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War takes centre stage as Lebanon's theatres are back

As Lebanon suffered a war last year, Ali Chahrour was determined to keep making art, creating a performance inspired by the plight of migrant workers...

23.05.2025 4

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By Laure Al Khoury

'Roads full of corpses': terrified Alawites in Syria flee attacks

For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, pursuing...

10.03.2025 10

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Hezbollah chief vows 'resistance' as masses mourn Nasrallah

Hezbollah's leader said "resistance" was not over as hundreds of thousands mourned slain chief Hassan Nasrallah Sunday at a Beirut funeral,...

25.02.2025 9

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Hezbollah chief vows 'resistance' at Nasrallah funeral

Hezbollah's leader said "resistance" was not over as hundreds of thousands mourned slain chief Hassan Nasrallah Sunday at a Beirut funeral,...

24.02.2025 3

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Tens of thousands vow support for Lebanon's Hezbollah at slain leader's funeral

Hezbollah's leader said "resistance" was not over as hundreds of thousands mourned slain chief Hassan Nasrallah Sunday at a Beirut funeral,...

24.02.2025 2

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By Laure Al Khoury

Tens of thousands vow support for Hezbollah at Beirut funeral of slain leader

Hezbollah's leader said "resistance" was not over as hundreds of thousands mourned slain chief Hassan Nasrallah Sunday at a Beirut funeral,...

24.02.2025 3

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Big turnout expected for Beirut funeral of slain Hezbollah leader

Hezbollah's leader said "resistance" was not over as hundreds of thousands mourned slain chief Hassan Nasrallah Sunday at a Beirut funeral,...

24.02.2025 3

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By Laure Al Khoury

Despite truce, Lebanese from devastated Naqura cannot go home

All signs of life have disappeared from the bombed-out houses and empty streets of the Lebanese border town of Naqura, but despite a fragile...

25.01.2025 6

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Lebanon's new PM says reaching out to all sides to save country

Lebanon's new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday that he was reaching out to all political persuasions to help "rescue" his crisis-hit country...

15.01.2025 4

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Lebanon set for yet another attempt at electing president

Lebanese lawmakers are due to meet on Thursday to elect a president, but analysts say that even with key political player Hezbollah weakened by...

08.01.2025 10

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Ex-prisoners back in Syria's cells 'of despair'

This time he was there by choice. Mohammed Darwish was back in a jail that was run by Syria's feared intelligence services -- and Bashar al-Assad...

16.12.2024 10

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Loyal no more: Syrians turn from once-omnipotent Baath party

Maher Semsmieh turned in his rifle on Thursday at an office of Syria's Baath party, more than 60 years after its oppressive rule in Syria began,...

13.12.2024 4

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Relatives of Syria's disappeared seek closure in Damascus morgues

In the corridors of Damascus's main hospitals, thousands of families have gathered for the foreboding mission of trying to find the bodies of loved...

12.12.2024 4

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In Damascus, life resumes without Assad

In Damascus, life is cautiously returning to normal as residents step out of their homes into a Syria transformed by the ousting of long-time...

12.12.2024 9

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By Laure Al Khoury