This Is Beirut 24/02 16:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Municipal employees and municipalities unions in Lebanon have jointly declared a cautionary general strike scheduled for Monday. They are calling on the Lebanese government to address issues of fairness for municipal employees and their unions, seeking equal treatment in comparison to other public administration employees. The strike is set to ...
This Is Beirut 24/02 13:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
"5,000 homes, 1,200 of which are in the north, are at risk of collapse," declared Sajih Atiyeh, head of the Public Works Committee and parliamentarian, on Saturday. "This number was provided by only 40 percent of the municipalities," said Atiyeh in an interview with the radio station "Sawt Kel Lebnen" (Voice of All Lebanon). The MP described ...
This Is Beirut 24/02 08:30 - Reading : less than a minute
An American official has reportedly told a Lebanese businessman that certain countries within the international community are trying to implement a plan to move Syrians out of Lebanon and settle Palestinians displaced in 1948 there. No details of this plan were provided, although a European official was quoted as saying that displaced Syrians ...
This Is Beirut 23/02 19:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Michel Moawad, leader of the Independence Movement and member of the Renewal bloc, stressed on Friday "the priority of avoiding a slide towards an all-out war in Lebanon through the effective implementation of Resolution 1701 on both sides of the Lebanese-Israeli border." During a visit undertaken by US Ambassador Lisa Johnson to Baabda, Moawad ...
23/02 18:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A meeting of European military leaders is scheduled to take place in Rome on March 1st. Lebanese Army Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Aoun has been invited to join the gathering focused on assessing the status and needs of the LAF as well as ensuring its readiness to enforce Resolution 1701 when the time comes. This meeting is set after Paris ...
This Is Beirut 23/02 17:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Joseph Aoun Lebanese Armed Forces
In a ceremony held at the Naval Forces Command in Beirut, the United States donated three boats and four speedboats to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), reaffirming its commitment to Lebanon's security and stability. The event, attended by Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun, US Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson, and several military ...
This Is Beirut 23/02 15:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced the adjournment of the cabinet session set to take place on Friday, one hour before it was supposed to convene, in order to avoid clashes with retired military personnel gathered outside the serail in protest against their deteriorating living conditions. “I informed all concerned of the ...
Hala Abdallah 23/02 12:54 - Reading : less than a minute
Retired military personnel and former members of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) mobilized once again on Friday morning, starting 7 a.m. in the vicinity of the Grand Serail, where the Council of Ministers is scheduled to convene at 3:30 p.m. The objective? Obstructing the convening of this meeting, which aims to address the controversial ...
This Is Beirut 23/02 08:30 - Reading : less than a minute
French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian's visit to Lebanon will not take place before the Quintet's foreign ministers meet in Riyadh to draw up a roadmap to resolve the Lebanese crisis and facilitate the election of a president, according to information obtained by This Is Beirut. "No meeting will take place until an agreement has been reached on a ...
This Is Beirut 23/02 08:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On the agenda of Friday's Cabinet meeting is the much-debated bank restructuring project, part of the economic and financial recovery plan drawn up by the caretaker government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati. The plan seeks to absolve the State of any responsibility for the resounding financial collapse into which official policies have plunged ...
This Is Beirut 22/02 22:39 - Reading : less than a minute
According to Al-Markaziya news agency, a French-Qatari summit in support of the Lebanese army is scheduled for February 27 between French President Emmanuel Macron and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The respective commanders of the French and Qatari armies and the Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Army, General Joseph Aoun, are ...
This Is Beirut 22/02 22:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Minister of Education Abbas Halabi announced on Thursday in an interview with MTV that he is preparing to "cancel the Brevet exams" this year, due to the war that has been going on since October 8 on the southern front between Hezbollah and Israel, preventing many students, particularly those living in this region, from pursuing their ...