Source: The National
Security & Justice
Rifaat al-Assad’s Beirut Departure Sparks Scrutiny Over Passport Forgery and Smuggling
Al-Jadeed reports that Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of the ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, departed from Beirut Airport to Dubai last Tuesday at 4:00 PM, accompanied by two individuals aboard a private jet.
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Lebanon Takes Bold Step in Sovereignty: Detaining Rifaat Al-Assad's Family Marks Shift in Policy
The Lebanese judiciary ordered yesterday the arrest of the wife and daughter of Duraid Rifaat Al-Assad after it was revealed that they were carrying forged passports. Both are currently detained by the Lebanese General Security.
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Opinion
2024 Year in Review: Can Lebanon Recover from the Depredations of Israel-Hezbollah War?
On the first day of 2024, the Lebanese militia Hezbollah received an Israeli ultimatum. If it did not immediately retreat from the Israeli-Lebanese border and cease its rocket attacks, a full-scale war was imminent. It was the threat that preceded the storm.
Monday, December 23, 2024
Guns in Lebanon Should Be in the Hands of Its Army Only
Despite the dire economic straits in which their country finds itself, for many in Lebanon $25 not an impossible sum to get together. That is the current asking price for one of the black-market AK-47 assault rifles flooding the troubled country after collapse of the Syrian army. The growing availability of these weapons in a country already awash with guns should alarm everyone who wants to see Lebanon turn a corner on instability, invasion and inertia.
Friday, December 20, 2024
Sports
PSG Beat Monaco But Goalkeeper Injured by Cleat to the Face
Paris Saint-Germain came from behind to extend their unbeaten start to the Ligue 1 season with a 4-2 win away to Monaco on Wednesday but lost goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to a gruesome facial injury.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Mbappé Set to Play for Real Madrid in Intercontinental Cup Final Against Mexico’s Pachuca
Real Madrid meets Mexican club Pachuca in the final of the watered-down Intercontinental Cup on Wednesday, with Kylian Mbappé expected to be available to play for the Spanish powerhouse after nursing a left-thigh injury, The Associated Press reported.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Monday 14 November 2022 15:10:51
Who Is Michael Boulos? Tiffany Trump's Lebanese Husband
Tiffany Trump, 29, the youngest daughter of former US president Donald Trump, married Lebanese business heir Michael Boulos, 25, in a lavish ceremony at her father’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Saturday.
The couple got engaged in January last year and reportedly met on a night out in Mykonos, Greece in 2018.
It has been reported that they met at a party hosted by Dubai resident and actress, Lindsay Lohan, who owned a nightclub in Mykonos.
The couple were photographed publicly for the first time at a Taoray Wang fashion show in New York in September 2018.
By November that year, Boulos was spending Thanksgiving with the Trumps at the former US president's Florida home. He also joined the family for Christmas celebrations in Washington in 2018, which Tiffany shared photos of in January 2019.
Tiffany's mother, Marla Maples, spoke about her affection for her daughter's partner in a 2019 Town & Country interview, saying: "I adore Michael."
Michael Boulos's family
Boulos was born in Lebanon and raised in Nigeria. He was educated at the American International School of Lagos, before moving to England to study at Regent's University London and City, University of London.
He is the son of Lebanese billionaire businessman Massad Boulos, from the village of Kfaraakka, in the north of the country.
Massad runs Boulos Enterprises and SCOA Nigeria, and "trades in vehicles, equipment, retail and construction". Michael's now-deleted LinkedIn listed him as an associate director at SCOA Nigeria.
His mother, Sarah Boulos, runs the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria, or Span, which is a “one-stop destination for performance art, dance, theatre, music and visual arts”.
Michael's brother is actor Fares Boulos, who appeared in a 2017 episode of The Crown as Ken Russell. Fares is married to Alisa Boulos who is currently pregnant; the couple announced in July they are expecting a baby boy.
At the time of Tiffany and Michael's engagement, Massad told the Daily Mail: "It’s great news, it’s been an amazing love story and it will continue to be ... This is just one chapter that they’re starting now on a long journey of hopefully love and prosperity."
