Mario Chartouni 12:59 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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For several months now, the so-called “Gap Law” (law on financial gap) has been presented as the key to resolving Lebanon’s banking crisis. Its proponents argue that it would help restore order to the financial system and pave the way for an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But behind this technical ...
This is Beirut 11:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Despite a boycott by Lebanese Forces and Kataeb MPs, Lebanon’s parliament met Thursday morning and approved a World Bank loan intended to support reconstruction in the war-torn south. Lebanon has been working with the World Bank on a roughly $250 million loan under the Lebanon Emergency Assistance Project aimed at supporting efforts to ...
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Israeli warplanes struck multiple sites across southern and eastern Lebanon on Thursday, targeting Hezbollah military infrastructure including a compound used for training and weapons storage, the IDF said. According to the Israeli army, the strikes dismantled militant infrastructure and launch sites where Hezbollah operatives underwent shooting ...
This is Beirut 17/12 20:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Wednesday that Israeli strikes against Hezbollah do not constitute a violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty, arguing instead that the Iran-backed group is the primary factor undermining its sovereignty. In an interview with Al Arabiya English, Saar said Israel has only “minor” disputes ...
This is Beirut 17/12 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a video shared by the page El Haweyah, MP Paula Yacoubian defended the so-called “gap law” bill, presenting it as an indispensable reform and an “achievement” of Nawaf Salam’s government in the context of a prospective agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to her, the bill would constitute the third ...
This is Beirut 17/12 18:50 - Reading : less than a minute
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An Israeli drone strike hit Sari Hill on Thursday afternoon, targeting the area between the villages of Aaziyé and Chakhroub in the Kfarkila region of southern Lebanon. Separately, the Lebanese army dispatched earth-moving equipment to the southern town of Touline at the request of the coordination mechanism, after Israel alleged the ...
Salam El Zaatari 17/12 18:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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After the 2024 Israel–Hezbollah war, Iran and its main regional proxy faced a grim reality. Hezbollah survived the war, but its top leadership had been assassinated, much of its arsenal destroyed, thousands of its fighters killed, and it was forced to retreat from south of the Litani. In response, Iran and Hezbollah have shifted from kinetic ...
Natasha Metni Torbey 17/12 13:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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On Thursday in Paris, one of the most sensitive moments in Lebanon’s current diplomatic timeline will unfold. A closed-door meeting on the Lebanese Armed Forces’ (LAF) needs will bring together the army’s commander-in-chief, General Rodolph Haykal; US Special Envoy Morgan Ortagus; Saudi envoy Prince Yazid bin Farhan; France’s special envoy ...
Natasha Metni Torbey 16/12 17:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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On Monday in southern Litani, the Lebanese army went beyond a routine field visit, staging a carefully orchestrated tour for its ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, and military attachés to showcase its operations. From the sector command in the southern city of Tyre, the army’s commander-in-chief, General Rodolph Haykal, outlined to foreign ...
This is Beirut 16/12 16:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Israeli drone strike on Tuesday killed one Hezbollah member in Marjayoun after targeting a Rapid vehicle, and in a rare move, the IDF also struck a vehicle in Chouf’s Siblin–Jadra road, reportedly killing another Hezbollah member and injuring five others. The IDF declared on Wednesday that the Hezbollah operative killed in an ...
Natasha Metni Torbey 16/12 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Repeated Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, increasingly explicit warnings of war, signals exchanged between Tel Aviv, Tehran, and Hezbollah, and seemingly peripheral events, such as the Sydney terrorist attack and renewed scrutiny of Iran, may appear disconnected. Viewed together, they form a coherent sequence. The real issue is not escalation ...
This is Beirut 15/12 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The U.S. administration supports Israel’s military efforts to eliminate the threat posed by Hamas and Hezbollah, arguing that diplomacy has failed to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon. “The United States backs Israel’s efforts to eliminate the threat posed by Hamas and Hezbollah, as diplomacy has failed to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon,” a ...