This Is Beirut 16/04 22:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri cleared up the uncertainty surrounding the May municipal elections by declaring that the elections would not be held if it could not also be organized in South Lebanon, where artillery exchanges between Hezbollah and the Israeli army have been ongoing since October 8, 2023. "There will be no municipal elections ...
This Is Beirut 16/04 22:43 - Reading : less than a minute
Middle East Airlines canceled two flights (ME430/431 and ME428/429) to Dubai on Tuesday, April 16. The flights were canceled due to the weather conditions in Dubai which led to the closure of Dubai International Airport. It is important to note that MEA will operate two flights tomorrow at 8:00 AM, ME1428 and ME1426 to transport passengers of ...
This Is Beirut 16/04 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
On Tuesday, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, denied rumors of a deal with the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri. According to some reports, Berri's Amal movement had asked engineers among its supporters to vote for the FPM candidate for president of the Order of Engineers, Fadi Hanna, in exchange for a vote by Bassil's ...
Hala Abdallah 16/04 19:52 - Reading : less than a minute
The Egyptian ambassador to Lebanon, Alaa Moussa, hosted a quintet committee meeting in the presence of several MPs on Tuesday at his residence.
This Is Beirut 16/04 17:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A Hezbollah operative was killed in an air strike targeting the car he was riding in with two other individuals, in the locality of Aîn Baal, in the district of Tyre, less than two hours before Israel carried out a second deadly raid on two cars in Chehabiyé, in the same district. In Ain Baal, Ismail Youssef, a Hezbollah commander for the ...
This Is Beirut 16/04 17:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The delegation of opposition MPs who headed to Washington for talks with US officials, legislators, and international financial authorities will be discussing an array of Lebanese concerns, including the developments in the south in light of Gaza’s persisting war, the presidential deadlock, and the issue of Syrian displacement to Lebanon. The ...
16/04 16:43 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The UN Special Coordinator in Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, paid a farewell visit to the head of the Amel Foundation, Dr. Kamel Mhanna, on Tuesday, stressing the importance of humanitarian work under the current circumstances in Lebanon and the region. Wronecka, who will end her diplomatic mission in Lebanon soon, emphasized “the need of working ...
16/04 16:09 - Reading : less than a minute
Renewal bloc MP Fouad Makhzoumi was optimistic after a meeting on Tuesday of several parliamentary blocs with the Quintet’s ambassadors at the Egyptian ambassador's residence, stressing that the initiative led by the five-nation group for ending the presidential deadlock is moving forward. Makhzoumi stressed that his bloc supports any initiative ...
16/04 15:54 - Reading : less than a minute
Renewal Bloc MP Adib Abdel Massih said that his bloc proposed a “mid-way solution” to end the presidential vacancy, after a meeting on Tuesday of several parliamentary blocs with the Quintet’s ambassadors at the Egyptian ambassador's residence in Dohat Al Hoss.
This Is Beirut 16/04 14:42 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi asserted that "security apparatuses are exerting greater efforts to uncover crimes as fast as possible." Mawlawi’s comments came after meeting Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian on Tuesday. "We are more and more imposing order in Beirut," he said. On Syrian displacement, Mawlawi revealed that ...
This Is Beirut 16/04 14:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Yasser el-Koukash, a resident of Azzouniyeh in the mountainous caza of Aley, was found dead on Tuesday morning after suspected Syrian assailants "tied him up and robbed his apartment." The spate of security incidents that have been taking place in the country for weeks has angered residents, some of whom attacked displaced Syrians and forced them ...
Johnny Kortbawi 16/04 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The state of utter confusion the Lebanese were in last Saturday was not a first. In fact, since the birth of the State of Israel in 1948, the entire region has become prone to security threats and proxy wars between the great powers that have a direct impact on Lebanon. However, waiting for the Iranian drones, and then the constant expectation of ...