or to where. Laughter and cheer filled Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport on Nov. 19. The women from Sierra Leone arrived in groups, dragging suitcases and sharing hugs. Some danced in celebration for their long-awaited flight. “It wasn’t easy in Lebanon,” said Amanata Thullah ...
Wary Lebanese Quietly Return as Militias Disarm Exiles Flood Beirut Airport, but Not without Booking a Flight OutOUTSIDE the magnificent Roman ruins at Baalbak in the Bekaa Valley, tourist camels with gaudy trappings grunt and sway as guides tout for custom.Jim Muir...
Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani announced a few days before the Arab economic summit in Beirut that Doha sees no need to re-open its embassy in Damascus, as there are no "encouraging" signs to normalize ties with the Syrian government. Meanwhile, Lebanese Parliament'...
He said he’d explained Tokyo’s views on Ghosn’s flight from Japan and was “able to gain understanding of the Lebanese government.” He said Tokyo and Beirut have “agreed to cooperate with each other,” but did not elaborate on the extent of that cooperation. On Friday, Japan’s Jus...
With a couple of suitcases in tow, Nadia and Saiman finally made it to Masnaa on the Lebanese side of the border on Wednesday afternoon. They were headed to Beirut to board a flight to Germany. Ad Feedback Thefall of Syria’s longtime dictator Bashar al-Assadover the weekend triggered a...
With a couple of suitcases in tow, Nadia and Saiman finally made it to Masnaa on the Lebanese side of the border on Wednesday afternoon. They were headed to Beirut to board a flight to Germany. Ad Feedback Thefall of Syria’s longtime dictator Bashar al-Assadover the weekend triggered a...
With a couple of suitcases in tow, Nadia and Saiman finally made it to Masnaa on the Lebanese side of the border on Wednesday afternoon. They were headed to Beirut to board a flight to Germany. Ad Feedback Thefall of Syria’s longtime dictator Bashar al-Assado...