This Is Beirut 15/07 10:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
French president Emmanuel Macron tackled the “historic upheavals” of the Middle East during his speech to the troops on Saturday, just before the Bastille Day national holiday on Sunday, July 14, 2024. “Nearly 700 of our soldiers are engaged in UNIFIL, with numerous partners,” he said, adding that “their mission is essential, and is ...
This Is Beirut 14/07 18:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is seeking to renew his presidential mandate, is facing the key challenge of resolving the protracted issue of Syrian refugees, which had an adverse effect on his Justice and Development Party, or AK party, at the last municipal elections. Erdogan’s party lost the mayorship of Istanbul, which is ...
14/07 16:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
After a relatively calm day, repeated fire exchanges renewed along the southern border on Sunday night. Israeli bombardments and airstrikes targeted Aita al-Shaab, Rachaya al-Foukhar, Kfar Hamam, Bani Hayan, Houla, and Blida. Earlier, Lebanon’s electricity company, Electricité du Liban (EDL), announced that the power station in Marjayoun, in ...
14/07 15:47 - Reading : less than a minute
Beirut Metropolitan Elias Audi stressed the importance of the Constitution, saying that "its respect is a duty and its application is obligatory." In his Sunday sermon, Audi expressed the wish that the Constitution of Lebanon be respected by all, particularly by the MPs, "in order to relieve the people of psychological and material pressures" and ...
14/07 14:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The head of the Maronite Church, Cardinal Bechara Rai, reiterated his call for leaders to “rush to elect a president.” During the Sunday Mass celebrated at the church of the patriarchal seat in Dimane, Rai stressed the need for Parliament to resume its “legislative role” and for the Council of Ministers to “fully recover its ...
14/07 14:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Amal Movement and Hezbollah claim that it is important to ensure security in Beirut's southern suburb through “official security forces and apparatuses,” following the fatal shooting of Hezbollah member Samir Kabbani. In a joint statement issued on Sunday, both parties extended condolences to the family of Samir Kabbani, head of the Madi ...
14/07 13:26 - Reading : less than a minute
A patrol from the Intelligence Directorate of the Lebanese Army in Al-Minya, in North Lebanon, intercepted on Sunday several buses transporting Syrian migrants who had entered Lebanese territory illegally, through the largely porous northern border. An investigation has been initiated with the detainees under the supervision of the competent ...
Fady Noun 14/07 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
On the night of July 16 to 17, Shiites observe Ashura (from the word "achra," meaning ten), commemorating a pivotal event in their community's history: the assassination of Imam Hussein, the Prophet's grandson, in Kerbala, Iraq, in October 680 A.D. (Muharram 61 in the Islamic calendar). Imam Hussein was fleeing Damascus and the Caliph Yazid, with ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 13/07 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Guesthouses have been booming in Lebanon in recent years. They are highly sought-after, and the quality of what is being offered is continually improving. This Is Beirut invites you to discover four guesthouses located in various Lebanese regions, while interviewing experts to assess the season in light of the crises and repercussions of the ...
13/07 16:43 - Reading : less than a minute
A large fire broke out in a lot adjacent to the former Souk al-Ahad site in the Tripoli Quarantine area on Saturday. Civil defense members rushed to the scene to extinguish the blaze.
13/07 14:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Two people were killed on Saturday by an Israeli drone attack on a car on the Khardali road in Ain El Qasab. It was later known that the car was carrying Kfarkila Municipality and 'Amal' Movement member, Moussa Suleiman, and the father of a deceased Hezbollah fighter, Mohammed Najib Halawi. Suleiman and Halawi were filling water from Ain El Qasab ...
13/07 11:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed on Saturday that “Lebanon cannot wait for a settlement in Gaza,” asserting that “the government needs to take immediate and decisive measures regarding the southern front in implementing 1701.” Speaking at an LF ceremony to hand out party membership cards at Maarab, he affirmed that “opening ...