This Is Beirut 08/04 17:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced, in a conversation with journalists, that the presidential election dossier would be "revived" after Eid al-Fitr, which will begin on Wednesday. This affirmation comes on the sidelines of his meeting with President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides on Monday. With the return of the Saudi, Egyptian and Qatari ...
08/04 16:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, the Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian, welcomed the "initiatives and proposals by certain political parties," to break the deadlocked election of a president of the republic, more than a year and a half since the top post became vacant. "The positive ...
This Is Beirut 08/04 15:19 - Reading : less than a minute
In Jbeil, the abduction of Pascal Sleiman, the local coordinator of the Lebanese Forces, stirred the emotions of the residents. A call was made last night, asking shop owners to close their stores on Monday in solidarity.
This Is Beirut 08/04 15:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati agreed to "coordinate with the European Union (EU) to set up a framework agreement, like the one previously concluded with Egypt and Tunisia, to halt migratory flows, provide aid to Lebanon and encourage displaced Syrians to return." After the meeting, ...
This Is Beirut 08/04 15:02 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese Forces coordinator Elie Charbachi assured This is Beirut that his party would not remain idle and calls for the safe return of Jbeil coordinator Pascal Sleiman, who was kidnapped on Sunday.
This Is Beirut 08/04 14:13 - Reading : less than a minute
The MP of the Lebanese Forces, Ziad Hawat, speaks following the abduction on Sunday of Pascal Sleiman, the FL coordinator in Jbeil.
This Is Beirut 08/04 13:42 - Reading : less than a minute
House Speaker Nabih Berri apologized on Monday for "not accepting Eid al-Fitr congratulatory visits due to the current situation." He wished all Lebanese, in general, and Muslims, in particular, a blessed Eid.
This Is Beirut 08/04 13:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah continued relentlessly on Monday, six months after the front in South Lebanon was opened by the pro-Iranian party to support Hamas in Gaza. The Israeli military said that it killed a Hezbollah commander, identified as Ali Ahmed Hussein of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Forces, in an overnight airstrike on the town ...
This Is Beirut 08/04 12:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Six months after the opening of Hezbollah’s so-called “support front” for Gaza in south Lebanon, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka and UNIFIL’s Commander Aroldo Lázaro deplored in a joint statement on Monday that "violence and suffering has gone on too long." “It must stop," the statement hammered, urgently appealing ...
08/04 12:36 - Reading : less than a minute
The Member of Parliament for the Lebanese Forces, Razi el-Hage, speaks following the kidnapping on Sunday of Pascal Sleiman, the LF coordinator in Jbeil.
Hala Abdallah 08/04 11:43 - Reading : less than a minute
Members and supporters of the Lebanese Forces are currently protesting in Jbeil following the abduction of LF coordinator Pascal Sleiman on Sunday.
Maxime Pluvinet 08/04 11:18 - Reading : less than a minute
As the influx of illegal migrants to Cyprus from the Lebanese shores reached record highs, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides arrived in Beirut on Monday morning to address this thorny issue with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati during a meeting at the Grand Serail, which was also attended by the Commander in Chief of the Army, General ...