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Most business activities in Beirut came to a standstill on Friday as opposition gunmen took control of neighborhoods in West Beirut after two days of fighting. Many businesses remained closed, amid fears that fighting could erupt again. Few citizens ventured out of their homes in the early...
The warring political camps in Lebanon agreed Thursday to hold renewed talks in a deal negotiated by Arab diplomats that reopened the country's airport and appeared to end a week of bloody political crisis. The government, supported by the West and Saudi Arabia, had already backed down from two...
The United States said Thursday that it will continue to support the Lebanese government after the Hezbollah-led opposition and the Lebanese government reached a deal to end violence. "Our view is, along with others, not only in the region, but around the world, is that we are going to continue...
Jenny McCartney reviews the lastest cinema releases Smart People (15) You might imagine from the title of Noam Murro's Smart People that it promised a spell in the modern equivalent of the Algonquin Hotel, watching the wisecracks coolly bouncing off the dry Martinis - or, at the very least, a...
ARAB League mediators announced a deal yesterday to end Lebanon's worst internal fighting since the civil war, after the US-supported government backed down in its conflict with Hezbollah. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani, the Qatari prime minister, also summoned Lebanon's government and...
