Michel Touma 2024-10-21 11:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Few analysts and observers might recall that, during the peak of the Middle East conflict, the Arab League reached an agreement designating Lebanon as a country of support, distinct from the frontline states meant to confront Israel—namely Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Yet, as an Israeli leader once aptly noted, commitments made in this region often ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-20 23:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Israeli army has been conducting airstrikes since Sunday evening in various regions of Lebanon. These attacks range from the southern suburbs of Beirut to the Bekaa Valley and southern areas. The targets are the offices of Al Qard Al Hassan, a financial organization that is under U.S. sanctions and is accused of funding Hezbollah. "Al ...
2024-10-20 20:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tehran UN Security Council USA Hochstein
A diplomatic source at the United Nations indicated that Lebanon cannot disregard the implementation of Resolution 1559 if it truly intends to comply with Resolution 1701. Lebanon has reiterated its commitment to both resolutions, along with Resolution 1680, by endorsing the recent Security Council decision that renewed the mandate of ...
Alain E. Andrea 2024-10-20 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In recent weeks, Lebanon has seen a notable rise in food poisoning cases, a phenomenon that cannot be separated from the socio-economic conditions burdening the country. The war context alone increases these risks, as we will explain later. However, other factors also play a role. First, the chronic lack or shortage of electricity severely ...
Fady Noun 2024-10-20 19:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Bechara Rai Damascus Pope Francis Church canonization Maronite
Today, October 20, the universal Church has been graced with the addition of 14 new figures of holiness, including eleven martyrs: eight Franciscan religious and three Maronite laymen, the brothers Francis, Abdel Mohti, and Raphael Massabki. All were brutally killed in Damascus during the night of July 9 to 10, 1860, for their refusal to ...
Liliane Mokbel 2024-10-20 16:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
According to several reliable sources, Lebanon could soon be added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. A decision is expected in five days. If confirmed, this would hardly come as a surprise. However, rumors have circulated over the past 24 hours about a possible postponement of the decision to November rather than October, ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-20 15:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf has struck again. In comments reported by the local news agency Al-Markaziya, he stated, on behalf of the Lebanese, that their reference point is none other than the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to Al-Markaziya, Ghalibaf claimed that “Ali ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-20 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
It was only last night that the UNIFIL’s command managed to deliver water and supplies to its soldiers stationed in Mays al-Jabal, south of Lebanon. The peacekeepers had not received provisions for several weeks, and by Saturday, their water supply had run out, according to the multinational peacekeeping force's Telegram account, which noted ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-20 12:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Repeated Israeli strikes on Iran-backed Hezbollah have trapped Lebanon between Washington and its allies, who seek to impose a new order, and Tehran, which is resisting, experts say. "This is a standoff between Iran on one side, and the U.S. and Israel on the other," says Michael Young from the Carnegie Middle East Center. "The Israelis and ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-20 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Future Television building on Spears Street in Hamra is currently hosting an active workshop in preparation for the launch of its website in the coming hours. This launch is being overseen by a news team that combines new members with those who previously worked at the station, according to our sister company, “Houna Loubnan.” In ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-20 10:15 - Reading : less than a minute
A report in Israeli media claimed that Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem left Lebanon for Iran out of fear of being assassinated. These Israeli reports, quoted by Sky News Arabia and Lebanese media, added that Qassem departed Lebanon for Iran on October 5. However, as of now, there has been no official statement from ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-20 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Israeli army announced that it had killed Reza Abbas Awada, a Hezbollah expert in wireless communications, in a strike on his car on Saturday in Jounieh, Keserwan area. Two people were killed in the raid. The second passenger was a woman of Iranian origin, according to a statement from the Iranian embassy. “Maasouma Karbachi was with her ...