Iran arrests six for planning 'riots' on Amini anniversary
Authorities in Iran's southwest have arrested six people accused of "organizing riots" on the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, state media reported Saturday....
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Mandate of Lebanon's Mufti extended, age limit changed
BEIRUT — Meeting in ordinary session in Beirut on Saturday, the legislative body of Dar al-Fatwa, the highest Sunni authority, extended the term of Lebanon's current Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdellatif...
9 September 2023
Ain al-Hilweh clashes: Expert warns 'not to repeat the 1975 scenario'
On Thursday evening, the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, located near the outskirts of Saida in southern Lebanon, was once again engulfed in flames. Clashes broke out between the Fatah...
Zeina ANTONIOS, 9 September 2023
Ain al-Hilweh clashes: Four dead, hundreds flee the camp
BEIRUT — Fighting resumed Saturday morning between Fatah and Islamist groups in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Saida, leaving at least four people dead and 15 injured, L'Orient...
Muntasser Abdallah, 9 September 2023
Does Hezbollah own air defense weapons?
BEIRUT — Does Hezbollah have an air-defense system? This is a question that some commentators have been asking after the party displayed an anti-aircraft weapons system inside its new “Jihadi...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 9 September 2023
Morocco mourns quake victims as death toll passes 2,000
Moroccans Sunday mourned the victims of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people, as rescue teams raced to find survivors trapped in the rubble of flattened villages. The...
10 September 2023
US, India, Saudi, EU to unveil rail, ports deal on G20 sidelines - White House official
A multinational rail and ports deal linking the Middle East and South Asia will be announced on Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi, a White House official said. The pact...
9 September 2023
Two weeks after Om bar attack, Mar Mikhael torn between silence and resistance
Three men block the road. White tank tops, bulging muscles, motorcycles, their gaze fixed on Sako Sislian. “I could feel their bad energy right away,” he says. “I saw them make two phone calls,...
