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Syrian Refugee Kids In Lebanon Act, Direct, ‘escape’
"Three, two, one, action!" shouts Syrian refugee Mostafa Abdallah, 11, energetically directing his fellow child actors...
Ghanaian British Architect David Adjaye Awarded Knighthood
Renowned architect David Adjaye has been awarded with a Knighthood for his service to architecture. The investiture...
Talks Begin On Evacuating Rebels From Syria Capital
Negotiations were under way on Sunday on evacuating insurgents and their families from two districts in Damascus, a...
Many Dead In IS Attack On Displaced People’s Camp
More than 30 civilians and Kurdish-led fighters have been killed in an attack by Islamic State militants near Syria's...
Bike-Sharing Launched In Congested Beirut
Lebanon launched a bike-sharing programme in its capital Beirut on Sunday, hoping to cut down on the congested city's...
Jordan Scraps Marriage Loophole For Rapists
A law which protected rapists from punishment if they married their victims has been scrapped in Jordan. The Jordanian...
Lebanon Activists Ramp Up Pressure On Reviled Rape Law
Lebanese activists ramped up their campaign to scrap a controversial law allowing rapists who marry their victims to go...
Arab Music’s Alternative Ambassadors Find Fans, and Bans
Their voices narrate the unofficial soundtrack of life as an Arab today. But for the artists leading the Arab world's...
Lebanon At ‘breaking Point’ With Syria Refugee Influx
Lebanon's prime minister warned Friday that his country has reached "breaking point" by hosting more than one million...
Israel-Lebanon Maritime Dispute Explained
Earlier this month, the new Lebanese government, led by President Michel Aoun, published a tender to explore untapped...
Demolition of Decades-Old Lebanese Brewery Begins
Demolition of one of the Middle East's oldest breweries began this week in the Lebanese capital to make way for a...
Shiite Lebanese Women Wage Painful Custody Battles
Every week, young divorcee Rita Choukeir looks forward to the three precious hours she gets with her young son in...
UN Chief Heads To Arab Summit After Row Over Israel ‘apartheid’ Report
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres travels to Jordan next week to attend an Arab summit following a row over the...
Hezbollah Commander Killed By Own Men
Israel's military chief said on Tuesday that Hezbollah's military commander in Syria, reported dead last year, was...
Lebanese Descend On Capital To Protest Proposed Tax Hikes
Several thousand people descended on the Lebanese capital Sunday to protest a proposed tax hikes to cover a salary...
Avoiding Risky Sea Journey, Syrian Refugees Head To Italy ‘pronto’
Just before midnight in a sleepy district of Beirut, dozens of Syrian refugees huddle in small groups around bulging...
UN Official Resigns Over Israel Apartheid Report
The head of the United Nations' West Asia commission, Rima Khalaf, has resigned over what she described as the pressure...
UN Official Says Quitting Over ‘Israel Apartheid’ Report
Jordanian UN official Rima Khalaf announced her resignation Friday, saying the secretary general had asked her to...
US Demands UN Pull Report Accusing Israel of Apartheid
The United States on Wednesday demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw a report by a UN body...