Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76. Anderson, who chronicled his abduction and torturous imprisonment by Islamic militants in his best-selling 1993 memoir “Den of Lions,” …
Beirut, Lebanon – Abbas Baalbaki, an environmental chemistry researcher at the American University in Beirut (AUB), has been looking at white phosphorous dropped by Israel onto Lebanese soil for nearly six months. Then, one day, a sample he and a colleague were looking at burst into flames. That should not have happened. The samples had …
Japan and Australia strode towards the next stage of Asian qualifying for the 2026 World Cup but South Korea dropped points despite leading through talisman Son Heung-min. Later, Iran thrashed Turkmenistan, Asian champions Qatar beat Kuwait and Saudi Arabia won against Tajikistan as the Middle East’s heavyweights remained unbeaten. And Palestine, their supporters in Gaza …
The series of attacks revives fears that the war in Gaza could escalate across the region. Tensions have escalated as Hezbollah and Israel exchanged strikes on the Israel-Lebanon border. The Iran-aligned Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it had fired a “large volley” at the Meron base in northern Israel. Shortly afterwards, Israeli strikes were reported …
An Israeli attack on the Syrian capital of Damascus on Saturday destroyed a residential building where Iran-aligned paramilitary leaders were meeting. Precision-targeted Israeli missiles destroyed a multi-story building in the western Damascus neighborhood of Mazzeh, Reuters reported. The structure was occupied by Iranian advisers assisting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s administration, according to the report. The …
He said afterwards his players had felt “stress”, raising questions over the mental condition of a squad who sat through a documentary about disgraced former head coach Li Tie last week, and who play under huge expectation from supporters at home. “I am fighting as a coach, this is a challenge for me,” Jankovic said. …
Victory over Lebanon on Wednesday would all but guarantee China’s progression to the knockout stages for the third successive Asian competition. Tajikistan, meanwhile, will, surely, fancy giving hosts Qatar a run for their money on the same day, following a courageous, progressive performance at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha. A goalless draw leaves both …
Qatar began their AFC Asian Cup title defence by beating a limited Lebanon team 3-0 in front of 82,490 largely happy souls at the mammoth Lusail Stadium. The hosts will need significant improvement to repeat their surprise 2019 success, however, and faster and more ambitious teams than the Lebanese would feast on some of the …
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Friday that the group will “inevitably” respond to the assassination of Hamas’s deputy political leader in Beirut this week, saying it “cannot remain silent” to such an incursion on Lebanese territory. Issued on: 05/01/2024 – 21:29 3 min “The response is inevitably coming. We cannot remain silent on …
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. On October 7, Hamas fighters launched a bloody attack against Israel, using paragliders, speedboats and underground tunnels to carry out an offensive that killed almost 1,200 people and saw hundreds more taken back to the Gaza Strip as prisoners. Almost three months on, Israel’s …