Month: August 2023
Lebanon bans Barbie over gay undertones
Authorities in Kuwait and Lebanon have banned the release of Barbie, the live-action film based on the popular Mattel doll. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Information’s committee [more…]
Lebanon: Palestinian camp Ain al-Hilweh killers fingered
The killers responsible for murder and mayhem in a Palestinian refugee camp in the south of Lebanon have been identified following an investigation, reports reveal. [more…]
BRICS signs off new members in bid to counter US sanctions
Leaders of the BRICS bloc of leading developing nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – have agreed mechanisms for considering new members, [more…]
Faisal Al Yafai: Assad’s wait-and-see tactics will haunt him
Given the warm welcome Bashar Al Assad received at the Arab League just three months ago, one might have expected rather warmer words from Syria’s [more…]
Kerry Boyd Anderson: Two years on after Afghanistan
Two years after the US and its allies withdrew from Afghanistan, partisan political views in Washington have hardened, while foreign policy experts are starting more [more…]
Hazem Saghieh: the culture war in Lebanon
A cultural war, the likes of which the country has not seen since the mid-1970s, is raging in Lebanon. Youths influenced by freedom movements across [more…]
What a drag. Gay bar stormed by fanatics in Beirut
A drag show in the Lebanese capital Beirut was cut short late on Wednesday by an angry crowd of conservative Christians screaming homophobic chants. The [more…]
Jordan’s reform narrative smacks of hyper repression, say rights groups
“Jordan was never an oppressive country and will never be one”, said King Abdullah II of Jordan on August 15, just days after he signed [more…]
Lebanese army blocks 700 Syrians crossing border
The Lebanese army turned away around 700 Syrians attempting to cross into the neighboring country illegally over the past week, the armed forces said in a statement [more…]
Haniyeh: Ending occupation is the only solution to Israel-Palestine conflict
Palestinians “will face the siege, closures and settlement with persistence and resistance,” the Head of Hamas’ Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, said yesterday, stressing that “ending [more…]
Lebanon central bank governor skips bail
Former governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank (BdL) Riad Salameh has yet to be handed the summons for his court date on August 29. A judicial [more…]
Umrah road tragedy kills entire Jordanian family
Five members of a Jordanian family, all residents of the UAE, were killed in a horrific accident on the Mecca-Riyadh Road in Saudi Arabia on Monday, [more…]
Osama Al-Sharif: Time for Assad to embrace a solution to Syria crisis
The eruption of protests in two Syrian government-held provinces, Suwayda and Deraa, last week is threatening to get out of control days after President Bashar [more…]
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Gunman in West Bank Clash
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian gunman during clashes that followed a military arrest raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Islamic [more…]
Mikati, Berri Assist in Launch of Oil Exploration in Lebanese Waters
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and parliament Speaker Nabih Berri assisted on Tuesday in the launch of the logistics work for the oil and [more…]
