The Iraqi Customs Authority announced a ban on alcohol imports, based on the the Municipal Imports Law that has recently entered into force. The law stipulates “a ban on the import, manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages of all kinds.” The authority informed all customs regions and centers to prohibit the entry of alcoholic beverages. … Read more
Couples in Lebanon who married in online civil services are facing unintended – and unfair – consequences.It started on the other side of the world from Lebanon in 2020, when a county in the US state of Utah began conducting civil marriages online. The…
Two Iraqi planes arrived at Damascus International Airport on Monday, carrying relief aid for those who affected by the earthquake“What befell Syria befell all of us, but Syria will stay strong as it always was,” Head of Arab Department at Iraqi Minist…
Diyarbakir/Ankara, A major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck central Türkiye and northwest Syria on Monday, killing hundreds of people as buildings collapsed across the snowy region, triggering a search for survivors trapped in rubble.The quake, which…
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) offers its full solidarity with the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LADDH) after the Algerian authorities decided to dissolve the non-governmental organisation.In a statement published on its web…
(Amman) – Human Rights Watch will open a regional office in Amman, Jordan, in February 2023, in a move to intensify its advocacy on key human rights issues across the Middle East and North Africa, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has o…
A coordination meeting was held to protect the high mountains of Lebanon, attended by Caretaker Minister of Environment Nasser Yassin, the work team of the United Nations Development Program, representatives of the official departments concerned with u…
Beirut, Building on a longstanding global partnership, the Government of Japan and the United Nations Human Settlements programme (UN-Habitat) have signed a new project totalling US$900,000. This new partnership was marked at the Japanese Embassy in Be…
BEIRUT, Lebanese General Security, arrested five people last month, for forming a terrorist cell affiliated with the Daesh, the daily newspaper, Al Akhbar, reported yesterday.Preliminary investigations revealed that, one of the detainees admitted to ha…
The United Nations has stressed on the importance of maintaining calm on the border between Lebanon and Israel, Anadolu News Agency reported.This came in a statement issued Thursday by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre La…
