This is Beirut 16/09 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon ISF forgery Syria network
The General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Tuesday that it had dismantled, last August, a network of Syrian counterfeiters specializing in forging official Lebanese and Syrian stamps. According to the statement, the ISF’s intelligence bureau had received information that members of the network were obtaining ...
This is Beirut 16/09 17:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Preparations are underway for Pope Leo XIV to travel to Turkey and Lebanon at the end of November in what would be his first trip abroad, Vatican sources told AFP. The two-stage trip would likely last just under a week, AFP understands. The Vatican does not normally confirm official visits until closer to the time. It would mark the first ...
This is Beirut 16/09 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UNIFIL LAF Donation stability Security Lebanon
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) donated on Tuesday more than 100 vehicles and pieces of equipment to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), aimed at reinforcing state authority and enhancing stability in southern Lebanon. At a ceremony held in Naqoura, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Diodato Abagnara and ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain 16/09 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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The Lebanese government has yet to fully grasp the seismic shift in Israel’s defense doctrine from containment to preemption. Hezbollah, even if armed with rudimentary weapons like slingshots, will not be tolerated. Beirut must disarm and disband the Iran-backed militia immediately and will be given one final chance to do so. This is the Easy ...
Philippe Abi-Akl 16/09 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Even as Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government implements the army’s plan to enforce the decision that all weapons be held exclusively by the state—monitoring progress monthly—and follows up on Syrian detainees in Lebanese prisons as well as displaced Syrians in preparation for their return, concern over border demarcation remains strong ...
This is Beirut 16/09 14:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Lebanese Forces (LF) party reiterated on Tuesday that it will not accept any delay in parliamentary elections and pledged to “actively push to bring all matters related to the parliamentary elections before the Parliament’s General Assembly for resolution.” In a press release issued on Tuesday, the LF emphasized that ...
This is Beirut 16/09 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Kataeb party chief and MP Samy Gemayel expressed his support for President Joseph Aoun’s policies and public statements following a meeting with the president on Tuesday. Gemayel thanked Aoun for his speech marking the anniversary of former President Bashir Gemayel’s assassination, saying it “confirms that all Lebanese leaders are now ...
Johnny Kortbawi 16/09 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In recent months, pages linked to the Axis of Resistance have grown on social media like fungi. There is no longer any way to keep track of them: every day or two, a new page appears under a different name but with the same content promoting the axis’s narrative in all its domestic and regional dimensions. These are not mere social media ...
This is Beirut 16/09 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Igor Grechushkin was arrested on September 5 at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria, after arriving from Paphos, Cyprus, on the basis of an Interpol red notice. The news was reported by AFP, citing a Bulgarian judicial source on condition of anonymity. A 48-year-old Russian-Cypriot national, Grechushkin had been identified by the ship’s former ...
Christiane Tager 16/09 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In Lebanon, even a single fuel ship can spiral into a political-judicial drama. Between Friday night and Saturday morning, the Lebanese navy intercepted Hawk III, carrying fuel destined for Électricité du Liban (EDL), as it attempted to evade territorial waters. Behind this incident lies a story of contradictions, suspicion, and opacity, ...
This is Beirut 16/09 11:55 - Reading : less than a minute
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President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday welcomed the decision to hold the Arab Media Forum in Beirut, during a meeting with the forum’s Secretary-General Madi al-Khamis, in the presence of Information Minister Paul Morcos. Aoun affirmed that “Lebanon has been, and will remain, a leading Arab and international media hub, a platform that upholds ...
This is Beirut 15/09 22:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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At least eight people were wounded on Monday evening in an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment in a residential building in the Ksar Zaatar neighborhood of Nabatieh, southern Lebanon. The casualty toll is preliminary, as rescue operations remain ongoing. The injured have been taken to hospitals across the region. Ksar Zaatar is known to ...