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Pope Francis has expressed his admiration for Lebanon and wish for the country to stay united, while sending prayers to help the country’s leaders work together

Security forces announced the detention of a suspected drug smuggler at Beirut airport on Tuesday, a day after Lebanon pledged to crack down on the crime to persuade Saudi Arabia … Read More

Black smoke rose Tuesday off the Saudi port of Yanbu after an undescribed “incident” in the Red Sea, authorities said, while one private security firm warned of a possible attack … Read More

The Internal Security Forces arrested three men Tuesday believed linked to a drug smuggling operation to Saudi Arabia that led to a ban on Lebanon produce to the kingdom, a … Read More

Saudi Arabia’s flagship tourism project developer, The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), has raised a 14.12 billion-riyal ($3.77 billion) ‘green’ loan from four Saudi banks for 16 new hotels, Chief … Read More

Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that Israel is committing the crime of “apartheid” by seeking to maintain Jewish “domination” over Palestinians and its own Arab population, an explosive allegation fiercely … Read More

Egyptian officials say the Palestinian Authority plans to call off its first elections in 15 years, citing Israel’s refusal to allow voting in east Jerusalem.

American and Iranian warships had a tense encounter in the Gulf earlier this month, the first such incident in about a year amid wider turmoil in the region over Tehran’s … Read More

Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai is set to resume his mediation attempts aimed at speeding up the formation of a new government desperately needed to rescue Lebanon from total economic … Read More

Lebanon registered 29 more coronavirus deaths and 642 new cases, the Health Ministry said Monday.