Search For Keyword.

Middle East

Lebanese man, daughter shot dead in Iran's capital

A Lebanese man and his daughter were shot and killed in northern Tehran by an unknown assailant Friday night, Iran's Mehr news agency reported. The two were "Habib Dawoud, 58 years old and his daughter Maryam, 27, who were murdered around 9:00 pm by an unidentified motorcyclist," the...

Lebanon appeals for Arab support after explosion

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on Arab countries on Saturday to support Lebanon in the wake of a massive explosion at the Beirut port.  "Lebanon needs any help in every field, and there is great hope in the brotherly Arab countries," Aoun said in statements following a...

Is France helping Lebanon, or trying to reconquer it?

It was almost as if Emmanuel Macron forgot that Lebanon is no longer a French protectorate. Visiting explosion-ravaged Beirut this week, France’s leader comforted distraught crowds, promised to rebuild the city and claimed that the blast pierced France’s own heart. "France will...

Officials long warned of explosive chemicals at Beirut port

At least 10 times over the past six years, authorities from Lebanon’s customs, military, security agencies and judiciary raised alarm that a massive stockpile of explosive chemicals was being kept with almost no safeguard at the port in the heart of Beirut, newly surfaced documents show....