Mohamed Khameri

Al-Sharaa (R) described the reinstatement of the mufti’s office as essential to “rebuilding what the fallen regime destroyed” (Getty Images) Sheikh Osama al-Rifai has been officially reappointed as Grand Mufti of Syria, the country’s highest religious authority, following the reinstatement of the office by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa. The move comes after the fall of […]

Ozturk was taken into custody by ICE near her Massachusetts home on Tuesday (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday temporarily barred the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel’s war on Gaza and was detained by US immigration

Berbera is in Somaliland, meaning the offer for the port and air base there would put the government there and Somalia on a collision course (Ed Ram/AFP via Getty Images) Somalia is prepared to offer the United States exclusive control of strategic air bases and ports, its president said in a letter to President Donald

The UAE has repeatedly denied supporting the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images) The International Court of Justice on Friday set April 10 as the date for arguments from Sudan and the United Arab Emirates after Khartoum accused the Gulf State of complicity in genocide. Sudan has dragged the UAE

The US embassy in Syria has warned its citizens of an “increased possibility” of attacks during the holiday marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the coming days. “The US Department of State cautions US citizens of the increased possibility of attacks during Eid al-Fitr holiday, which could target embassies, international

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun began talks in Paris on Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss economic reforms and efforts to stabilise the country, as a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah increasingly comes under pressure. Making his first trip to a Western nation, Aoun was seeking to shore up support from Paris after

The Lebanese government named asset manager Karim Souaid as central bank governor on Thursday, official media reported, a post crucial to implementing economic reforms demanded by international creditors. He was appointed despite the reservations of the new, reformist prime minister, Nawaf Salam, who called on Souaid to commit to the government’s reform agenda in a

Filmmaker Salim Mrad’s Shapes of Normal Human Beings is a heart-warming yet sobering documentary that takes viewers on an eight-day road journey through Lebanon, accompanied by two friends, Jihad Saade and Rhea El Khoury. Together, they unpack the weight of their country’s contemporary struggles. The film was world-premiered in the Harbour strand of this year’s International

The mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah Friday marked six months without food after she launched a hunger strike last year to protest her son’s imprisonment in Egypt. Laila Soueif, 68, began her protest on September 29, 2024, which she said marked the day Fattah was due to be released after completing a

US Vice President JD Vance accused Denmark on Friday of not having done enough to protect Greenland, when he visited the strategically-placed, resource-rich Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump. Vance made his comment during a trip to the Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, a visit viewed by Copenhagen and Nuuk as a