by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 7, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut- Arab satellite operator “Nilesat” staged a decisive walkout against the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah. The operator administration cut the transmission of “Al-Manar”-Hezbollah official media outlet- for reasons it considered private. The broadcasting...
by Nazeer Rida | Apr 14, 2014 | Media
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Mayadeen, a Lebanese pro-Syrian government satellite news channel, has withdrawn its correspondent in Damascus and reduced its coverage of the Syrian conflict in the wake of new restrictions on foreign media by the Syrian government. The...
by Layal Abu Rahal | Dec 18, 2013 | Middle East
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A Hezbollah checkpoint in east Lebanon was the target of a car bombing on Tuesday, the first incident of its kind in the Beqaa region, scene of a number of other recent attacks on targets associated with the organization. The bombing was also...
by Nadine Makarem | Jun 5, 2013 | Media
Beirut/London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Since the outbreak of the uprising against Bashar Al-Assad in Syria in 2011, the divisions between different factions in Lebanon over the crisis in neighboring Syria have been played out through the country’s media outlets. But...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 30, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Speculation is growing that the convening of the international peace conference on the Syrian crisis proposed by the US and Russia, known as “Geneva II,” is increasingly endangered after the latest declarations by both sides in the conflict....
