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KUNC
April 20, 2018
If you don't ask too much of Beirut, it's a good enough thriller to keep your brain modestly engaged for a short time. Just don't go getting inquisitive on it. Maybe the film's strong suit is that it's totally familiar, a thriller that might get your juices going by reminding you of the many other movies that did get youÃâà...
The Daily Star
April 20, 2018
United States Central Command head Gen. Joseph Votel discussed military cooperation with Lebanon as well as regional security developments during Friday meetings with President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri. you've reached a subscriber-only article. Sign up now and access the fullÃâà...
The Hindu
April 20, 2018
The Islamic State group launched a surprise attack near Mayadeen, a town in eastern Syria they had lost six months ago, killing at least 25 regime forces, a monitor said on Thursday. At least 13 jihadists were also killed in the attack, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.AFPÃâà...
Page Six
April 19, 2018
David Muir had a great reason for bowing out of the New York premiere of acclaimed indie film “Beirut” at the last minute — the “ABC World News Tonight” anchor was headed to the real Beirut instead, where he anchored his show. The spy thriller penned by “Bourne” series screenwriter Tony Gilroy starsÃâà...
WCBE 90.5 FM
April 18, 2018
In the early '80's, Lebanon, and specifically Beirut, was a cauldron of conflicts that involved the interests of the US, the PLO, Israel, Syria, and Druze Militias. Director Brad Anderson and writer Tony Gilroy, reminding us of his fine work with Michael Clayton, carefully steer us through the city's growing rubbleÃâà...
An-Nahar
April 17, 2018
BEIRUT: Beirut, the city that is known for its cosmopolitan spirit and its appreciation for different cultures, held the Nations Day Festival in April of this year for three consecutive at Zaitunay Bay. Organized by Beirut Golden Awards and held under the patronage of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the festival, withÃâà...
Variety
April 16, 2018
WASHINGTON — Tony Gilroy, the screenwriter of the new political thriller “Beirut,” says that he originally completed the script in the early 1990s, thinking that production company Interscope would give it a green light. Instead, “it just disappears and goes in a bin,” Gilroy tells Variety's “PopPolitics” onÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 15, 2018
DUBAI (Reuters) - Middle East carrier Kuwait Airways said on Saturday it would resume all flights to Beirut on Sunday after a three-day suspension due to warnings about flying close to Lebanese airspace. In a statement carried by the state news agency KUNA, the company said "the reasons that causedÃâà...
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
April 15, 2018
Kuwait Airways said on Saturday it would resume all flights to Beirut on Sunday after a three-day suspension due to warnings about flying close to Lebanese airspace. In a statement carried by the state news agency KUNA, the company said “the reasons that caused the suspension have been removed.
NPR
April 15, 2018
We're joined now by NPR's Ruth Sherlock in Beirut. Ruth, thanks for being with us. RUTH SHERLOCK, BYLINE: Thank you. SIMON: And what's the latest you're seeing from Syria? SHERLOCK: Well, one of the first things that Syrian state television broadcasts this morning in the hours after the attack was aÃâà...
NPR
April 15, 2018
Jon Hamm plays a former diplomat named Mason Skiles in the new film "Beirut" - a city he never wanted to see again after his wife was killed in terrorist attack 10 years before in the early 1970s. He leaves the Foreign Service and drinks too much, but when a kidnapping occurs in Beirut, Mason Skiles isÃâà...
The Boston Globe
April 12, 2018
Anderson's latest, '80s-set espionage thriller “Beirut” (in theaters now), finds him shifting to yet another narrative sandbox, dusting off a 26-year-old script by “Bourne” trilogy scribe Tony Gilroy about a US diplomat (Jon Hamm) who returns to the war torn city he fled years earlier to handle a high-stakesÃâà...
Deadline
April 9, 2018
Well, better late than never. It has taken screenwriter Tony Gilroy's script of Beirut only 27 years to reach the screen, but it was well worth the wait especially in that it gives its leading man Jon Hamm a movie role worthy of his talents. So why did it take so long for the script Gilroy wrote near the beginning ofÃâà...
GQ Magazine
April 3, 2018
Jon Hamm made a name for himself playing a self-possessed 1960's ad man with a dodgy past. The past is clinging to him again in Beirut, a new thriller that has Hamm in the role of a savvy negotiator named Mason Skiles in the '80s Middle East. The difference here, though, is that Skiles can't hide it.
Asharq Al-awsat English
April 3, 2018
The Municipality of Beirut held a ceremony on Tuesday to mark the inauguration of the King Salman Avenue in Downtown Beirut. ... Among the speakers at the inauguration were Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Saudi Charges d'Affaires Walid al-Bukhari, Beirut Mayor Jamal Itani and Beirut Governor ZiadÃâà...
The Daily Star
April 3, 2018
Machnouk urges Beirut election 'solidarity'. RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. The Daily Star. you've reached a subscriber-only article. Sign up now and access the full breadth of The Daily Star content in minutes. subscribe now unrestricted access 1 month...$12 | 3 months...$30 | 6 months...$55 | 1 year.
The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
April 3, 2018
BEIRUT – Baikar weekly's executive editor Hagop Vartivarian's visit to Beirut from the United States was the occasion for local Baikar writers, editors, and supporters to meet and discuss various aspects of the publication. This Armenian-language media ideological organ of the Armenian Democratic LiberalÃâà...
Cyprus Mail
April 3, 2018
Larnaca-based Cyprus Airways launched its first flight to Beirut, the airline announced on Tuesday. The flight departed from Larnaca at 10.40am and landed in Beirut at 11.20am. Cyprus Airways connects Larnaca with Beirut with two flights a week and with four flights a week from May 25. Return ticket faresÃâà...
The Australian
April 3, 2018
Iryna Tarakan's ordeal has parallels to the case of Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner, who has been cut off from her two children since a failed attempt to snatch them back in Beirut with the assistance of 60 Minutes in 2016. However, in Ms Tarakan's case there were neither cameras nor child-recovery expertsÃâà...
Traveller
April 2, 2018
The world's largest passenger jet has landed at Beirut's international airport, bringing with it hopes of a sustained revival to Lebanon's tourism and travel sectors. The one-off Emirates Airbus A380 flight from Dubai was a nod to the substantial passenger traffic between Lebanon and Gulf nations, whereÃâà...
BBC News
March 30, 2018
We're about five metres away from the Mediterranean Sea. To my right, the Zouk Mosbeh power plant pumps out plumes of thick grey smoke into an otherwise bright blue sky. The Jounieh Valley towers behind me over the coastline, a metropolis full of hotels and entertainment venues just outside of Beirut.
An-Nahar
March 30, 2018
BEIRUT: The Saudi led Arab coalition said Thursday that Lebanon's southern suburbs, a stronghold of Hezbollah, is the point of origin of weapons used by Yemen's Houthi rebels. Colonel Turki Al-Malki, who acts as the spokesperson for the Arab Coalition, told CNN that weapons sent to the Houthi rebelsÃâà...
Center For American Progress
March 30, 2018
“Beirut” is a 2018 critically acclaimed action thriller set in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war. In 1972 Beirut, American diplomat Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm) hosts a cocktail party that ends with a tragic terrorist attack. Ten years later, CIA operatives (Rosamund Pike and Dean Norris) are caught in the crossfire of the civil warÃâà...
PA home page
March 30, 2018
BEIRUT (AP) - The world's largest passenger jet landed at Beirut's international airport on Thursday, bringing with it hopes of a sustained revival to Lebanon's tourism and travel sectors. The one-off Emirates Airbus A380 flight from Dubai was a nod to the substantial passenger traffic between Lebanon andÃâà...
KCET
March 30, 2018
Any good spy tale thrives on a wounded man at its center, so it's no surprise that Jon Hamm is excellent in this role of a political negotiator with a dark past. After seven seasons of "Mad Men," here he proves himself to be a different version of a persuasive antihero…this time as a U.S. diplomat in war-tornÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 29, 2018
A Lebanese army veteran set himself ablaze during a Wednesday demonstration held in Beirut to protest legislation related to pension entitlements. The man, who has not been identified, reportedly set himself alight while protesting alongside dozens of other army veterans in central Beirut's Riad al-SolhÃâà...
An-Nahar
March 29, 2018
BEIRUT: Cab hailing company Uber announced Tuesday that it would be providing free rides to voters in Beirut during the upcoming general elections on May 6. The announcement came during Uber's open media day at the company's offices in Beirut Digital District. "On this very important date for theÃâà...
Gulf Times
March 19, 2018
Doha Insurance Group is seeking to open representative offices in London and Beirut that will underwrite reinsurance business, including energy risks, life and medical insurance, pending official approvals from relevant authorities, company chairman Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser bin Khaled al-Thani said.
The Daily Star
March 19, 2018
Prime Minister Saad Hariri Sunday spoke at an event celebrating the graduation of firefighters from a training program. “[We were taught] to extinguish fires, not light them,” the premier said before thanking the men and women for their service. you've reached a subscriber-only article. Sign up now andÃâà...
The961
March 19, 2018
Nature is finally blooming! There is a flower market in Beirut where you can check out what the Lebanese nature has to offer. Since it's Mother's Day soon, consider visiting the market to get your hands on flowers to offer to your mom! An-Nahar. The flower market in Beirut takes place every year. It is locatedÃâà...
Archinect
March 19, 2018
The Lebanese architecture practice PARALX, founded by Karim Moussawer, was born as a counter idea to the Starchitect model that structures many of today's firms. Believing that architecture is a product of collaboration, the firm whose name is an acronym of Parallel Practice, centers around aÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 17, 2018
“When you have kids, you live in constant fear of the future,” says Katya Traboulsi, seated in the spacious underground exhibition hall of the Saleh Barakat Gallery in Beirut. Behind her are 47 sculptures. Each is made from different materials and decorated in a unique style, but all of them share the sameÃâà...
The Daily Star
March 16, 2018
Lebanese women hold 'My right for my vote' sit-in in Beirut. Women and children gather in Riad al-Solh square in Downtown Beirut to protest a law that forbids Lebanese women from passing their citizenship to their children on Friday, March 16, 2018. (The Daily Star/Mohammad Azakir). RSS; Follow; EmailÃâà...
Dezeen
March 16, 2018
Rabih Geha Architects has used layers of perforated steel to divide up the interior of a nightclub on the waterfront of Beirut, Lebanon. The local architecture studio collaborated with Lebanese entertainment company Add-Mind Group to design a bar and club in downtown Beirut named 2 WEEKS. 2 WeeksÃâà...
Al-Manar TV
March 15, 2018
Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement confirmed their electoral alliance in Beirut and Baabda zones, stressing that the political understanding memo concluded between the two sides would not be affected by the elections. Hezbollah and FPM as well as a number of other parties have formed anÃâà...
Toledo Blade
March 15, 2018
If you ask a native Toledoan for a restaurant recommendation, there's a good chance you'll be directed to The Beirut. For almost 40 years, the restaurant owned by Labib and Karyn Hajjar has set the bar for Mediterranean food in the Toledo area and, in 2012, was named the best ethnic restaurant in Ohio byÃâà...
The Guardian
February 26, 2018
Beirut and Lebanon's recent history is inevitably coloured by the 34-day war in 2006 with Israel, which was triggered by a Hezbollah guerrilla operation in Israeli territory. The city of Beirut wasn't hit too hard, but the Hezbollah-dominated suburbs a short drive to the south were (the FCO still advises againstÃâà...
The Independent
February 24, 2018
Funded with an $18m (Ãâã12.9m) grant from Lebanese and French authorities, Beit Beirut was envisioned by its architects as the first memorial of its kind: a museum, archive and visitor centre to commemorate the country's civil war. The renovation has merged the building's skeleton into a light-filled glass oneÃâà...
The Daily Star
December 31, 1999
Beirut women's march draws thousands. The participants in the march were primarily women, but many men also participated in support; A woman holds a placard in Arabic that reads, "The only reason for rape. RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. Ghalia Al Alwani| The Daily Star. you've reached aÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Perhaps that's why so many Arabs bristled when a trailer released in January for the hostage drama “Beirut,” starring Jon Hamm, seemed to reduce the city to a flashy backdrop for action-movie explosions — a backdrop devoid of Beirut's unique topography that includes mountains and the MediterraneanÃâà...
Stuff.co.nz
December 31, 1999
The best ice cream shop in the world can be found in a leafy suburb in the heart of Beirut. Yes, you read that right. Beirut, the main stage for Lebanon's brutal civil war. Beirut, the birthplace of the modern car bomb. Beirut, the home of Hezbollah. Who would have thought such a bitter place could produceÃâà...
