Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday welcomed at the Grand Serail a delegation representing the International Monetary Fund headed by IMF Head of Mission, Ernesto Rigo Ramirez. The delegation’s visit comes under Article IV of the IMF’s Arti…

The US is still working with Islamic State and other terrorist groups to carry out attacks against government forces in Syria, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, has claimed.According to an SVR report released o…

Syria’s real GDP is expected to contract by 5.5% in 2023 following the February 6 and February 20 earthquakes that hit the Northern and Western parts of the country, according to a new World Bank damage assessment released today. Economic growth may c…

RT Arabic correspondent Sargon Hadaya spoke with Syrian President Bashar Assad on a range of topics, including sanctions, Russian-Syrian diplomatic ties and prospects, the American and Turkish troop presence in his country, and the recent deal between…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on March 16 the seven young climate leaders who will form his next Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change and called on young people everywhere to ratchet up the pressure, acknowledging their vital role k…

Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, on Monday received in Dar al-Fatwa, French Ambassador to Lebanon, Anne Grillo, with whom he discussed the current situation in Lebanon and the region. Mufti Derain also received Brazilia…

ANNAHAR: Paris meeting perpetuates French-Saudi contrast AL-JOUMHOURIA: External progress in light of internal delay Arab invitation to Beirut to meet with Riyadh, Tehran AL-AKHBAR: Mikati to Nicosia with Lebanese paper for new agreement Demarcation w…

Xi Jinping hailed his landmark visit to Moscow Monday as giving “new momentum” to Chinese-Russian ties ahead of talks with Vladimir Putin on Beijing’s proposals to stop the fighting in Ukraine. The summit between the Russian president and the Chinese …

The European Union slammed on Monday remarks made by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich as “wrong and dangerous.” “The comments of Mr.Smotrich go once again in the opposite direction and certainly cannot be tolerated.I call on the Israeli gover…

Marking the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro reflected on the mission’s origins and his hope, one day, for a lasting peace in the regi…

Jordan’s Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday Israeli ambassador to Jordan in protest, after the Israeli Minister of Finance’s use of a map of Israel that includes the borders of Jordan and the occupied Palestinian Territories, during an event in Paris…

Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, stressed on Monday that the only hope for Lebanon lies in the election of a President of the Republic. Caretaker Minister Makary’s words came at a press gathering at the invitation of the Head of the Epi…