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James Haines-Young
Award winning Foreign Editor running large teams across the Middle East, Europe and the US spearheading breaking news, in depth analysis and current affairs.
Beloved U.K. Embassy worker murdered outside Beirut
Read original at The Daily Star Gareth Browne | James Haines-Young| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Rebecca Dykes had been at a Foreign Office colleague’s … Read more…
Aid isn’t unconditional: diplomat
Read original at The Daily Star Joseph Haboush | James Haines-Young| The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon shouldn’t see international assistance as unconditional, a Western … Read more…
The obstacle-strewn road to the next Cabinet formation
Read original at The Daily Star James Haines-Young| The Daily Star BEIRUT: After Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s shock resignation, President Michel … Read more…
Savvy Speaker Nabih Berri marks 25 years
Read original at The Daily Star BEIRUT: Nabih Berri this week marks 25 years as one of the linchpins of Lebanon’s … Read more…
Israeli jets strike Syria, circle Lebanon
Read original at The Daily Star James Haines-Young, Ghinwa Obeid | The Daily Star BEIRUT: Israeli warplanes conducted mock raids over south Lebanon … Read more…
Shorter: Assad a barrier to refugee return
Read original at The Daily Star James Haines-Young| The Daily Star BEIRUT: U.K. Ambassador to Lebanon Hugo Shorter warned that while Syrian … Read more…
US denies Syria drone strike killing eight Hezbollah men
Read original at The Daily Star James Haines-Young, Joseph Haboush | The Daily Star BEIRUT: The American military denied responsibility for a drone strike that killed at least eight Hezbollah fighters in eastern Syria Monday, after a pro-party media outlet claimed the U.S. was responsible. “The DoD did not strike Hezbollah today,” a spokesman … Read more…
ANALYSIS: New UNIFIL mandate? Business as usual
Read original at The Daily Star James Haines-Young| The Daily Star BEIRUT: A long-serving former official has played down changes to UNIFIL’s … Read more…
US-led coalition airstrikes stop Daesh deal convoy
Read original at The Daily Star James Haines-Young, Ghinwa Obeid | The Daily Star BEIRUT: The U.S.-led coalition Wednesday conducted airstrikes to prevent buses transporting Daesh (ISIS) fighters to eastern Syria, and hit vehicles carrying militants after warning that actions would be taken against a Hezbollah-brokered deal to evacuate militants from the Lebanese-Syrian border … Read more…