and defended the idea of a...
9 February 2023
Rai calls on Maronites to reject 'isolation and small interests'
On the occasion of St. Maron's Day, the Lebanese Patriarch Bechara Rai said Thursday that Maronites reject "isolation and small interests," in an apparent criticism of Lebanese Maronite leaders who...
9 February 2023
Turkey, Syria quake could cost $4 billion
The earthquake that has devastated Turkey and Syria could cause economic losses exceeding $4 billion, ratings agency Fitch said on Thursday. More than 17,500 people have died so far in the...
9 February 2023
EU offers Erdogan 'full solidarity' after quakes
The 27 EU leaders wrote to their Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday to express their "full solidarity" and offer more emergency aid after a devastating earthquake....
9 February 2023
UN urges no 'politicization' of aid to Syria
The UN insisted Thursday on the need to avoid "politicization" of aid to earthquake victims in Syria, which faces international sanctions, and urged Washington and Brussels to ensure there were "no...
9 February 2023
No internet, phone service in Chweifat for past four days
BEIRUT — Internet and landline phone services in the Chweifat area in Mount Lebanon have been down for the past four days, the state-run National News Agency reported. The cut came at the same...
9 February 2023
Death toll rises to over 17,100 in Turkey, Syria
The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria climbed to more than 17,100 on Thursday, as hopes faded of finding survivors stuck under rubble in freezing weather....
9 February 2023
First quake aid convoy reaches rebel-held areas of Syria
An aid convoy reached rebel-held northwestern Syria Thursday, the first since a devastating earthquake that has killed thousands, an official at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing told AFP. An AFP...
9 February 2023
Turkey working to open two more border crossings with Syria
Turkey is working to open two more border crossings with Syria to allow more humanitarian aid to enter the country after the two neighbors were hit by a huge earthquake....
9 February 2023
Lira reaches new record low at LL65,000 on the parallel market
Another record low for the Lebanese lira on the parallel market: the online platform Lirarate.org indicated Thursday around 10:38 a.m. that the dollar was buying at LL65,000 and selling at...
9 February 2023
Twitter back online in Turkey after block
Twitter was blocked for at least 12 hours on major Turkish mobile providers in an outage that ended early Thursday, following a flurry of online criticism of the government's response to this...
9 February 2023
Children found alive as Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 22,000
Rescuers pulled children alive from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake on Friday as the toll surpassed 22,000 and bitter cold compounded the suffering of the homeless. In the Turkish city...
10 February 2023
‘That night’ in 1956: The year the Lebanese ground spoke
“The ground gives way; it enters you; it goes through you. Then you look at your neighbors … The land was shaking, and they are inhabited by this same blind presence.”These were the words of George...
Stéphanie KHOURI, 9 February 2023
How Arab rap conquered its audience
The Arab pop music scene has a lot to worry about. For a few years now, pop's supremacy in the Middle East has been challenged by another type of music that is on the rise: rap. At the beginning...
