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Security & Justice
Captured Hezbollah Operative May Have Been Israeli Double Agent, Report Suggests
The alleged senior Hezbollah operative abducted by Israeli special forces last week in Batroun may have been operating as a double agent, according to a report by The Telegraph.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Lebanon’s Probe into Israeli Raid Expected to Take Days as Security Officials Weigh Theories
Lebanese authorities are ramping up investigations into an Israeli commando raid last week in the northern coastal city of Batroun, during which Imad Amhaz, a Hezbollah official, was snatched.
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
Wednesday 28 September 2022 18:32:36
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Named Prime Minister
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued a royal decree on Tuesday, appointing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom’s new Prime Minister.
The appointment comes as part of a cabinet reshuffle.
Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who has been serving as the vice minister of defense was appointed as the new defense minister. Yousef bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Benyan was named education minister, taking over the reins from Dr. Hamad bin Mohammad Al Al-Sheikh.
The new defense and education ministers took their oaths in front of King Salman, a video posted by the Saudi Press Agency on Twitter showed.
Interior minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has also retained his position. Meanwhile, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz will remain as the minister of energy. Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz and Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal will retain their posts as minister of state and minister of foreign affairs respectively.
Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Jadaan will also continue as finance minister.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council congratulated Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman on his appointment as prime minister.