Lebanon's President Michel Aoun began meetings with parliamentarians on Thursday to name a prime minister, after weeks of wrangling delayed agreement on a new government that could work to lift the country from financial crisis.
Leading Sunni Muslim (...)
MAD Solutions, a Pan-Arab cinema-based fully integrative marketing company, released the official trailer of 'Mafkoud', a feature film by Lebanese director Bachir Abou Zeid.
According to MAD Solutions, the film's release has been recently postponed, (...)
On Sunday an Israeli delegation arrived in Manama, a sign of newly normalised relations between Israel and Bahrain. And on Monday, in what was clearly a week of photo-ops, the delegation found its way to Abu Dhabi.
Not that these were the first (...)
Egypt's Mahmoud Mohiedin was unanimously elected as the executive director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Mohiedin will also become an IMF board member representing Egypt and the Arab states group which comprises Egypt, the UAE, Bahrain, (...)
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Said Khatibzadeh announced Saturday that Hassan Eyrlou, plenipotentiary and extraordinary ambassador of Iran to Yemen, had arrived in Sanaa, which has been under control of the insurrectionist Ansar Allah Houthi (...)
Lebanese protesters marked the first anniversary of the 17 October uprising against the country's post-civil war political system this week, and although the numbers were small, their message reached home.
Hundreds of Lebanese protesters marched in (...)
On 26-27 November, Spain will host an all-important conference in Barcelona to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the launching of the Barcelona Process, commonly known as the Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation.
Last Saturday, 17 October, Spanish (...)
Aisha Fahmy Palace
1 Aziz Abaza St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 8211
The Complex of Arts
“Treasures of Our Art Museums 5”, an exquisite exhibition showcases a selection of paintings and sculpture by European artists such as Paul Gauguin, Rodin, Claude (...)
Lebanon's top Christian cleric urged Lebanese leaders to stop delaying talks on forming a government in a scathing Sunday sermon in which he blamed them for the country's financial crisis and political deadlock.
Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, (...)
A year ago, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets protesting taxes and a rapidly deteriorating economic crisis. A spontaneous and hopeful nationwide movement was born, denouncing an entire political establishment that had for decades (...)
The U.S.-mediated talks follow three years of intense diplomacy by Washington and were announced less than a month after the United States stepped up pressure on political allies of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
They also come after the (...)
The largely Shia-dominated Azerbaijan is backed by Turkey in its war with Armenia. The Shia Islamic Republic of Iran favours Armenia and Sunni Arab nations seem to tilt towards the mostly Christian nation in the current conflict in the Caucasus.
On (...)
Aisha Fahmy Palace
1 Aziz Abaza St, Zamalek, Tel 02 2735 8211
The Complex of Arts
“Treasures of Our Art Museums 5”, an exquisite exhibition showcases a selection of paintings and sculpture by European artists such as Paul Gauguin, Rodin, Claude (...)
Lebanon announced on Monday the names of its delegation that will hold indirect talks later this week with Israel over the disputed maritime border between the two countries.
The announcement by President Michel Aoun's office comes two weeks after (...)
Lebanon said on Sunday it will close bars and nightclubs to help contain the COVID-19 outbreak which has killed more than 450 people in a country also reeling from financial crisis and an explosion in Beirut two months ago.
The Interior Ministry (...)
أعلن فيسبوك اليوم عن العديد من المبادرات عبر تطبيقاتنا بالتعاون مع العديد من الهيئات الرائدة المعنية بالصحة العقلية، لتيسير وصول الأشخاص إلى الدعم الذي يحتاجونه لأنفسهم وللآخرين.
وشارك فيسبوك في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، لزيادة الوعي حول (...)
أعلنت إدارة فيس بوك، اليوم السبت، عن العديد من المبادرات عبر تطبيقاتنا بالتعاون مع العديد من الهيئات الرائدة المعنية بالصحة العقلية، لتيسير وصول الأشخاص إلى الدعم الذي يحتاجونه لأنفسهم وللآخرين.
في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، لزيادة الوعي حول (...)
أعلنت شركة فيسبوك، اليوم السبت، عن العديد من المبادرات عبر تطبيقاتها بالتعاون مع العديد من الهيئات الرائدة المعنية بالصحة العقلية، لتيسير وصول الأشخاص إلى الدعم الذي يحتاجونه لأنفسهم وللآخرين، وذلك في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، لزيادة الوعي (...)
أعلنت شركة فيس بوك اليوم عن العديد من المبادرات عبر تطبيقاتها بالتعاون مع العديد من الهيئات الرائدة المعنية بالصحة العقلية، لتيسير وصول الأشخاص إلى الدعم الذي يحتاجونه لأنفسهم وللآخرين. في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، لزيادة الوعي حول الصحة (...)
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab said on Friday any step to lift subsidies now on vital goods would be unacceptable and would cause a "social explosion".
In a televised address, Diab, who resigned two months ago after a huge explosion (...)
Wildfires around the Middle East triggered by a heatwave hitting the region have killed two people, forced thousands of people to leave their homes and detonated landmines along the Lebanon-Israel border, state media and officials said Saturday.
The (...)
Lebanon's Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc said on Thursday negotiating with Israel over maritime borders "is not connected to" making peace with Israel.
Lebanon and Israel agreed to a framework for U.S.-mediated talks aimed at ending a long-running (...)
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday parliamentary consultations to choose a new prime minister will begin on Oct. 15, in an effort to push Lebanon's fractious political class to move on forming the country's next government.
Lebanon's (...)
The crisis surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a product of the manipulations of the world powers, Ethiopia's regional ambitions, and Egyptian miscalculations and mistakes.
The GERD crisis and other Nile Basin controversies (...)
Lebanon and Israel will start 10 October negotiations to settle an ongoing dispute between them about maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, aiming to avoid a conflict over offshore gas fields.
The Lebanese army will serve as the (...)
