Lebanon

Al-Sharaa met Joumblatt, vows country will not negatively interfere in Lebanon
Al-Sharaa met Joumblatt, vows country will not negatively interfere in Lebanon

This is Beirut 2024-12-22 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Damascus Lebanon Walid Jumblatt Ahmad al-Sharaa

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told Lebanese Druze leaders on Sunday that his country  would not negatively interfere in Lebanon and would respect its neighbour's sovereignty. Syria will no longer exert "negative interference in Lebanon at all -- it respects Lebanon's sovereignty, the unity of its territories, the ...

Rai: Lebanon Needs a President Capable of Navigating This Exceptional Historical Moment
Rai: Lebanon Needs a President Capable of Navigating This Exceptional Historical Moment

This is Beirut 2024-12-22 12:05 - Reading : less than a minute

Bechara Rai Lebanon

Ahead of the presidential election session scheduled for January 9, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai expressed hope that a president capable of navigating this exceptional historical period would be elected. “The country needs a president who enjoys both domestic and international trust, one who believes in institutions and revitalizes them, who ...

Mikati Discusses Humanitarian Aid and Southern Tensions with UN Delegates
Mikati Discusses Humanitarian Aid and Southern Tensions with UN Delegates

This is Beirut 2024-12-22 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

United Nations Lebanon Najib Mikati

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati received the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Janine Hennis-Plasschaert, at his residence. The discussions focused on current developments, particularly the situation in southern Lebanon and the ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement. The Prime Minister also met with ...

The Codex Rabulensis 1/3
The Codex Rabulensis 1/3

Amine Jules Iskandar 2024-12-22 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Manuscripts Codex Rabulensis Christian heritage

The Codex Rabulensis is the oldest illuminated manuscript with a precisely confirmed date, serving as a critical reference for dating other Christian works that lack colophons indicating their creation. This Syriac Gospel book has crossed over centuries, from the Monastery of Saint John in Beit-Zogba to the Maronite Patriarchate of Ilige, then to ...

Israeli Bulldozers Block Deir Mimas' Entrance
Israeli Bulldozers Block Deir Mimas' Entrance

This is Beirut 2024-12-21 19:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanese Army

Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers on Saturday blocked the road leading to the entrance of Deir Mimas in southern Lebanon, where nearly 20 Israeli soldiers are stationed. An Israeli bulldozer also rammed three cars in the town. Israeli forces have conducted further demolition activities in Naqoura, replacing a checkpoint set up by the ...

This is Holidays: Day 6
This is Holidays: Day 6

Rayan Chami 2024-12-21 18:00 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanon Holidays Christmas

This is Beirut invites you to follow its special Christmas bulletin during the festive season. Here's what the newsroom has in store for you on Saturday, December 21st.  Don’t forget to check our website and discover today’s Christmas recipe; try it, send us a photo and we will share it on our page!  

Driver Deliberately Hits ISF Officer in Downtown Beirut
Driver Deliberately Hits ISF Officer in Downtown Beirut

This is Beirut 2024-12-21 17:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Internal Security Forces

A hit-and-run driver deliberately ran over an Internal Security Forces (ISF) officer in downtown Beirut’s Starco area while the officer was conducting identity checks on motorcyclists. A video of the incident quickly went viral on social media. It showed a Mercedes speeding dangerously and hitting the officer, George Abou Jaoudeh, who was ...

Addressing Ceasefire Violations and Israeli Withdrawals: Efforts Underway in the Coming Days
Behind the ScenesAddressing Ceasefire Violations and Israeli Withdrawals: Efforts Underway in the Coming Days

Bassam Abou Zeid 2024-12-21 15:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Amos Hochstein Ceasefire Hezbollah Israel

According to sources close to Speaker Berri, Hochstein is expected to chair the next meeting of the monitoring committee after the Christmas and New Year holidays, as he promised to Berri. A Western diplomatic source following the committee's work noted that an assessment of the situation in the south after the November 27 ceasefire reveals ...

Deriane Calls for \
Deriane Calls for "Comprehensive Amnesty" for Islamic Detainees

This is Beirut 2024-12-21 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Abdel-Latif Deriane Dar Al-Fatwa

Lebanon's Grand Mufti, Abdel-Latif Deriane, received on Saturday the families of Islamic detainees, along with others from various regions of Lebanon, at Dar Al-Fatwa. The families urged him to "work with the authorities to expedite the issuance of a general amnesty for all prisoners without exception, particularly for the Islamic ...

Lebanese Army Takes Control of PFLP General Command Site in Western Bekaa
Lebanese Army Takes Control of PFLP General Command Site in Western Bekaa

This is Beirut 2024-12-21 13:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanese Army Israël ceasefire PFLP

The Lebanese Army announced on Saturday that it had "taken control of the General Command site of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) at Jabal Sultan Yacoub in Western Bekaa." "We entered the headquarters' tunnel and deployed our units around the site," the statement added. Additionally, the Lebanese Army is working to take ...

Hankache Discusses Presidential Election and Proposes Reconciliation Conference
Hankache Discusses Presidential Election and Proposes Reconciliation Conference

This is Beirut 2024-12-21 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Lebanon

MP Elias Hankache, a member of the Lebanese Kataeb parliamentary bloc, is "hopeful today." "We are reassured by efforts to confine weapons to the state and the shifting regional dynamics favoring the establishment of a real state in Lebanon, starting with the presidency," he told Radio Free Lebanon. Building a State Hankache argued that ...

Berri Asserts Continuous Efforts to Elect President on Jan. 9
Berri Asserts Continuous Efforts to Elect President on Jan. 9

This is Beirut 2024-12-20 20:45 - Reading : less than a minute

Joseph Aoun

Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri affirmed on Friday that “efforts are ongoing so that on the parliamentary session of January 9, a president is elected.” He reaffirmed that he has no plans to postpone the session and has not been asked to do so by political forces in remarks to the Saudi daily Asharq al-Awsat. He emphasized that ...

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