This is Beirut 2024-10-21 23:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
New areas in Beirut's southern suburb were targeted by Israeli air strikes, including Ouzaï and Jnah. Following evacuation orders issued to residents of the Laylaké and Ouzaï neighborhoods, several Israeli air strikes targeted these neighborhoods, as well as the towns of Hadath, Jnah and Sainte Thérèse. A large number of injuries were ...
2024-10-21 22:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Amos Hochstein Joseph Aoun Nabih Berri
As soon as Amos Hochstein, the Senior Advisor to the United States president, wrapped up his visit to Beirut, the Israeli army issued an assessment of its ongoing war against Hezbollah. The report highlighted a depletion in Hezbollah’s military strength and firepower, along with a lack of combat coordination between its units, concluding that ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-21 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli air attacks continued unabated on Monday, targeting several towns in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa in east Lebanon, causing more casualties. In the late afternoon, Israeli warplanes renewed airstrikes on Aita al-Shaab for the second time in less than two hours. A drone strike on a car near the army barracks in Tyre resulted in ...
2024-10-21 18:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil Lebanese Forces parliament
Assuming that the first meeting of the ordinary autumn parliamentary session takes place on Tuesday (October 22), the following question remains: what does the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) have in mind concerning the reappointment of its MPs at the head of parliamentary committees or to positions within the Bureau of the Chamber? On Friday, ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-21 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ain el-Tineh Amos Hochstein Grand Serail US
United States envoy Amos Hochstein pleaded on Monday for a firm and transparent implementation of United Nations Resolution 1701 to put an end to the raging conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, though a ceasefire agreement remains complicated amid the surge in violence. Meeting with Berri After a meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain ...
Roger Merheb 2024-10-21 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Sunday, October 20, several media outlets reported that Hezbollah's second-in-command, Naim Qassem, has been in Tehran since October 5. The Emirati media platform Erem News quoted an anonymous Iranian source holding reliable information, stating that Qassem left Beirut on an Iranian plane on Saturday, October 5, along with Iranian Foreign ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-21 17:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Between Sunday night and Monday, Israeli forces carried out an exceptionally violent series of airstrikes targeting Beirut's southern suburbs, as well as various locations in southern Lebanon and Beqaa, causing deaths, injuries and widespread destruction.
This is Beirut 2024-10-21 16:05 - Reading : less than a minute
This is Beirut 2024-10-21 15:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ain el-Tineh Amos Hochstein UN Security Council White House
US envoy Amos Hochstein pleaded on Monday for a full and transparent implementation of UN Resolution 1701 to put an end to the raging conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, though a ceasefire agreement remains complicated amid the surge in violence. After a meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri, Hochstein said Washington wants to end the ...
Nadia Hallak 2024-10-21 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As the sounds of war reached the doors of Beirut’s southern suburbs weeks ago, the Lebanese people’s concerns over their "medicine security" heightened, leading many to rush to stockpile as many medications as possible. They fear shortages or being unable to secure their needs if the war dragged on. The Lebanese people do not want to repeat ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-21 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Ain el-Tineh UN Security Council United Nations Lebanon
“UN Security Council Resolution 1701 must be fully and promptly implemented,” emphasized Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit during his visit to Ain al-Tineh on Monday. Following a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Aboul Gheit outlined the Arab League’s unwavering support for Lebanon amidst ongoing conflicts. “I ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-21 14:15 - Reading : less than a minute
On Monday morning, the Israeli army raided the village of Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon. Four tanks crossed the border along Rmeish and made their way through the hills towards Aita al-Shaab. The pan-Arab channel al-Jazeera showed images of the tanks in the village. The National News Agency (ANI) reported that houses had been dynamited in ...