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 ...
Traffic congestion has made leaving Tehran difficult as large numbers of people attempt to flee/ Many Iranians have reacted with fear and dismay at Donald Trump's instruction to "immediately evacuate Tehran". The capital's almost 10 million residents have now been left to decide whether to ...
President Trump's comments on the Israel-Iran conflict have veered from full throated support for Israel's strikes to strongly distancing himself from them, and back again. His ambiguity has added to the sense of uncertainty as the fighting itself escalates - as has his departure from the G7 in ...
Footage shows explosions and damaged buildings ablaze in Iran's capital Tehran/ Israel and Iran exchanged strikes overnight into Monday, as fighting between the two countries entered its fourth day. The conflict began on Friday when Israel attacked nuclear and military sites in Iran. Iran ...
"Stuck". That is the word most people who have spoken to the BBC use to describe life in Iran right now. After three days of Israeli attacks, "everyone is trying to escape" Tehran "one way or another," one resident told BBC News Persian. On Sunday, long queues formed at petrol stations across ...
The man accused of being responsible for holding the missing American journalist Austin Tice has claimed that ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered his execution, security sources have told the BBC. Major General Bassam Al Hassan is a former commander in the Republican Guards who was ...
Two people were killed when a missile hit Rishon LeZion early on Saturday/ As sirens rang out across Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning, Ifat Benhaim and her family ran into their basement. "We closed the door, and suddenly there was such a big boom," she says. "I thought all the ...
Shifa hospital in Gaza City said 12 people were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for a convoy of aid lorries on the coastal road/ At least 15 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire as they gathered near an aid distribution centre in central Gaza, hospitals say. Officials at al-Aqsa ...
Friday night saw Israel and Iran exchange a barrage of air strikes/ For now the fighting between Israel and Iran seems restricted to the two nations. At the United Nations and elsewhere there have been widespread calls for restraint. But what if they fall on deaf ears? What if the fighting ...
Some Israeli attacks hit populated areas in Tehran and other places/ Beyond Israel's stated goal of destroying what it calls an existential threat from Iran's nuclear capabilities with its attacks on Friday, Benjamin Netanyahu has a wider aim - regime change in Tehran. Under this scenario, he ...
Iranian state media says 78 people were killed in the capital alone and more than 300 injured/ The Iranian regime remains deeply unpopular, and many citizens have shown little sympathy for the assassination of senior military commanders, figures widely seen as responsible for brutal crackdowns ...