10/05 11:11 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tensions intensified on the Lebanese-Israeli border on Friday. Two civilians were killed in an Israeli drone strike near a phone transmission station in Tayr Harfa. The victims were Ghaleb Hussein al-Hajj, head of the Civil Defense paramedical staff of the Islamic Mission Scouts, and Youssef Fadi Jalloul, a technician with Powertech, the ...
This Is Beirut 09/05 23:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has announced plans for a protest sit-in in Brussels on May 27, simultaneously with the international conference on Syria. During a televised interview on Thursday evening, Geagea criticized “the weakness of Lebanese authorities, particularly successive governments,” in managing the issue of the Syrian ...
This Is Beirut 09/05 22:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Sandra De Waele, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Lebanon, said on Thursday that the €1 billion package announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is intended "to support Lebanon" until 2027. Speaking on Europe Day, De Waele elaborated on the purported aims of this financial support, which she said should "support ...
This Is Beirut 09/05 21:49 - Reading : less than a minute
Josephine Abi Ghosn, the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism's ambassador for religious tourism, received the Arab Union for Tourism Media Award for the best tourism documentary film in the Arab world. The award ceremony for her winning documentary, Visit the Pathways of Jbeil on Holy Thursday, coincided with the Arabian Travel Market 2024 in Dubai, ...
This Is Beirut 09/05 20:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Thursday, MPs of the Strong Republic Bloc (Lebanese Forces) presented a memorandum to the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Beirut, emphasizing that "Lebanon is not a country of asylum, but a transit country," citing the massive Syrian presence in Lebanon. During a meeting with the UNHCR ...
This Is Beirut 09/05 20:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In a country that prides itself on being high on democracy, freedom of expression has never been so suppressed. Thursday, comedian Shaden Fakih, from awk.word comedy club, was the target of religious authorities. Acting on instructions from the Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdellatif Derian, Dar al-Fatwa filed a complaint against the comedian for ...
This Is Beirut 09/05 20:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A closed meeting, organized by the Maronite Center for Research and Documentation, and focusing on the illegal Syrian presence in Lebanon, was chaired on Thursday by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai in Bkerke. The meeting was attended by the caretaker Minister of Interior, Bassam Mawlawi, representing caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the ...
This Is Beirut 09/05 18:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Judge Tanios Saghbini, Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Mount Lebanon, has initiated proceedings against twelve individuals - five of whom have already been arrested – on charges of involvement in the TikTok pedophile network. These include Georges Moubayyed, a hairdresser who has already been apprehended, and Paul Meouchi, owner of a ...
09/05 14:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Judge Tanios Saghbini, public prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, has initiated proceedings against twelve people accused of involvement in the TikTok pedophile network. Five of them have already been arrested. According to judicial sources, Magistrate Saghbini has requested that these arrest warrants be distributed to Interpol and ...
09/05 14:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon has responded officially to the “modified” French initiative aimed at de-escalating violence on the southern front and eventually paving the way for a sustainable and durable settlement along the Lebanese-Israeli border. Reports that circulated in the media alleging that the initiative had been rejected by Hezbollah, a stance conveyed ...
09/05 11:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A drone attack targeting a car resulted in the deaths of four people on Thursday on the Bafliye-Arzoun road in southern Lebanon. According to information, three of Hezbollah’s 'Radwan' forces were on the board of the 'Rapid' car, which was completely burned. Earlier, the pro-Iranian party declared targeting a unit of Israeli soldiers in Ramya ...
This Is Beirut 08/05 21:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Media Office of the General Directorate of General Security has issued a statement outlining comprehensive measures aimed at controlling and regulating the presence of Syrians on Lebanese territory. Among the key measures outlined in the statement are directives for “Syrians violating entry and residency regulations to report to border ...