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Singer Bruni arrives in Beirut Sunday evening

Beirut - NNA

French renowned singer and supermodel, Carla Bruni, is expected to arrive this evening at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, accompanied by her husband, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Bruni will be performing Monday night at the Beiteddine International Festivals.Read more

Syria Kurds urge civilians to take up arms against Turk assault

Beirut - Emiratesvoice

Syrian Kurdish leaders called on civilians Tuesday to take up arms to defend the Afrin enclave against a Turkish assault now in its fourth day. "We announce a general mobilisation and we invite all children of our people to defend Afrin," the Kurdish enclave's autonomous administration said in a statement. Its spokesman Rezan Hedo told AFP: "It is an invitationRead more

Zeina Hashem Beck: I always had a love of words and it was always poetry

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Ask any writer or reader and they will tell you that poetry is the highest form and use of language. So much so that poetry is almost intimidating. It can, at times, feel too pure, too out of place with how we usually interact with words on the page, with words performed in song or on the stage. For someRead more

Ten killed in Turkish attack on Kurd-held Syrian region

Beirut - Emiratesvoice

Turkish attacks on a Kurdish-held town in Syria's Afrin region killed ten people on Saturday, mostly civilians, a spokesman for the Kurdish militia which controls the area said. "Seven civilians were killed, including a child, as well as two female fighters and one male fighter," said Birusk Hasakeh, spokesman for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Afrin.Read more

Hezbollah slams US decision to keep troops in Syria

Beirut - Emiratesvoice

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on Friday said a US pledge to keep its troops in Syria to defeat the Islamic State group was just a "flimsy excuse" to occupy the country. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that US forces would remain in Syria to both fight IS and counter the influence of President Bashar al-Assad. Assad is aRead more

Lebanon says foiled IS holiday attacks

Beirut - Emiratesvoice

Lebanon thwarted jihadist plans to attack places of worship and government buildings over the holidays after gaining rare access to an Islamic State group operative, the interior minister said Friday. Nuhad Mashnuq said at a press conference that an elite unit in Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF) had arrested an Iraqi IS commander in Beirut last June. The commander, knownRead more

Lebanon bans Spielberg film and adventurer biopic

Beirut - Emirates voice

Lebanese authorities have banned Steven Spielberg's latest film, political thriller "The Post", and Australian drama "Jungle" to comply with a boycott of Israel, an official told AFP Monday. "Screening of the film 'The Post' has been banned," said the official from Lebanon's General Security authority, speaking on condition of anonymity.Spielberg "is blacklisted by the Arab League's boycott office, which Lebanon compliesRead more