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Lebanese Army seizes 64 million captagon pills in major drug bust
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Naharnet
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by Naharnet Newsdesk 17 September 2025, 17:35 The Lebanese Army said on Wednesday that it has seized 64 million captagon pills in the country's east in one of the largest operations against the illicit stimulant in the country. Lebanon has faced...
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The Big Bang in the Middle East, New Peace Agreements Changing the Rules of the Game: Saudi Arabia, Syria and Lebanon
A Quiet Breakthrough Beneath the Surface Amid wars, demonstrations, and the loud headlines about Gaza, Qatar, and Iran, a complex and dramatic peace plan is quietly taking shape. The President of Syria recently admitted that Damascus is “one step...
Owner: Roger Agambire Agana
Ground broken for $100M Sales and Distribution Center in Lebanon
Ground has been broken for a sales and distribution facility in South Lebanon. ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC held a ceremony marking the event. ACCB Harrisburg RE, LLC a subsidy of ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages will invest more than $100 million in...
Owner: Russ Roenick & Ken Firtel
Michael Cheika on playing at Dubai Sevens and honouring his Lebanese roots
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The National News
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It takes a special kind of talent to drop in and coach a side in a World Cup in one sport, having achieved almost all there is to while coaching in another. Happily, Michael Cheika is adept at multitasking. After all, he did build a multimillion...
Owner: United Arab Emirates Government
Lebanese artist Maral Dir Bogosian on capturing Beirut's essence
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Al Majalla
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A Lebanese artist of Armenian descent, Maral Dir Bogosian, began her artistic journey in Beirut—a city in perpetual transformation, constantly shifting yet weighed down by crises. Painting her city has both preserved memory and transcended the...
Owner: Saudi Government
asia A year on, Lebanese maimed in Israel's pager attacks on long road to recovery
BEIRUT — Zainab Mustarah once spent her days running an events planning firm in Beirut. But for the last year, she has been in and out of surgery to save the remnants of her right hand and both eyes, maimed when Israel detonated booby-trapped...
Owner: Wee Chye (Melvin) Ang & SPH Media Trust
A year on, Lebanese maimed in pager attacks on road to recovery
Victims of Zionist entity’s exploding pagers, walkie-talkies still undergoing surgery BEIRUT: Zainab Mustarah once spent her days running an events planning firm in Beirut. But for the last year, she has been in and out of surgery to save the...
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Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: September 8–14, 2025
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between September 8 and September 14, 2025. The number of activities this week remained relatively low, in line with a pattern over recent weeks....
Owner: Foundation For The Defense Of Democracies Inc & Public Multimedia Inc
Beirut port cargo volume jumps in July 2025
Posted on September 16, 2025 Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) September 16, 2025 — Cargo throughput at the Port of Beirut rose sharply in July 2025, reaching 766,000 tons, up from 558,000 tons in July 2024 – an increase of 208 ,000 tons or 37 %. The...
Owner: Nikola Antonov
One Year On, Lebanese Survivors Of Israel’s Pager Attack Fight For Recovery
Home west asia Israel One Year On, Lebanese Survivors Of Israel’s Pager Attack Fight For Recovery On September 17, 2024, thousands of pagers held by Hezbollah members detonated simultaneously, followed the next day by the explosion of...
Owner: Nitin A. Gokhale
Arrest in Bulgaria reignites calls for accountability in Beirut blast case
The arrest of Igor Grechushkin in Bulgaria earlier this month has breathed new life into the long-stalled investigation into the devastating 2020 Beirut port explosion, one of the deadliest non-nuclear blasts in modern history. For years,...
Owner: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Drake goes to Berghain, listens to ‘industrial techno for three hours’
Drake paid a visit to Berghain this past weekend, according to GORDO. The producer formerly known as Carnage took to Instagram this week to reveal that he and the Canadian star had attended the Berlin club. He wrote: "Would you go to berghain with...
Owner: James Edward Robertson & Martin James Carvell
Israeli drone strike in Baalbek, east Lebanon, kills two citizens
Two people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on the al-Asira neighborhood in Baalbek, marking another violation of Lebanon's sovereignty. Two people were killed in an Israeli strike on the al-Asira neighborhood of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon,...
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Baghdad Unveils 2025–2030 Climate Plan, Zeroes In on Energy, Water, and Agriculture
Iraq kicked off the first phase of its 2025–2030 Climate Investment Plan on Tuesday in Baghdad, directing ministries to channel money into projects that can blunt the country’s mounting heat, drought, and water-stress problems. Unveiled at a...
Owner: Felice Friedson
Cornwall-Lebanon votes to move ahead with Cornwall Elementary paving project
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Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania
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When: Cornwall-Lebanon school board meeting, Sept. 15. What happened: The board ratified a contract with Steckbeck Engineering & Surveying to provide engineering services for the Cornwall Elementary School paving project and authorized the...
Owner: Steinman Family
Lebanon’s president arrives in Doha for emergency Arab-Islamic summit on Israeli attack
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun arrived in Doha to lead Lebanon’s delegation to the emergency Arab-Islamic summit addressing the Israeli attack on Qatar. He was received by several senior Qatari officials, among them the deputy prime minister and...
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A year on, some Lebanese bystanders hurt in Israel’s pager attack still recovering
Zainab Mustarah once spent her days running an events planning firm in Beirut. But for the last year, she has been in and out of surgery to save the remnants of her right hand and both eyes, maimed when Israel detonated booby-trapped pagers in...
Owner: David Horovitz & Seth Klarman
Lebanon says busts int'l drug network, seizes hashish, Captagon
Lebanon has faced pressure from Gulf states to counter the production and trafficking of drugs, particularly the amphetamine-like narcotic Captagon, for which the conservative monarchies are a major market [GETTY] Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad...
Owner: Maayed Ahmed Saleem Dib & Mohammad Muhddin Suleiman Almasri
A year on: Lebanese survivors of pager attacks still recovering
Iranians place carnations and a poster of 9-year-old Fatma Abdullah, who was killed in the attacks, in front of the Lebanese Embassy in Tehran, Iran [Getty] Zainab Mustarah once spent her days running an events planning firm in Beirut. But for the...
Owner: Maayed Ahmed Saleem Dib & Mohammad Muhddin Suleiman Almasri
A year on, Lebanese maimed in Israel’s pager attacks on long road to recovery
By Laila Bassam and Emilie Madi BEIRUT (Reuters) -Zainab Mustarah once spent her days running an events planning firm in Beirut. But for the last year, she has been in and out of surgery to save the remnants of her right hand and both eyes, maimed...
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