Source: Al Arabiya
Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
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Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Friday 20 January 2023 12:12:57
Messi’s PSG Takes on Ronaldo’s Saudi All-Stars in Riyadh
Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint Germain beat an all-star Saudi team featuring Al Nassr’s newest signing Cristiano Ronaldo by five goals to four at Riyadh’s King Fahd Stadium on Thursday.
Messi scored a goal in the opening three minutes against the Riyadh Season all-stars, which was made up of Al Nassr and Al Hilal players.
Cristiano Ronaldo equalized with a penalty towards the end of the first half after colliding in midair with Paris Saint Germain’s goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
PSG’s Marquinhos brought the score to 2-1 just before the end of the first half. Ronaldo then equalized again in extra time.
Early in the second half, Sergio Ramos scored a third goal for PSG after an assist from Mbappé. Just minutes later, Al Hilal’s Jang Hyun-soo equalized again for the all-stars.
Ronaldo was substituted in the 60th minute after a fourth goal from PSG, along with Messi and Mbappé.
Hugo Ekitiké brought the score to 5-3 for PSG in the 78th. Al-Nassr’s Talisca then scored for the all-stars in the 93rd minute for a final score of 5-4.
Kylian Mbappé also had a goal for PSG in the 24th minute disallowed due to the offside rule.
It was Ronaldo’s first match since signing for Riyadh team Al Nassr at the end of 2022.
Messi was coming off a spectacular FIFA World Cup win, in which his team took victory in penalties from PSG teammate Kylian Mbappé’s French side.
Mbappé played alongside Messi on Thursday in the much anticipated showdown pitting some of the sport’s biggest names against each other.
Celebrities attended the match including Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who was seen greeting players alongside Turki Al Sheikh, the head of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority.
