Lebanese cancer patients face frantic search for medication
QLEIAT, Lebanon (AP) — Saydi Mubarak and her mother share a bond that goes beyond a close mother-daughter relationship: They were both diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago and underwent months of chemotherapy at a Beirut hospital, together facing the anxiety, the hair loss and the uncertainty for the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Lebanese cancer patients face frantic search for medication
QLEIAT, Lebanon (AP) — Saydi Mubarak and her mother share a bond that goes beyond a close mother-daughter relationship: They were both diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago and underwent months of chemotherapy at a Beirut hospital, together facing the anxiety, the hair loss and the uncertainty for the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Lebanese cancer patients face frantic search for medication
QLEIAT, Lebanon (AP) — Saydi Mubarak and her mother share a bond that goes beyond a close mother-daughter relationship: They were both diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago and underwent months of chemotherapy at a Beirut hospital, together facing the anxiety, the hair loss and the uncertainty for the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
As Lebanese cry for justice, politics paralyzes the system
BEIRUT (AP) — Even after she was taken off an investigation into alleged financial crimes by a money transfer company, the defiant Lebanese prosecutor charged ahead. She showed up at the company’s offices outside of Beirut with a group of supporters and a metal worker, who broke open the locked …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
As Lebanese cry for justice, politics paralyzes the system
BEIRUT (AP) — Even after she was taken off an investigation into alleged financial crimes by a money transfer company, the defiant Lebanese prosecutor charged ahead. She showed up at the company’s offices outside of Beirut with a group of supporters and a metal worker, who broke open the locked …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
As Lebanese cry for justice, politics paralyzes the system
BEIRUT (AP) — Even after she was taken off an investigation into alleged financial crimes by a money transfer company, the defiant Lebanese prosecutor charged ahead. She showed up at the company’s offices outside of Beirut with a group of supporters and a metal worker, who broke open the locked …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
EXPLAINER: How US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran
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EXPLAINER: How US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran
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EXPLAINER: How US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran
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COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
EXPLAINER: How US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran
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COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
EXPLAINER: US airstrike in Syria sends message to Iran
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COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Lebanon begins new lockdown amid surge in coronavirus cases
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon began a 25-day nationwide lockdown Thursday to limit the spread of the coronavirus as infections hit a record high in the tiny Mediterranean nation and patients overwhelmed the health care sector.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Carlos Ghosn asks why Japanese don't question him in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said in an interview aired Monday that French investigators are coming to question him in Lebanon over some legal challenges in France, asking why don't the Japanese do the same thing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Carlos Ghosn asks why Japanese don't question him in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said in an interview aired Monday that French investigators are coming to question him in Lebanon over some legal challenges in France, asking why don't the Japanese do the same thing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Lebanon's president expresses hope for Israel border talks
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president said Wednesday he wants maritime border talks with Israel to succeed and that disagreements during the last round of negotiations can be resolved based on international law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Lebanon's president expresses hope for Israel border talks
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president said Wednesday he wants maritime border talks with Israel to succeed and that disagreements during the last round of negotiations can be resolved based on international law.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
World Bank warns of 'prolonged depression' in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s economy faces an “arduous and prolonged depression,” with real GPD projected to plunge by nearly 20% because its politicians refuse to implement reforms that would speed up the country’s recovery, the World Bank said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
World Bank warns of 'prolonged depression' in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s economy faces an “arduous and prolonged depression,” with real GPD projected to plunge by nearly 20% because its politicians refuse to implement reforms that would speed up the country’s recovery, the World Bank said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks postponed
JERUSALEM (AP) — Talks between Israel and Lebanon over disputed maritime borders that were scheduled to take place this week have been postponed, Israeli and Lebanese officials said Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
NY-based company pulls out of Lebanon bank's forensic audit
BEIRUT (AP) — A New-York-based company contracted by the Lebanese government to conduct a forensic audit of the country’s central bank has decided to pull out of the deal because it was not able to acquire requested information and documents, Lebanon's outgoing finance minister said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
NY-based company pulls out of Lebanon bank's forensic audit
BEIRUT (AP) — A New-York-based company contracted by the Lebanese government to conduct a forensic audit of the country’s central bank has decided to pull out of the deal because it was not able to acquire requested information and documents, Lebanon's outgoing finance minister said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
NY-based company pulls out of Lebanon bank's forensic audit
BEIRUT (AP) — A New-York-based company contracted by the Lebanese government to conduct a forensic audit of the country’s central bank has decided to pull out of the deal because it was not able to acquire requested information and documents, Lebanon's outgoing finance minister said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
NY-based company pulls out of Lebanon bank's forensic audit
BEIRUT (AP) — A New-York-based company contracted by the Lebanese government to conduct a forensic audit of the country’s central bank has decided to pull out of the deal because it was not able to acquire requested information and documents, Lebanon's outgoing finance minister said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies at age 79
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country’s most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar Assad, died on Monday. He was 79.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies age 79
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country’s most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar Assad, died on Monday. He was 79.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Syria's Assad: Western sanctions hinder return of refugees
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government is working to secure the return of millions of refugees who fled war in their country, but Western sanctions are hindering the work of state institutions, complicating those plans, President Bashar Assad said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Syria Kurds free hundreds of IS militants as part of amnesty
BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish-led authorities released on Thursday hundreds of militants from the Islamic State group imprisoned in northern Syria, as part of a general amnesty in the region controlled by the U.S.-backed fighters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Lebanon, Israel begin indirect talks over maritime border
NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon and Israel began indirect talks on Wednesday over their disputed maritime border, with American officials mediating the talks that both sides insist are purely technical and not a sign of any normalization of ties.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Lebanon, Israel to begin indirect talks over maritime border
NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon and Israel are to begin indirect talks Wednesday over their disputed maritime border, with American officials mediating the talks that both sides insist are purely technical and not a sign of any normalization of ties.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Lebanon, Israel to begin indirect talks over maritime border
NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon and Israel are to begin indirect talks Wednesday over their disputed maritime border, with American officials mediating the talks that both sides insist are purely technical and not a sign of any normalization of ties.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Lebanon names team for maritime border talks with Israel
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon announced on Monday the names of its delegation that will hold indirect talks later this week with Israel over the disputed maritime border between the two countries.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Lebanon's outgoing PM rejects end to subsidies amid crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s outgoing prime minister on Friday adamantly rejected any move to end subsidies of goods in the crisis-hit country, warning it would lead to a “social explosion” as the central bank’s reserves dwindle and the local currency continues to drop, throwing more Lebanese into poverty.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Lebanon's outgoing PM rejects end to subsidies amid crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s outgoing prime minister on Friday adamantly rejected any move to end subsidies of goods in the crisis-hit country, warning it would lead to a “social explosion” as the central bank’s reserves dwindle and the local currency continues to drop, throwing more Lebanese into poverty.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Lebanon's outgoing PM rejects end to subsidies amid crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s outgoing prime minister on Friday adamantly rejected any move to end subsidies of goods in the crisis-hit country, warning it would lead to a “social explosion” as the central bank’s reserves dwindle and the local currency continues to drop, throwing more Lebanese into poverty.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Lebanese government resigns after Beirut blast, public anger
Since October, there have been mass demonstrations
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Hezbollah shifts attention from Syria fight to battle virus
BEIRUT (AP) — In the streets of Beirut's southern suburbs, Hezbollah paramedics and volunteers on trucks and on foot sprayed disinfectants on shops and buildings. At a hospital where it once treated its wounded fighters, the group's medical staff set up beds for a center to deal with coronavirus patients.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Activists say IS prisoner riots break out again in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Imprisoned Islamic State militants broke out into riots again on Monday at a jail in northeastern Syria, hours after the Kurdish-led forces running the site said it had restored order, activists said.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Coronavirus delivers tough blow to Lebanon's dying economy
BEIRUT (AP) — Through 15 years of civil war and various bouts of violence since, Lebanon's Barbar eatery never closed its doors, serving up sandwiches to customers even if it meant doing so from behind sandbags.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Coronavirus delivers tough blow to Lebanon's dying economy
BEIRUT (AP) — Through 15 years of civil war and various bouts of violence since, Lebanon's Barbar eatery never closed its doors, serving up sandwiches to customers even if it meant doing so from behind sandbags.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Coronavirus delivers tough blow to Lebanon's dying economy
BEIRUT (AP) — Through 15 years of civil war and various bouts of violence since, Lebanon's Barbar eatery never closed its doors, serving up sandwiches to customers even if it meant doing so from behind sandbags.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
War-torn Syria braces for lockdown after first virus case
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians rushed to stock up on food and fuel Monday amid fears that authorities would resort to even stricter measures after reporting the first coronavirus infection in the country, where the health care system has been decimated by nearly a decade of civil war.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
War-torn Syria braces for lockdown after first virus case
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians rushed to stock up on food and fuel Monday amid fears that authorities would resort to even stricter measures after reporting the first coronavirus infection in the country, where the healthcare system has been decimated by nearly a decade of civil war.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
War-torn Syria braces for lockdown after first virus case
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrians rushed to stock up on food and fuel Monday amid fears that authorities would resort to even stricter measures after reporting the first coronavirus infection in the country, where the healthcare system has been decimated by nearly a decade of civil war.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Lebanese judge appeals verdict to release Lebanese-American
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese military judge Tuesday appealed a verdict by the military tribunal that ordered the release of a Lebanese-American held since September on charges of working for an Israeli-backed militia two decades ago, state-run National News Agency said.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Crisis-hit Lebanon to default on $1.2 billion loan payment
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's prime minister said Saturday the government will suspend payment of $1.2 billion in loans, marking the crisis-hit country's first-ever default on its sovereign debt amid ongoing popular unrest.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Truce brings some relief but no joy for Syrians in Idlib
BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time in three months, Omar Zaqzaq says he and his family slept through the entire night, without an airstrike or artillery shell jolting them out of bed.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Truce brings some relief but no joy for Syrians in Idlib
BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time in three months, Omar Zaqzaq says he and his family slept through the entire night, without an airstrike or artillery shell jolting them out of bed.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Truce brings some relief but no joy for Syrians in Idlib
BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time in three months, Omar Zaqzaq says he and his family slept through the entire night, without an airstrike or artillery shell jolting them out of bed.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
AP Explains: Militant fighters in final battle in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Intermingled among 3 million civilians under siege in the Syrian government's assault on the last opposition stronghold are tens of thousands of al-Qaida-linked fighters and other militants who came from around the world to take part in the country's civil war.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 15 ahead of Moscow summit
BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwest Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were sheltering early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including children while wounding several others, opposition activists said.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 15 ahead of Moscow summit
BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwest Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were sheltering early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including children while wounding several others, opposition activists said.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 15 ahead of Moscow summit
BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwest Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were sheltering early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including children while wounding several others, opposition activists said.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Syrian official opposes U.S. escalation
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS AGO
120 dead after 2 days of unrest in Syria
BEIRUT - Syrian security forces fired on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands Saturday, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against President Bashar Assad. The shootings pushed the two-day death toll to more than 120 and two lawmakers and a religious leader resigned in …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
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