Layal Abou Rahal
Beirut Deputy Bureau Chief at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Beirut Deputy Bureau Chief @AFP. Covering Lebanon & Syria for @AFPar. Tweeting in a personal capacity. [email protected]
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Layal Abou Rahal
Syria's new temporary constitution concentrates power in interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's hands and fails to include enough protections for minorities, experts warn. The declaration, signed into law on Thursday, establishes a five-year transitional period and follows the toppling of Bashar al-Assad's repressive government by Islamist-led rebels after nearly 14 years of civil war.
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1 month ago |
barrons.com | Layal Abou Rahal
Syria's new authorities struck a deal to integrate the Kurdish-led administration into state institutions, as they push to extend their authority across the country while offering recognition for the long-oppressed Kurds. The deal comes at a critical moment for the government, after a wave of violence on the Syrian coast -- the worst since former president Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December -- saw over 1,000 civilians, the majority Alawites, killed according to a war monitor.
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1 month ago |
barrons.com | Layal Abou Rahal
Syria's transitional authorities face a daunting task maintaining security in the ethnically and religiously diverse country, with challenges erupting across its territory to security forces still dominated by former Islamist rebels. With heavy clashes taking place in the Alawite-dominated coast, ongoing negotiations with the Kurds in the northeast, and tensions swirling around the Druze and Israeli intervention in the south, the challenges for the fledgling government are piling up.
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2 months ago |
greenevillesun.com | Layal Abou Rahal
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2 months ago |
al-monitor.com | Layal Abou Rahal
Thousands gathered in Beirut Friday to mark 20 years since the assassination of ex-premier Rafic Hariri, and to call for the return of his son Saad to political life. Rafic Hariri, a billionaire and towering political figure who oversaw Lebanon's reconstruction after the 1975-1990 civil war, had recently resigned as premier when he was killed on February 14, 2005.
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