Source: People
Security & Justice
Lebanon Receives Interpol Warrant for Syrian Regime's Air Force Intelligence Chief
Lebanon has received an Interpol warrant issued by the United States for the arrest of Jamil Hassan, the former chief of Syria’s Air Force Intelligence Directorate. Judicial sources told Al Arabiya/Al Hadath that the warrant was handed over to Lebanon’s Public Prosecutor, Judge Jamal Al-Hajjar, on Thursday. The judge promptly disseminated it to all relevant security agencies.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Lebanon’s Border Villages Face Renewed Devastation Amid Israeli Withdrawal
The Israeli army withdrew from the southern Lebanese village of Bani Hayyan on Friday morning, two days after entering the area in the Marjayoun district. According to local reports, Israeli forces demolished multiple homes as they retreated.
Friday, December 20, 2024
Opinion
Lebanon After the Assads
The United States has important equities in Lebanon, including a desire for a generally friendly government’s economic and political stability; security cooperation; long-standing relations with the large Christian community in Lebanon and Lebanese diaspora in the United States; and ultimately peace between Israel and Lebanon within a broader regional settlement. Achieving these objectives will require navigating a tumultuous period in the country’s history following a war between Hezbollah and Israel that has devastated a large part of the country, exacerbating Lebanon’s already challenging economic conditions. But perhaps the most important dynamic will be how a likely Sunni-dominated state of uncertain composition in Syria will differ in its intentions toward Lebanon from the previous Alawite-led minoritarian Assad regime.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Europe’s Syrian Dilemma
The news of the sudden and unexpected demise of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has met a mixed response in Europe. The jubilation that a murderous dictator and close ally of Russia and Iran has fallen is not just good for the Syrian people but serves as a morale booster for Eastern Europeans wondering whether Russia can be defeated
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Sports
Cristiano Ronaldo Unveils New Private Jet Worth $73 Million
Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the richest global athletes, has unveiled his upgraded private jet reportedly worth $73 million. With its top-notch design, exceptional speed and range of 7500 nautical miles, the Gulfstream G650 is among the fastest jets in the world.
Monday, December 16, 2024
Guardiola Accepts Man City May Need to Sign More Players to Cope with Schedule
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes he will need a bigger squad to handle soccer’s ever-expanding fixture schedule.
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Friday 20 August 2021 14:26:30
Selena Gomez Says Being Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Was a 'Huge Weight Lifted Off'
Selena Gomez is opening up about the sense of relief she felt upon learning she'd been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
The "Lose You to Love Me" singer, 29, graced the cover of ELLE's September issue, and frankly discussed the state of her mental health — including her bipolar disorder, which she first revealed last year.
"I felt a huge weight lifted off me when I found out," she said. "I could take a deep breath and go, 'Okay, that explains so much.'"
Amid a tumultuous stretch that also included a 2014 lupus diagnosis, a kidney transplant, chemotherapy and public heartbreak, Gomez told ELLE that it was her desire to help others that allowed her to keep her strength.
"There were all things that honestly should have taken me down," she said. "Every time I went through something, I was like, 'What else? What else am I going to have to deal with?'"
To power through, Gomez said she told herself, "You're going to help people," and that that sentiment was "really what kept me going."
"There could have been a time when I wasn't strong enough, and would have done something to hurt myself," she added.
The star — who will next appear in the Hulu comedy Only Murders in the Building alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short — has long been open about her battles with anxiety and depression, and revealed her bipolar diagnosis in April 2020 during an episode of Miley Cyrus' Instagram Live show Bright Minded.
"Recently I went to one of the best mental hospitals in America, McLean Hospital, and I discussed that, after years of going through a lot of different things, I realized that I was bipolar," she said at the time. "And so when I go to know more information, it actually helps me. It doesn't scare me once I know it… I wanted to know everything about it, and it took the fear away."
Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder that "causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, concentration, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks," according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Gomez said in recent years, keeping off social media and the negativity that comes with it has helped quell her anxiety, and that she ceded her passwords to her assistant in 2017 and hasn't looked back.
"I'm like, 'I've got to do something [more]. After I'm gone, I want people to remember me for my heart," she told ELLE. "This tiny little phone that had 150 million people on it – I just put it down. That was such a relief for me."
She has also made a push to support mental health causes, and recently launched the Rare Impact Fund along with her cosmetics line Rare Beauty, which is aiming to raise $100 million over the next 10 years to connect people in underserved communities with mental health services.
"I've been a champion for mental health for numerous years and talked very openly about my experiences," she told PEOPLE in December. "I want so much change in that space, and I wanted people of all ages to understand that the mind isn't simple."