It seems eerily calm in one of Beirut’s most contentious front-line neighbourhoods just days after Lebanon voted for a new parliament.
In the days leading up to the election on Sunday and before the results were announced, Lebanese government troops and armoured vehicles were deployed at the Tayouneh roundabout that…
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The polls, the first since Lebanon was ravaged by its worst ever economic crisis and a cataclysmic explosion at Beirut port in 2020, were seen as a prerequisite for a crucial IMF bailout.
The Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its main allies had the support of around 70 lawmakers in the outgoing…
Preliminary results from Lebanon’s parliamentary election suggest allies of the Iran-backed Shia Muslim group Hezbollah have lost support.
The Maronite Christian Lebanese Forces party, which has close ties to Saudi Arabia, said it gained five seats.
Sunday’s vote was the first election since a 2019 nationwide uprising against a political…
Voting closed on Sunday evening in a parliamentary election that was the first since Lebanon’s economy began to spiral in late 2019, leading hundreds of thousands to protest in the streets against the country’s rulers.
Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi said in a news conference that voter turnout was 41 percent…
Yemen’s government will permit citizens living in areas controlled by Huthi rebels to travel on Huthi-issued passports, an official told AFP, removing a barrier to long-awaited commercial flights out of the capital Sanaa.
The government is “not responsible for any data contained” in the Huthi-issued documents, said the source, who…
World Cup hotels in Qatar have refused to allow gay guests to stay and others have asked customers to modify their behaviour during their visit, including one insisting that patrons do not ‘dress gay’, according to an investigation.
FIFA and the Qatari authorities have previously insisted that everyone is…
The United States will allow some foreign investment in areas of northeast Syria outside government control without coming under sanctions, it said on Wednesday, a move it says is aimed at helping a region previously controlled by Islamic State.
The United States has imposed tough sanctions on Syria over the…
UN watchdog warns ‘only countries making bombs’ are enriching uranium at that level of purity
The Iranians are making unrealistic demands and blowing off the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog. The Israelis, once again, are threatening to bomb. And the Americans are warning that they’re willing to walk away.
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