This is Beirut 2024-10-26 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Israel continued to target several areas in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa on Saturday. In Beirut’s southern suburbs, a cautious calm prevailed after an intense night on Friday. Over the last 24 hours, 76 air strikes have been recorded on different parts of Lebanon, mainly in the south, bringing the total number of attacks since the beginning ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-26 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has announced that its soldiers withdrew on October 22 from an observation post in the southern Lebanese border town of Dhayra, after coming under fire from the Israeli Army. In a statement, UNIFIL said the peacekeepers at its permanent observation post in Dhayra were monitoring Israeli ...
Fady Noun 2024-10-26 13:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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For some Lebanese Christians, the 1860 massacres remain an open wound — a persistent thorn in their collective memory. The painful recollection of this brutality resurfaced during the canonization of the Massabki brothers, who were martyred in Damascus on the night of July 9-10, 1860. How did it come to pass that over 20,000 Christians — half ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-26 12:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, said the government has taken “necessary measures” regarding the assassination of three journalists in Hasbaya, in south Lebanon, adding that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has filed official complaints against Israel. In a press conference held on Saturday, Makary affirmed ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-26 09:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli Army is reportedly carrying out extensive mining and demolition operations in the towns of Deir Siryan and Odaisseh. These activities have triggered tremors that residents of nearby towns mistook for an earthquake, according to the state news agency NNA on Saturday. The operations are seen as part of Israel's broader strategy, ...
Marc Saikali 2024-10-26 09:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli air force struck some twenty military bases in several areas of Iran. Teheran in particular. Around a hundred fighter planes, all returned to their bases. As “promised”, nuclear installations and hydrocarbon production zones were not hit. It is now clear that nobody wants the conflict to spread to the whole region. The Americans ...
Joanne Naoum 2024-10-26 09:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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By a razor thin margin with danger, journalists are covering the war in Lebanon. Their courage cannot be summed up in words. Days on nights of reporting to deliver the story, convey the message and the image, and echo the voices. A wholehearted tribute to fellow journalists, some of whom share their stories and personal testimonies from times of ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 23:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army said Friday that a strike that killed three journalists in south Lebanon was "under review", maintaining that it had targeted Hezbollah militants. "Earlier today, following intelligence information, the IDF (army) struck a Hezbollah military structure in Hasbaya in southern Lebanon," the military said in a statement to AFP. "The ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 22:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iranian officials have never appeared in Lebanon as frequently as they do now, treating this country, long regarded by them as a “province” under Hezbollah’s influence, as a key outpost. Since Israel launched its extensive offensive against Lebanon on September 23, dismantling Hezbollah’s leadership, an uninterrupted procession of Iranian ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 21:20 - Reading : less than a minute
The former chairman of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblat, said on Friday that “it is time for the Islamic Republic of Iran to realize that there is a state present in Lebanon.” In an interview with Russia today, Joumblatt hoped that the Gaza scenario will not happen in Lebanon. He asked, “How can the war stop if Israel ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 20:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese authorities said Friday that more than half a million people, mostly Syrians, had crossed into Syrian territory since Israel began heavily striking Lebanon late last month in an all-out war with Hezbollah. Since September 23, Lebanon has "recorded the crossing of 348,237 Syrian citizens and 156,505 Lebanese citizens into Syrian ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-25 19:25 - Reading : less than a minute
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US envoy Amos Hochstein emphasized that “ending the war between Israel and Lebanon is possible, in accordance with UN Resolution 1701.” “The Lebanese Armed Forces must be permitted to deploy successfully in southern Lebanon and carry out their duties,” he stressed in a statement released on Friday. Hochstein further confirmed that Israel ...