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First flight lands in Aleppo after 14-year blackout
Shafaq News
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2025-08-02T14:56:33+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Aleppo Reactivating Aleppo International Airport could reconnect the city to regional markets and breathe new life into medical and trade tourism, a local travel agency...
Ziad Rahbani to be laid to rest after Beirut farewell marked by applause and flowers
The National News
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From Beirut’s Hamra district, long considered a backdrop to his work and a hub of Lebanon’s cultural life, Ziad Rahbani began his final journey on Monday morning. The body of the Lebanese composer, who died on Saturday at the age of 69, was...
Why the world is treating the new Syria differently from the new Lebanon, and what Beirut can learn from that
The National News
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The US, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries are pressing ahead to encourage Syria to become a model for much of the Middle East. That involves co-existence with Israel, the containment of extremist movements and engagement with...
Jordan–Syria economic ties enter new phase of cooperation, poised for growth – stakeholder
Zawya
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AMMAN — Economic experts highlighted a growing shift in Jordan’s economic relationship with Syria, marked by greater openness, deeper integration and a renewed commitment to cooperation based on mutual interests. They said that Jordan is...
Access Bank is Best Bank by Euromoney for 2025
Business and Financial Times
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July 28, 2025
Access Bank Ghana has once again been recognized as the Best Bank in Ghana at the 2025 Euromoney Awards for Excellence, reaffirming its industry leadership, consistent innovation, and outstanding service delivery in the Ghanaian banking sector....
Ziad Rahbani to be laid to rest after quiet farewell in Beirut
The National News
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From Beirut’s Hamra district, long considered a backdrop to his work and a hub of Lebanon’s cultural life, Ziad Rahbani began his final journey on Monday morning. The body of the Lebanese composer, who died on Saturday at the age of 69, was...
Travel's not always about Insta-worthy places
The Economic Times
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August 2, 2025
Taking the ferry from Sierra Leone's only international airport to the city centre, once we had reached Freetown, the city did not waste any time pulling us right into its cacophonic madness of sounds, smells, and sweaty heat. An Indian chap we...
Lebanon launches crackdown on fake and smuggled medicines with new tracking app
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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Report by Lara El Hachem, English adaptation by Yasmine Jaroudi In Lebanon's shadowy pharmaceutical market, two major threats put patients' lives at risk: counterfeit drugs and smuggled medicines. While counterfeit medications are manipulated in...
Israel’s threatening shadow over the region: From Gaza and Lebanon to Iran and Turkey
Middle East Monitor
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July 28, 2025
The Middle East, a relentless arena of power struggles, is once again witnessing the emergence of a new and perilous rivalry. While Iran has long been viewed as the epicenter of strategic threats to Israel, today Turkey, with its ambitious ascent...
Beyond the HeadlinesAn investigation into the Beirut explosion
The National News
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In the summer of 2020, Lebanon had already been experiencing some of its worst days, due to a deepening financial crisis and the global pandemic. On August 4, things took a much darker turn. Hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate detonated at the...
US, European Union reach deal on trade
Tribune Chronicle - Ohio
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — The United States and the European Union agreed on Sunday to a trade framework setting a 15% tariff on most goods, staving off — at least for now — far higher imports on both sides that might have sent shock waves through...
An investigation into the Beirut explosion
The National News
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In the summer of 2020, Lebanon had already been experiencing some of its worst days, due to a deepening financial crisis and the global pandemic. On August 4, things took a much darker turn. Hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate detonated at the...
Julius Debrah to grace 15th anniversary of Ghana Entrepreneurs’ Awards
Business and Financial Times
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July 28, 2025
Mr Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff is to grace this year’s 15th anniversary celebration of Ghana Entrepreneurs Awards scheduled for Friday, August 1,2025 as the Special Guest of Honour, other dignitaries billed to grace the occasion include Maher...
Lebanese PM Makes Brief Visit to Paris, Secures French Support
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 25, 2025
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam concluded a short but significant visit to Paris this week, where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron for a working lunch focused on Lebanon’s internal situation and regional developments. Contrary to...
Chief of Staff to Attend Entrepreneurs Awards Ceremony
News Ghana
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July 28, 2025
Mr. Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff, will serve as Special Guest of Honour at the Ghana Entrepreneurs Awards’ 15th anniversary ceremony on August 1, 2025. Diplomatic representatives from Lebanon, Turkey, Barbados, and Malta will join the event...
Where were the cheapest places to fill up on premium gas in cities in Lebanon County in week ending July 19?
Lebanon PA News - Pennsylvania
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July 27, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Lebanon County selling...
Lebanese terrorist convicted of killing Israeli diplomat freed by France after 40 years
The Times of Israel
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July 25, 2025
One of France’s longest-held inmates, the anti-Israel Lebanese terrorist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, was released from prison and was due to be deported on Friday, after more than 40 years behind bars for the killings of two diplomats. At around...
‘Brazil Is Choosing to Leave a Club of Democracies’: Experts Warn of Broader Consequences Behind Lula’s IHRA Withdrawal
Media Line
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August 2, 2025
Brazil’s exit from the Holocaust Remembrance Alliance alarms Jewish leaders and watchdogs, who fear it signals deeper alignment with regimes hostile to democratic norms and Holocaust memory Brazil’s decision to withdraw from the International...
Lebanon's Salam reassured by Macron's 'constant support'
The National News
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said he took reassurance from French President Emmanuel Macron's “commitments to help Lebanon”, after Thursday's meeting in Paris. The first official visit of the international judge turned Lebanese Prime...
Israeli American man arrested in Lebanon, tortured and accused of espionage: 'They openly view Jewish existence as criminal'
Ynet
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July 27, 2025
Dan Brotman, a Jewish graduate student at the London School of Economics (LSE), was arrested in Lebanon and held in prison for six days, during which he was tortured, denied medical treatment and accused of being an Israeli spy. “We’re back to an...