Lebanon

Sleiman's Funeral: Rai Underlines Urgency of Settling Syrian Displaced Issue
Sleiman's Funeral: Rai Underlines Urgency of Settling Syrian Displaced Issue

With much sadness and pain, Lebanon bid farewell to Pascal Sleiman, the coordinator of the Lebanese Forces in Jbeil. The Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai presided over the funeral oration on Friday in the presence of the deceased's family, his mother, and Lebanese Forces members at a political and mass gathering at Saint George Church in ...

Hasbani: No to Weapons Outside the LAF
Hasbani: No to Weapons Outside the LAF

Lebanese Forces MP and Former Deputy Prime Minister Ghassan Hasbani said to This is Beirut that the only armed forces in the country need to be the Lebanese Army forces and that illegitimate weapons should be seized.

Pascal Sleiman Funeral: A Moving Popular Welcome as the Funeral Cortege Arrives
Pascal Sleiman Funeral: A Moving Popular Welcome as the Funeral Cortege Arrives

The funeral cortege of Pascal Sleiman, coordinator of the Lebanese Forces of Jbeil, arrived at 12:30 PM at the perimeter of Saint Georges Cathedral in Jbeil, where the funeral will take place at 1 PM. The ceremony will be officiated by the Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara al-Rai. Pascal Sleiman's coffin, wrapped in the Lebanese and LF flags, ...

Reporters Without Borders: Israel Should Be Accountable for the Killing of Issam Abdallah
Reporters Without Borders: Israel Should Be Accountable for the Killing of Issam Abdallah

"Reporters Without Borders" called on the international community to "pressure to ensure Israel's accountability" for the killing of Lebanese journalist Issam Abdallah six months ago in southern Lebanon, where also six journalists were injured, including two reporters for Agence France-Presse (AFP). "It is unacceptable after all the ...

Political Figures Bid Farewell to Pascal Sleiman
Political Figures Bid Farewell to Pascal Sleiman

The farewell of Pascal Sleiman, the LF coordinator for Jbeil who was abducted and killed by a so-called car theft last Sunday, is met with massive gatherings today, just a few hours before the funeral at 1 PM in Jbeil's Saint-Georges Cathedral. Political figures took to social media to bid farewell to Sleiman. Lebanese Forces MP Sethrida Geagea ...

Pascal Sleiman Funeral: Mass Gatherings and a Day of Mourning
Pascal Sleiman Funeral: Mass Gatherings and a Day of Mourning

Popular rallies are being organized in several areas of Beirut and its eastern suburbs ahead of the funeral of Pascal Sleiman, the Lebanese Forces (LF) coordinator for the Jbeil region who was abducted and killed by suspected car thieves on Sunday. The funeral is scheduled for Friday at 1 PM in the Saint-Georges Cathedral in Jbeil. The mass at the ...

Funeral of Sleiman: LF Supporters Are Beginning to Gather
Funeral of Sleiman: LF Supporters Are Beginning to Gather

Supporters of the Lebanese Forces are beginning to gather in several regions of Lebanon.Thousands of people are expected at the funeral of Pascal Sleiman, the coordinator of the Lebanese Forces in Jbeil, who was killed last Sunday.   [readmore url="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/lebanon/244279"]  

Jbeil Prepares to Bid Farewell to Pascal Sleiman
Jbeil Prepares to Bid Farewell to Pascal Sleiman

The funeral of Pascal Sleiman, the LF coordinator abducted and killed by suspected car thieves on Sunday, will take place tomorrow, Friday, at 1 PM, in the Cathedral of Saint Georges in Jbeil. The mass will be presided over by the Maronite Patriarch, Bechara al-Rai. The burial will take place in his native village, Mayfouq. Opposition MPs have ...

Two Syrians Kidnapped and Released in Baalbeck-Hermel
Two Syrians Kidnapped and Released in Baalbeck-Hermel

Armed men in a black Prado jeep with tinted windows and no license plates abducted two Syrians in Baalbeck-Hermel in northeastern Lebanon. They took their cell phones and the money they had on them before releasing them, near the Makneh town. The two were on their way to Homs, north of Damascus. They were in a cab on the Chtoura-Baalbeck-Qaa road ...

Order of Engineers Elections: Political Stakes and Financial Challenges
Order of Engineers Elections: Political Stakes and Financial Challenges

On Sunday, April 14, the Order of Engineers in Beirut is set to elect a third of its council and its new president, who will succeed Aref Yassine. This year, and as per tradition, the position of president is reserved for a Christian. The principle of alternation, between Christians and Sunni Muslims, has been in effect since the foundation of the ...

Catholic Schools Closing Friday in Day of Prayer for Lebanon's Salvation
Catholic Schools Closing Friday in Day of Prayer for Lebanon's Salvation

The General Secretariat of Catholic Schools called for closing all Catholic schools across Lebanon tomorrow Friday, and to consider it “a day of prayer for Lebanon’s salvation,” following the murder of Lebanese Forces coordinator in Jbeil district Pascal Sleiman. In a statement issued on Thursday, the General Secretariat affirmed its ...