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MP Hariri calls for better conditions for women
SIDON, Lebanon: MP Bahia Hariri expressed her concerns over the conditions of women in Lebanon and the region during a Mother’s Day event Tuesday at her residence in Majdalyoun in Sidon. “What we need right now is a…
Higher Islamic Council to meet over assaults
BEIRUT: The deputy head of the Higher Islamic Council, former minister Omar Miskawi, will chair a special council session Wednesday to study measures to prevent strife after an assault that targeted four Muslim sheikhs in Beirut took Sunday. A statem...…
Labor minister launches forum to help child workers
BEIRUT: Labor Minister Salim Jreissati announced a new initiative to help child workers Tuesday after meeting with underage laborers and rights advocates at his ministry. Jreissati said his work was dedicated to children and he would work to get thei...…
Diab: Official exams will be postponed
BEIRUT: Education Minister Hassan Diab said that official exams would inevitably be postponed, given the ongoing teachers’ strike, adding that the ministry would strategize on how to minimize the delay. While teachers, students and their parents ar...…
Iran releases ex-president’s daughter
The Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A lawyer for the daughter of influential Iranian ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says she has been freed from jail after serving a six-month sentence on charges of making propaganda against the ruling s...…
Iran protests Saudi diplomat’s deadly ‘drink driving’
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran said Tuesday it has protested to the Saudi embassy about a deadly accident involving one of its diplomats who reports alleged had been "drink driving" when he crashed his vehicle into another.The unnamed diplomat "had violated…
Saudi Arrests 18 Spies including Lebanese, Iranian
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية by Naharnet Newsdesk 19 March 2013, 19:33 …
Syria attacks involved chemical weapons, rebels and regime claim
Medics attend to a man at a hospital in Khan al-Assal in the northern Aleppo province, following the attacks that both side claim involved…
Army Detonates Obsolete Hand Grenade in Hadath
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية by Naharnet Newsdesk 19 March 2013, 19:06 …
Khamenei mobilizes loyalists to swing Iran’s election
By Marcus GeorgeDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader may have helped Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to win two presidential elections, but he is now bent on stopping his turbulent protege from levering his own man into the job.Time was when even reformist…
U.S. Welcomes Election of Syrian Rebel PM while Russia Expresses ‘Deep Regret’
The United States on Tuesday welcomed the election of a long-time Texas resident as the Syrian rebel prime minister, voicing hopes he can foster "unity and cohesion among the opposition”, as Russia expressed that it “deeply…
Kerry in Israel on Eve of Obama Visit
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel Tuesday and was expected to attend some meetings a day ahead of President Barack Obama's milestone visit, U.S. officials said. "The secretary is in Israel, in advance of…
Iran ex-President’s Daughter Freed from Jail
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية by Naharnet Newsdesk 19 March 2013, 17:50 …
U.S. Has ‘Limited’ Ability to Monitor ‘Iran, Hizbullah Activities in Latin America’
A top general said on Tuesday that the United States' military has "limited intelligence capabilities to monitor Hizbullah and Iran's activities in Latin America”. “Our abilities may prevent our full awareness of all Iranian and Hizbullah act...…
Iraq turns blind eye to Iran arms flights to Syria: US
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Baghdad is "looking the other way" as Iran sends military equipment through Iraqi airspace to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime amid the ongoing conflict in Syria, a US official said.The official, who spoke on condition of a...…
Syria condemns rebels’ ‘chemical weapon attack’ – video
Syria's information minister, Omran al-Zoabi, says Syrian rebels fired rockets containing chemical agents on Tuesday. He says the attack breaches…
Mustaqbal Calls for Referring Attacks on Clerics to Judicial Council
Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday called for referring Sunday's attacks on Muslim clerics in Beirut and Shiyyah to the Judicial Council, describing them as “a crime that jeopardizes civil peace.” “The bloc condemns the attacks on t...…
Use of chemical weapons in Syria internationalises conflict
4:10PM GMT 19 Mar 2013 The Syrian regime has accused rebel fighters of firing a chemical weapon at a town in the north of the country, in an attack which, ...…
Gasoline Bottle Set on Fire on Dar al-Fatwa Parking Wall
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية by Naharnet Newsdesk 19 March 2013, 16:02 …
Gunmen Clash with Tunisian Security Forces
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية by Naharnet Newsdesk 19 March 2013, 15:27 …
Syria state TV airs footage of ‘chemical attack victims’
3:14PM GMT 19 Mar 2013 Syria’s regime accused rebel fighters of firing a chemical weapon at a town in the country’s north, hours after the opposi...…
Aoun: I Will Not Accept Alternative to Orthodox Law, I Wasn’t Informed of Any Rome Agreement
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun rejected on Tuesday any possible alternative to the Orthodox Gathering parliamentary electoral law, saying that the rights of Christians in Lebanon are being usurped. He said after the Change and…
RHIA Disrupts 13 Flights Thursday in Solidarity with SCC Strike
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية by Naharnet Newsdesk 19 March 2013, 14:54 …
RHIA Suspends 13 Flights Thursday in Solidarity with SCC Strike
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية by Naharnet Newsdesk 19 March 2013, 14:54 …
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