This Is Beirut 03/04 16:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is to provide Lebanon with humanitarian aid worth over $67 million. This contribution will be allocated to the country's neediest populations, through the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). It will benefit some 500,000 people, including some 200,000 Lebanese, by providing ...
This Is Beirut 03/04 16:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai declared that any authority that does not uphold and respect the founding principles of the Lebanese state, including coexistence, equality, public freedoms and respect of the constitution, is illegitimate. Speaking on the occasion of Annunciation Day on Wednesday, Rai denounced "the torpedoing of the Constitution ...
03/04 14:42 - Reading : less than a minute
Following Wednesday's meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Committee, MP Wael Abou Faour reiterated the importance of the implementation of Resolution 1701 in South Lebanon, adding that Lebanon needs work out a truce agreement before looking to anyone else in the region.
03/04 14:19 - Reading : less than a minute
Change MP Waddah Sadek said to TIB, "We are against Hezb taking the decision of war," following the meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Committee to discuss UN Security Council Resolution 2728, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the process of Resolution 1701 and the UNRWA file after the suspension of the agency's funding.
This Is Beirut 03/04 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Hezbollah official has expressed “discomfort and exasperation” over the aggravating developments in South Lebanon in view of the “unimaginable damage” that the region has sustained since the pro-Iranian party opened its so-called “support front” for Gaza on October 8. The official’s frustration with what is happening in the South ...
Rami Rayess 03/04 09:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Among the many pending Lebanese projects is the writing of a unified history book for Lebanon. Many attempts were made to that end and failed, not for the lack of competent historians who possess the required skills, but for the absence of any political decision. Another obstacle is the conflicting views about Lebanon’s history, from its ...
This Is Beirut 02/04 22:51 - Reading : less than a minute
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Paris for talks with senior officials, including French President Emmanuel Macron. Blinken, in a joint press conference with French Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné, expressed gratitude “for France’s partnership on the crisis of the Middle East,” and stated that they’ve been ...
This Is Beirut 02/04 18:59 - Reading : less than a minute
Former Judge Malik Saibi was appointed as acting General Inspector of the Judicial Inspection Authority, following the cabinet’s approval in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Judicial Law. The decree for Saibi’s appointment was approved by the cabinet on March 19, following the endorsement by the Supreme Judicial Council on ...
02/04 18:46 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon paid tribute to former MP and minister Fouad el-Saad on Tuesday.
This Is Beirut 02/04 18:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese American University announced in a press release on Tuesday the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Ethan Goldrich to the university’s Beirut campus on March 27, along with a delegation from the US Embassy in Beirut. Goldrich met with Lebanese American University leaders and a group of US ...
This Is Beirut 02/04 16:42 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipalities Judge Bassam Mawlawi stressed, "The Bekaa belongs to the people of Bekaa and Lebanon, and Lebanon belongs to the people of Lebanon." Mawlawi made these statements during his participation in a Ramadan iftar ceremony organized in his honor in Central Bekaa Addressing recent security incidents ...
This Is Beirut 02/04 15:58 - Reading : less than a minute
The Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, Judge Mahmoud Makkiyeh, announced that caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called a cabinet meeting on Thursday April 4, at 11:30 am, with 21 items on the agenda. The last cabinet meeting was held at the Grand Serail on March 19. At that meeting, the Cabinet had postponed the appointment of ...