BeirutVoice – Voice of Beirut

Streets across the Gaza enclave during Eid al-Fitr would normally fill up with smartly dressed Palestinians sharing sweets and greetings to mark the start of the Muslim holiday.

Like virtually all Palestinian refugees, Wissam al-Ladawi, 38, boils with anger as he feels helpless to support his fellow countrymen in Palestine.

young to middle-aged professionals are leaving – doctors, engineers, pharmacists and bankers, part of the latest wave of emigration in the small country’s modern history.

Torn apart in the deadly chaos of an air raid, a Syrian family of seven has been reunited, against the odds, three years later at a refugee shelter in Greece’s … Read More

Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr in a subdued mood for a second year Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic again forced mosque closings and family separations on the holiday marking the end … Read More

Israel prepared ground troops along the Gaza border on Thursday and Hamas launched rocket barrages at Israel as international calls mounted for an end to the region’s fiercest hostilities in … Read More

Atletico Madrid held their nerve to beat Real Sociedad 2-1 Wednesday and move within touching distance of winning La Liga.

Thomas Tuchel said Chelsea face a “big fight” to finish in the Premier League’s top four after their damaging 1-0 defeat against Arsenal Wednesday.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Thursday said its forces had launched 12 ballistic missiles and drones towards a site belonging to the Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco, Najran airport … Read More

Saudi Arabia has released construction magnate Bakr bin Laden, more than three years after his detention in a purge of the kingdom’s elite that upended his vast business empire, sources … Read More