by Youssef Diab | Oct 20, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- Five years have passed since the assassination of the head of the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces, Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan, and judicial and security investigations still have no evidence on the identity of the perpetrators and...
by Youssef Diab | Oct 10, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – The Lebanese parliament approved on Monday a series of new taxes to fund the recently announced hike in salaries of public employees. The majority of the taxes are the same ones included in a previous tax law that was rejected by the Constitutional Council....
by Youssef Diab | Oct 8, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – Negotiations between the Jordan government and Syrian opposition factions have intensified in recent days ahead of the reopening of the Nassib border-crossing with Syria. The Jordanian government is working on renovating the crossing ahead of its official...
by Youssef Diab | Oct 4, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – A dispute between owners of power generators in the Lebanese southern city of Sidon escalated on Monday into an armed clash that left two people dead before the army intervened to contain the unrest. The perpetrators were arrested as authorities in the city...
by Youssef Diab | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – A Palestinian detainee in Lebanon, held on terrorism charges, revealed that the ISIS terrorist group had plotted to assassinate Druze leader MP Walid Jumblat, as well as carry out a number of attacks in the country. Imad Yassine told a court where he was...
