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Anti-Assad Lebanese ex-minister killed in blastFormer Lebanese minister Mohamad Chatah, who opposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was killed in a massive bomb blast on Friday which one of his political allies blamed on the Shi'ite Hezbollah militia. The attack in Beiru More… |
BREAKING NEWS: Large explosion rocks BeirutAn explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday, causing an unknown number of casualties. The blast was heard across the city and a plume of black smoke was seen rising in the downtown business district near the Phoenici More… |
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Gulf Air marks 1m Beirut passengersGulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, today (December 11) celebrated carrying one million passengers from/to Beirut in Lebanon. The one millionth lucky passenger Natasha Younes was presented with two complimentary tickets, in More… |
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BEIRUT BLASTS: 23 killed near Iran embassyTwo suicide bombings rocked Iran's embassy compound in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian cultural attache and hurling bodies and burning wreckage across a debris-strewn street. A Lebanon-based More… |
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Beirut's Damac Tower hits construction milestoneDamac Properties, a Dubai-based private developer, has completed the third floor slab cast and work is well underway on the fourth for its ‘Damac Tower’ in Solidiere, Beirut. The $300 million project is an innovative c More… |
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Staybridge Suites opens in LebanonInterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened the Staybridge Suites Beirut, marking the entrance of the international extended-stay hotel brand into the country. Staybridge Suites is located in Verdun Street in downtown Beirut, w More… |
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Car bomb kills 20 in Hezbollah strongholdA powerful car bomb struck the southern Beirut stronghold of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group on Thursday, killing 20 people, wounding 120 and trapping many others inside damaged buildings, witnesses and emergency officials said. More… |
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Gunmen abduct two Turkish Airlines staff in BeirutA Turkish Airlines pilot and his colleague were abducted in Lebanon on Friday by armed men who forced them from a bus driving from Beirut airport in the early hours of the morning. The Turkish foreign ministry More… |
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Top Beirut hotels offer special 2-night ratePhoenicia and Le Vendome hotels in Beirut are offering a two-night stay with other facilities for $555. “Live the experience” package excludes VAT but it includes more than a mere stay at the two luxury hotels, said Sa More… |
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Syria rebels seize govt town in Aleppo provinceSyrian rebels seized the northern town of Khan al-Assal on Monday, activists said, one of the last towns in the western part of Aleppo province that was held by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. An army build-up around the p More… |
