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Lebanon, Middle East, Saudi Arabia

Riyadh lifts Lebanon travel ban, signaling reset

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse February 14, 2019February 18, 2020

Lebanon, Middle East

لبناني يشعل النار في نفسه في باحة مدرسة بسبب الفقر

by Heba Afify February 11, 2019February 11, 2019

Lebanon, Middle East

بعد شهور من التعثر، الحكومة اللبنانية الجديدة تعقد أول اجتماع لها

by Heba Afify February 3, 2019

Lebanon, Middle East

Lebanon restricts dollar cash-outs in bid to bolster currency

by Nasser Elamine January 20, 2019February 18, 2020

لاجئين سوريين داخل خيمة غمرتها المياه في مخيم جب جنين، بوادي البقاع القريب من الحدود السورية في 7 يناير/كانون الأول 2019، بينما تعاني المنطقة من عاصفة وسيول. صورة: HASSAN JARRAH / AFP

Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

وفاة طفلة سورية جرفتها السيول في مخيم بلبنان

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse January 10, 2019January 31, 2019

Cardinal Richelieu's abode, beneath the streets of Paris. Photo: AFP/Gilles Targat

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Cardinal Richelieu’s ghost returns

by Spengler January 10, 2019January 10, 2019

Geir Pedersen, left, when he was UN coordinator for Lebanon, walks past a damaged mosque during a tour of the devastated town of Bint Jbeil in Lebanon with Hezbollah deputy Hassan Fadlallah, second left, in March 2007. Pedersen now has the post of UN envoy for Syria. Photo: AFP / Mahmoud Zayat

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

UN Syria envoy assumes post as Arabs restore links with Assad

by Sami Moubayed January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Interior view of the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium which will take center-stage in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Qatar faces challenges on and off the field at Asian Cup

by John Duerden and David Harding January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Sergei Ilnitsky

France, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Netanyahu, Putin hold talks

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a key appointment on Sunday. Photo: Handout via Reutersdelivers a speech in a meeting with military commanders in Tehran, Iran, February 7, 2017. Leader.ir/Handout via REUTERS

China, France, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Tehran the master of fake news in Mideast

by Hussain Abdul-Hussain January 4, 2019

A convoy of US forces' armored vehicles near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, in early 2018. The United States is preparing to withdraw its troops from Syria, a major move that throws into question America's role in the region. Photo: AFP/Delil Souleiman

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Beijing, China, Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Can China help Syria and the Mideast exit war economies?

by Christina Lin January 3, 2019January 3, 2019

Photo: iStock

Egypt, India, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, World

Arab countries struggle with the stigma associated with rape

by Rym Tina Ghazal January 1, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the launch of the Avangard hypersonic missile at the National Defense Control Center via a video conference. Photo: Mikhael Klimentyev / Sputnik / AFP

China, European Union, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Putin trumpets hypersonic missile as Russia flexes its muscles

by Andrew Salmon December 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Yemeni pro-government forces cheer as they ride in the back of a pickup truck mounted with a machine gun in an industrial district in the eastern outskirts of the port city of Hodeida on November 18. Photo: AFP

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Divide in Middle East is about nationalism, not a conflict within Islam

by Omer Taspinar December 26, 2018

الحي المسيحي بدمشق في عيد الميلاد المجيد. صورة: Mahmoud Nouelati

European Union, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Christmas makes a comeback in Damascus

by Sami Moubayed December 25, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Colombian President Iv·n Duque after his speech at the United Nations in New York September 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Nicholas Kamm

Afghanistan, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, World

Is Donald Trump signaling adieu to allies?

by Prakash Katoch December 24, 2018

Rohingya refugees wait roadside for aid at Thaingkhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Asia’s version of Palestine emerging in Bangladesh

by Bertil Lintner December 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanese soldiers monitor the border with Israel near the southern Lebanese village of Meiss el-Jabal on December 16. Photo: AFP

France, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, World

Netanyahu urges UN action over Hezbollah ‘attack tunnels’

by Asia Times staff December 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari at the end of a joint press conference following their meeting in Moscow on October 23, 2017. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP

Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

New government in Iraq courts Russian embrace

by Sami Moubayed December 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanese pound notes (10,000 denomination) are seen in a machine at Lebanon's central bank, BdL, in Beirut on November 24, 2008. Photo: Ramzi Haidar / AFP

Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

In Lebanon, faith in national currency is slipping

by Nasser Elamine December 12, 2018February 18, 2020

The face of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a billboard in Ankara. Photo: AFP/Adem Altan

Egypt, European Union, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

A year of elections shows Middle East not immune to anti-establishment mood

by Faisal Al Yafai December 12, 2018

متظاهرون يرتدون السترات الصفراء يتظاهرون ضد ارتفاع الأسعار في شارع الشانزليزيه في باريس في 8 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2018. حظرت السلطات المصرية بيع السترات الصفراء بعد مظاهرات باريس. صورة: Salah Habibi / AFP

Lebanon, Middle East

نائب لبناني يواجه هجوم بعد مطالبته بقطع رأس مغني

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse December 11, 2018January 31, 2019

المراهقة اليابانية ميجومي يوكوتا داخل سفينة كورية شمالية بصحبة الطاقم الذي أرسل لاختطافها. بجانبها المضرب الذي كان معها في تدريب تنس الريشة بمدرستها. صورة: من فيلم «ميجومي»/YouTube

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

Megumi: The girl who never came home (II)

by Jason Morgan December 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Migrants on a sinking dinghy wait to be rescued by "Save the Children" NGO crew from the ship Vos Hestia in the mediterranean . Photo: Reuters/Stefano Rellandini

AT Finance, Cyprus, European Union, France, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Europe turns its back on its liberal principles as refugees drown

by Jonathan Gornall December 5, 2018

A Hezbollah fighter on patrol in an orange orchard near the town of Naqura on the Lebanese-Israeli border on April 20. مقاتل بحزب الله يقوم بالحراسة بجانب مدينة ناقورة على الحدود اللبنانية الإسرائيلية في 20 إبريل/نيسان.Photo: AFP

Israel, Lebanon, Middle East

إسرائيل تطلق عملية لتدمير أنفاق حزب الله الحدودية

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim December 4, 2018February 3, 2019

Malala Yousafzai with her father Ziauddin, who recently launched his book 'Let Her Fly' based on her rise to become an activist for girls' education and his struggle in a patriarchal society. Twitter @Malala

Afghanistan, India, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Malala’s father talks about his book ‘Let Her Fly’

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid December 4, 2018February 18, 2020

A Hezbollah fighter on patrol in an orange orchard near the town of Naqura on the Lebanese-Israeli border on April 20. مقاتل بحزب الله يقوم بالحراسة بجانب مدينة ناقورة على الحدود اللبنانية الإسرائيلية في 20 إبريل/نيسان.Photo: AFP

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria

Israel launches counter-tunnel Lebanese border operation

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim December 4, 2018February 18, 2020

A picture taken on October 14, 2016 shows cranes at a construction site in the center of the Lebanese capital Beirut. Photo: JOSEPH EID / AFP

Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East

تقرير يشير لغياب الحماية اللازمة لعمال البناء في لبنان والأردن

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse December 4, 2018January 31, 2019

Relatives and clerics attend the funeral of Mohammed Abu Diab, a bodyguard of the former Lebanese minister Wiam Wahhab in the village of al-Jahiliya, in Mount Lebanon, December 2, 2018.
Photo: Mustafa JAMALEDDINE / AFP

Lebanon, Middle East

مقتل أحد أنصار سياسي درزي يزيد من التوتر السياسي في لبنان

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse December 3, 2018January 31, 2019

ولي العهد السعودي محمد بن سلمان يصافح وزير الدفاع الأمريكي جيمس ماتيس في مارس/آذار. صورة: AFP

Lebanon, Middle East

US Senate delivers bipartisan rebuke to Trump’s Saudi policy

by Asia Times staff November 29, 2018February 18, 2020