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In this July 13, 2012, photo, Lebanese diva Elissa, whose real name is Elissar Khoury, one of the best known and highest-selling female artists in the Arab world, poses for photographers, in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo)
August 11, 2018, 11:52 pm
Lebanese diva breaks taboo with clip announcing cancer fight
Elissa gets overwhelming response for publicizing battle with breast cancer in a part of the world where the illness is rarely discussed in public
By Zeina Karam
Illustrative - The Damascus sky lights up missile fire, as the US launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the capital, early Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
August 11, 2018, 2:49 am
Syrian air defense systems said activated against ‘hostile target’
Unidentified aircraft reportedly penetrates country's airspace west of Damascus
By TOI staff
A worker cultivates plants at a cannabis plantation in the village of Yammouneh in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley on July 23, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID)
August 1, 2018, 8:47 am
Lebanon’s cannabis farmers fear going legal may hit profits
Remote Yammouneh is blanketed in marijuana plants which provides illegal drugs to Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey, and even Israel
By Rouba El Husseini
File photo of Lebanese army special forces marching during a military parade to mark the 74th anniversary of Lebanon's independence from France in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, November 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
July 30, 2018, 1:24 pm
Lebanon arrests senior army officer for collaboration with Israel — report
Man jailed on suspicion of removing records of people wanted for working for Israel, freeing prisoners for bribes
By TOI staff
IDF Arabic Spokesman Avichai Adraee. (Screen capture/YouTube)
July 25, 2018, 2:13 am
Lebanese man indicted for contacting Israeli army personnel — report
Local media says defendant accused of offering information to IDF's Arabic spokesman, another soldier, though his overtures were ignored
By TOI staff
In this illustrative picture taken Sunday, May 13, 2018, Elias, 24, who goes by the stage name of Melanie Coxxx, right, performs during a Sunday drag queen show, called the drag ball, during Beirut Pride week, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
July 19, 2018, 6:11 pm
Activists hail Lebanon ruling that could protect gay rights
Appeals court decides that penal code saying sexual relations 'against nature' are outlawed does not apply to private consensual acts
By AFP
Ziad Itani, a Lebanese stage actor, who was indicted on charges of collaborating with Israel and drug possession, is carried by his neighbors and relatives after he was released by Lebanese authorities, at his house, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
July 16, 2018, 9:19 am
Watchdog group says Lebanese actor, framed with spying for Israel, was tortured
Human Rights Watch publishes details of Ziad Itani's detention, during which it says he was beaten until he confessed to a crime he didn't commit
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a hacker in action (BeeBright; iStock by Getty Images)
July 6, 2018, 11:45 am
Lebanon said hit by largest hack in its history
Lebanese hackers reportedly steal vast amount of data from government, corporations, and even security forces, then sell it to unknown parties
By TOI staff
Syrian refugees gather in their vehicles getting ready to cross into Syria from the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon, Thursday, June 28, 2018. Dozens of Syrian refugees in Lebanon have started to cross the border, going back home to war-torn Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
June 30, 2018, 11:35 am
Hundreds of Syrians leave Lebanon for long-awaited reunions
UN agency warns that government program to repatriate refugees back to war-torn country is premature
By Bassem Mroue
Illustrative image of a tank flying the Hezbollah terror group's flag seen in the Qara area in Syria's Qalamoun region on August 28, 2017 (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)
June 21, 2018, 9:07 pm
Monitor group: Hezbollah is pulling back from Israel-Syria border, Iran isn’t
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Iranian-backed terror group withdrawing to positions 40 kilometers from boundary at Russian request, but Iran refusing to do the same
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Jamal Hilal, a 28-year-old Lebanese freediver, holds a speargun as he starts to dive off of the coast of Qalamun in northern Lebanon, on March 4, 2018, in a bid to promote regulated spearfishing and raise awareness against fast-depleting aquatic wildlife. (AFP PHOTO / IBRAHIM CHALHOUB)
June 2, 2018, 9:16 am
Lebanon’s spearfishers fight to preserve stocks
Growing number of amateur fishermen joining effort to raise awareness for fast-depleting aquatic wildlife in Mediterranean
By Ibrahim Chalhoub
Mohammed, a Lebanese roaming barber, better known as "Abo Tawila," rides his bicycle on the outskirts of the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Barjaneh, south of the capital Beirut on May 29, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID)
May 30, 2018, 2:06 pm
Beirut’s dapper barber-on-a-bike offers curbside cuts
Inspired by vendors who once roamed the streets of the Lebanese capital, Abo Tawila hits the tarmac every night in vintage duds looking for customers
By AFP
Ziad Itani, a Lebanese stage actor who was indicted on charges of collaborating with Israel and drug possession, sends kisses to his supporters after he was released by Lebanese authorities, at his house, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 29, 2018, 7:03 pm
Lebanon charges officer for framing actor as spy for Israel
Lieutenant Colonel Suzanne Hajj indicted for fabricating case of collaboration with Israel against Ziad Itani as part of revenge plot
By AFP
An Israel Air Force F-16, December 31, 2015. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90/File)
May 28, 2018, 9:45 pm
Moscow: Reports Israeli jets intercepted over Lebanon are ‘amateur nonsense’
After its warplanes said to confront F-16s, Russia's Defense Ministry says it doesn't operate in Lebanese airspace
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
A Russian air force technician reports to a pilot that a Su-34 bomber is ready for a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase in Syria on January 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov)
May 28, 2018, 12:36 pm
In rare face-off, Russian jets reportedly intercept Israeli planes over Lebanon
SU-34 planes said to have challenged IAF F-16s in Tripoli's skies despite mechanism to avoid conflicts between Moscow and Jerusalem
By TOI staff
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