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Thousands mark 20 years since Lebanon ex-PM Rafic Hariri killed

Thousands mark 20 years since Lebanon ex-PM Rafic Hariri killed

Thousands gathered in Beirut Friday to mark 20 years since the assassination of ex-premier Rafic Hariri, and to call for the return of his son Saad to...

15.02.2025 2

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By Layal Abou Rahal

Lebanon marks 20 years since Rafic Hariri killed as power balance shifts

Lebanon marks 20 years since Rafic Hariri killed as power balance shifts

Thousands gathered in Beirut Friday to mark 20 years since the assassination of ex-premier Rafic Hariri, and to call for the return of his son Saad to...

15.02.2025 7

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By Layal Abou Rahal

New Lebanon president starts consultations on naming PM

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday picked international jurist Nawaf Salam to form a government to pull the war-scarred country out of economic...

14.01.2025 3

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By Layal Abou Rahal

Lebanon leaders in talks for new bid to elect president

Lebanese political heavyweights held talks Wednesday as parliament prepares to elect a president, with foreign powers pressuring for consensus a day...

09.01.2025 4

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By Layal Abou Rahal

Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimony

Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing...

24.12.2024 3

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By Layal Abou Rahal

Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimony

Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing...

24.12.2024 3

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By Layal Abou Rahal

US drops bounty for Syria's new leader after Damascus meeting

Washington is scrapping a long-standing reward for the arrest of Syria's new leader, a senior U.S. diplomat said Friday, following "positive...

21.12.2024 8

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By Layal Abou Rahal

In Damascus meeting, US drops reward for arrest of Syria's new leader

A senior US diplomat told Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday that Washington was scrapping a reward for his arrest, and welcomed...

21.12.2024 8

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By Layal Abou Rahal

US diplomats meet with Syria's new ruler

A senior US diplomat told Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday that Washington was scrapping a reward for his arrest, and welcomed...

21.12.2024 3

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By Layal Abou Rahal

UN humanitarian chief urges massive aid boost for Syria: AFP interview

Visiting UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher called Wednesday for a massive aid boost for Syria to respond to "this moment of hope" after the ouster...

19.12.2024 4

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By Layal Abou Rahal

Syrians face horror, fearing loved ones may be in mass graves

After losing hope of finding his two brothers among those freed from Syrian jails, Ziad Alaywi was filled with dread, knowing there was only one...

19.12.2024 5

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By Layal Abou Rahal