Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks to his supporters who rallied outside his residence in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. Hariri returned to Lebanon a day earlier and in a surprise decision, said he was putting his resignation on hold responding to a request from the president ...
Saad Hariri returned to Lebanon late Tuesday for the first time since he stunned his country by announcing from Saudi Arabia that he was quitting as prime minister more than two weeks ago. and Washington, who were left without one of their chief partners in a region swirling in conflict. by ...
In this Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 file photo, released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi diplomacy is not having a good day and the kingdom’s bullish ...
Presidents Erdogan of Turkey, Putin of Russia and Rouhani of Iran meet in Sochi/ Presidents Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Vladimir Putin of Russia and Hassan Rouhani of Iran meet in Sochi, Russia, November 22, 2017. Kayhan Ozer/Turkish Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS/ SOCHI, Russia/RIYADH ...
TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that the imminent summit with his Russian and Turkish counterparts in Sochi of Russia should pave the way for a subsequent Syrian national dialogue congress about the future of the Arab state, Tasnim news agency reported ...
Hariri is seen at Beirut's international airport in Beirut/ Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister from Saudi Arabia, is seen at Beirut's international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/ BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saad al-Hariri ...
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (R) is greeted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi upon his arrival in Cairo (AFP Photo/)/ Beirut (AFP) - Lebanon's prime minister Saad Hariri returned to his home country late Tuesday, on the eve of its independence day and after a nearly three-week ...
Russia, Iran, and Turkey have agreed to organize a "congress" involving Syrian government and opposition forces in an effort to end the Middle East country's six-year civil war, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 22. Putin made the comments at the end of trilateral peace talks ...
And there’s no indication that, despite Mohammed bin Salman’s bold moves, Saudi Arabia stands a chance of turning the tide./ Saudi Arabia appears to be on a warpath across the Middle East. The Saudi-orchestrated resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Saudi officials’ bellicose ...
TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday the Islamic Republic is seeking cooperation and not competition in the region. Rouhani made the remarks in a trilateral meeting on Syria in Sochi, Russia, with his Russian and Turkish counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip ...
On Nov. 19, Arab foreign ministers gathered in Cairo for an hours-long gripe session against Iran and its ally, Hezbollah. The Arab leaders accused Tehran and the Lebanese Shi’ite movement of destabilizing the Middle East, but they fell short of agreeing on concrete action./ Posters showing Saad ...
Lebanon's army chief told his soldiers on Tuesday to be extra vigilant to prevent unrest during political turmoil after the prime minister quit, and accused Israel of "aggressive" intentions across the southern frontier. Troops should be ready to "thwart any attempt to exploit the current ...
Representatives of the Syrian opposition and independent figures continued on Tuesday their consultations ahead of the Riyadh-hosted Syrian opposition meeting that got underway on Wednesday. The consultations over the past two days focused on “rejecting regional and international meddling, ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described the trilateral summits scheduled to take place on Wednesday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as “very important”. “Today a very important meeting will be held in Russia’s Sochi in the level of presidents of the three countries of Iran, Russia and ...
Israel has intensified its offensive on Gaza in recent days/ At least 38 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip during a half-hour period overnight, according to Palestinian medics. Israeli warplanes struck several locations, including a school in ...
Aid lorries were photographed arriving at the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing with southern Gaza on Monday morning/ Israel says it has allowed five UN lorries carrying humanitarian aid, including baby food, into the Gaza Strip after 11 weeks of blockade. The UN's humanitarian chief ...
Britain and Iran have summoned each other's envoys after three Iranians were charged with spying in the UK. Three Iranian men were arrested on 3 May and appeared in court in London on Saturday on charges of spying for the Islamic republic. Iran's IRNA news agency said the British charge ...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has ordered residents of Khan Younis to evacuate as it prepares to launch an "unprecedented attack". People were ordered to move towards al-Mawasi in the west of the strip, in one of the largest evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military in recent months. An ...
An injured man transported to Kamal Adwan Hospital/ Israeli forces have besieged a hospital in northern Gaza as they continue an offensive to seize territory in the Strip, the Hamas-run health ministry has said. Medical staff and patients at the Indonesian Hospital, in Beit Lahia, came under ...
A man carries a child to the hospital following Israel's fresh offensive in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip/ Hamas has proposed releasing more hostages under a new Gaza ceasefire deal, after new negotiations were launched on Saturday. The talks began hours after Israel's military launched a ...
"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." So supposedly said the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The diplomatic whirlwind that has surrounded US President Donald Trump this week suggests the old Bolshevik might have been onto ...
year-old Ismail said while waiting for food in Gaza/ As crowds gathered at a food distribution point in northern Gaza, six-year-old Ismail Abu Odeh fought his way to the front. His bowl was filled with lentils, but as he made his way back, it was knocked out of his hands. He returned to his ...
Rushdi Abualouf, Cairo; Yolande Knell, Jerusalem; Mallory Moench, London/ A mourner reacts during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes at the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia/ Nearly 100 people, including children, have been killed in a large-scale Israeli ground, air and sea ...
Yuval Raphael told the BBC she had practised singing to the sound of people booing to prepare for Eurovision/ Israel has qualified for Eurovision's grand final on Saturday, hours after protesters tried to disrupt the country's dress rehearsal. Yuval Raphael, 24, was performing New Day Will Rise ...