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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 476

Hashem Osseiran

COP28 UAE President-Designate visits award-winning Kenyan fintech leader M-KOPA on the sidelines of Africa Energy Forum. (AETOSWire via AP)
August 1, 2023, 7:58 pm
UAE to allow climate activists to assemble at COP28 amid ban on unauthorized protests
Abu Dhabi says it will enable protesters to assemble ‘peacefully and make their voices heard,’ earning praise from Climate Action Network International
By Hashem Osseiran
Fighters loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government take part in a parade during a graduation ceremony of officers and the completion of specialized military courses, in the country's northeastern province of Marib, on March 17, 2023. (Photo by - / AFP)
March 26, 2023, 6:50 am
‘Stuck in a swamp’: With Iran detente, Saudi Arabia seeks exit from Yemen war
Analysts say that after 8-year campaign against Houthi rebels, Riyadh wants to ‘wash its hands’ of the situation to focus on ambitious rebranding effort aimed at drawing tourists
By Hashem Osseiran
Ahmed al-Mansoori, director of the "Crossroads of Civilizations Museum", shows visitors around the Holocaust Gallery at the facility in Dubai on January 11, 2023. (Karim SAHIB / AFP)
January 24, 2023, 6:16 am
UAE embrace of Holocaust education breaks barriers but faces old prejudices, denial
Guest book at Arab world’s only permanent exhibit on the mass murder of 6 million Jews replete with anti-Israel comments, illustrating uphill battle to change perceptions in region
By Hashem Osseiran
Illustrative: In this file photo taken on September 7, 2022 US soldiers walk during a joint military exercise between forces of the US-led "Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve" coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group and members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the countryside of the Syrian town of al-Malikiya. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
October 6, 2022, 11:33 pm
US army says it took out ‘senior’ Islamic State jihadist in northeast Syria
CENTCOM spokesperson says soldiers targeted Rakkan Wahid al-Shammari, known for facilitating smuggling of weapons and fighters
By Hashem Osseiran
Map showing Israel-Lebanon maritime border claims. (AFP News Agency)
October 6, 2022, 10:11 am
Lebanon years away from gas riches even if it closes border deal with Israel
Country wracked by political turmoil and financial chaos still has no proven gas reserves and likely would be able to pump any it discovers only in 5-6 years
By Hashem Osseiran
The glass facade of a bank in the Lebanese capital Beirut is broken, after a woman stormed it demanding access to her sister's deposits to allegedly pay for her hospital fees, on September 14, 2022. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
September 14, 2022, 6:36 pm
In crisis-hit Lebanon, woman robs bank for own savings to treat sister’s cancer
Many cheer Sali Hafiz, who says she used toy gun to take $13,000 of her family’s deposits before escaping
By Hashem Osseiran
Araz Basmajian, queer activist and Community Development Officer at the Lebanon-based Helem association -- considered the preeminent Arab group defending LGBTQ rights -- displays a poster promoting equal rights during an interview at Helem's headquarters in Lebanon's capital Beirut on June 29, 2022. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
July 7, 2022, 9:55 am
‘Scary to be queer’: Activists harassed, events scrapped in Lebanon LGBTQ crackdown
Interior Ministry instructs security forces to clamp down on events ‘promoting sexual perversion’; community lost many of its spaces in Beirut port explosion
By Hashem Osseiran
Medics wait on the pier as soldiers search for survivors off the coast of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on April 24, 2022, after an overloaded migrant boat capsized off north Lebanon during a chase by naval forces. (Fathi AL-MASRI / AFP)
April 24, 2022, 7:10 pm
At least 6, including little girl, dead after migrant ship capsizes off Lebanon
Accident not the first of its kind for crisis-hit country, as growing number attempt escape by sea to better future, given rising poverty and unemployment rates
By Ibrahim Chalhoub and Hashem Osseiran
In this undated file photo, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy to Iraq, in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant website via AP, File)
March 10, 2022, 10:04 pm
Islamic State terror group names new leader, confirms death of predecessor
IS personnel ‘pledge allegiance’ to largely unknown Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi and acknowledge death of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi for first time since US op that killed him
By Hashem Osseiran
Lebanese would-be-migrant Bilal Moussa, 34, smokes a cigarette by the sea in Tripoli north of Beirut on December 9, 2021. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
January 11, 2022, 10:23 am
Lebanese seek escape from economic crisis via perilous sea smuggler trip to Europe
UN’s refugee agency says at least 1,570 individuals, including 186 Lebanese nationals, embarked on illicit journey or tried to leave country in smuggler boats during 2021
By Hashem Osseiran
In this August 5, 2020 photo, a drone picture shows the destruction after an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla/File)
September 27, 2021, 7:23 pm
Probe of Beirut port blast suspended for 2nd time; families allege obstruction
Judge, who has reportedly been threatened by Hezbollah, pauses investigation after complaint by ex-minister suspected of negligence before deadly explosion
By Hashem Osseiran
Fire burning in the aftermath of a fuel tanker explosion in Lebanon early on August 15, 2021 (screenshot: Twitter)
August 15, 2021, 5:18 am
At least 20 killed in north Lebanon fuel truck explosion
Red Cross says 79 people injured in blast, whose cause is not immediately clear
By Hashem Osseiran
Supporters of Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, who stepped down saying he was unable to form a government, hurl stones at a Lebanese armored personnel carrier (unseen) in the capital Beirut on July 15, 2021. (AFP)
July 16, 2021, 11:18 pm
Lebanon in freefall as France announces aid conference on port blast anniversary
Protests flare in Tripoli, sparking clashes with army that Lebanese Red Cross says left at least 19 people wounded; Lebanese pound plunges to new lows on black market
By Hashem Osseiran
Activists from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community in Lebanon shout slogans and hold up a rainbow flags as they march in which they are calling on the government for more rights in the country gripped by economic and financial crisis during ongoing protests in Beirut, Lebanon, June 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
May 18, 2021, 10:01 am
Taboo-breaking Arab podcasts shatter silence surrounding sexuality
Hundreds of thousands of people listen to programs that are providing reliable and relatable content
By Hashem Osseiran
A painting hangs on the wall of a heavily damaged room in the Sursock Palace after the explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 8, 2020 (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
August 12, 2020, 8:23 am
Port blast leaves old Beirut’s heritage gems in ruins
Buildings already pockmarked and made frail by Lebanon’s devastating 1975-1990 civil war are damaged beyond repair, while others need urgent reconstruction before the winter rains
By Hashem Osseiran
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