This Is Beirut 31/05 22:13 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese Army announced on Friday that it had arrested "eight individuals who confessed to being supporters of the terrorist organization Daesh (ISIS)." "The suspects admitted to committing acts of theft to finance their terrorist projects and to firing at shops and at the vehicle of an officer of the Internal Security Forces as part of a ...
This Is Beirut 31/05 20:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations, based on the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, filed a complaint to the Security Council regarding an "Israeli strike that targeted a car carrying a Lebanese citizen, resulting in his death. The same raid also damaged a school bus transporting students to Shoukin ...
Alissar Boulos 31/05 19:17 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday, May 31 and the 238th day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s edition: the situation in the South continues to take its toll, France’s special envoy visits Lebanon and Syrian refugee camps battle the spread of disease. Internationally: the war in Gaza and its ramifications, Xi ...
This Is Beirut 31/05 18:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A medic from the Islamic Health Committee, affiliated with Hezbollah, was killed and another was injured in an Israeli drone strike on an ambulance in Naqoura. The deceased was 45-year-old Haidar Jahir, also known as Amir, according to a statement from the party. The medics were working to extinguish a fire caused by Israeli shelling in the ...
This Is Beirut 31/05 18:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
“The chemicals from the Zouk power plant should be promptly transferred to countries that will treat them appropriately,” declared caretaker Minister of the Environment Nasser Yassin on Friday. In an interview with the radio station Voice of Lebanon, Yassin stated that the chemicals in the Zouk power plant were “flammable and not ...
This Is Beirut 31/05 17:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Boukhari, received MP Nadim Gemayel on Friday, accompanied by a delegation of industrialists. They presented him with proposals for lifting the Saudi boycott of Lebanese products. The document presented to the ambassador includes several proposals in this regard: — Impose, with the help of Saudi ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 31/05 17:21 - Reading : less than a minute
Smoking is a major cause of cancer in Lebanon, exacerbating the challenges in a country already facing unprecedented socio-economic crises. Despite the efforts of some to find alternatives, the problem persists.
This Is Beirut 31/05 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Bilal Abdallah, member of the Democratic Gathering bloc, announced that his party plans to “launch an initiative by touring various political parties to open channels of communication.” The goal is to resolve the presidential election deadlock and reach a unified solution. In an interview with the Voice of All Lebanon on Friday, Abdallah ...
This Is Beirut 31/05 13:33 - Reading : less than a minute
The customs department at the Beirut International Airport seized 20.95 kg of hashish on Thursday. The drugs were concealed in packaging and destined for export to the Netherlands. This move is part of the security forces’ efforts to combat drug trafficking, which has been on the rise since the onset of the 2019 economic crisis.
This Is Beirut 31/05 00:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US envoy for Lebanon, Amos Hochstein, on Thursday outlined a draft agreement on the Lebanese-Israeli land border, which he said, if implemented, would reduce tensions between the two countries and restore stability to Lebanon. It is a step-by-step agreement, which Mr. Hochstein outlined during a lecture he gave at the Carnegie Endowment for ...
30/05 23:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
It is no longer a secret that the visit of the French President's special envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, “failed to achieve a major breakthrough on the presidential issue,” as confirmed by a Western diplomatic source to This Is Beirut. However, this visit stands out from previous ones as it still prompted a slight shift in the stance ...
This Is Beirut 30/05 22:18 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
A Qatari bid for the construction of renewable energy power plants is causing acrimonious exchanges between the two ministries of Economy and Energy. The caretaker ministers of Economy and Energy, Amine Salam and Walid Fayad, respectively, engaged in a heated exchange on Thursday, holding separate press conferences two and a half hours apart to ...