Lebanon

Guesthouses: A Better Summer Than Expected
Guesthouses: A Better Summer Than Expected

Guesthouses have been booming in Lebanon in recent years. They are highly sought-after, and the quality of what is being offered is continually improving. This Is Beirut invites you to discover four guesthouses located in various Lebanese regions, while interviewing experts to assess the season in light of the crises and repercussions of the ...

Massive Fire Erupts in Tripoli
Massive Fire Erupts in Tripoli

A large fire broke out in a lot adjacent to the former Souk al-Ahad site in the Tripoli Quarantine area on Saturday. Civil defense members rushed to the scene to extinguish the blaze.    

Southern Lebanon: Two Deaths in Israeli Drone Attack
Southern Lebanon: Two Deaths in Israeli Drone Attack

Two people were killed on Saturday by an Israeli drone attack on a car on the Khardali road in Ain El Qasab. It was later known that the car was carrying Kfarkila Municipality and 'Amal' Movement member, Moussa Suleiman, and the father of a deceased Hezbollah fighter, Mohammed Najib Halawi. Suleiman and Halawi were filling water from Ain El Qasab ...

Geagea: “Opening the Southern Front Is a Sin, Not a Mistake”
Geagea: “Opening the Southern Front Is a Sin, Not a Mistake”

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed on Saturday that “Lebanon cannot wait for a settlement in Gaza,” asserting that “the government needs to take immediate and decisive measures regarding the southern front in implementing 1701.” Speaking at an LF ceremony to hand out party membership cards at Maarab, he affirmed that “opening ...

Southern Lebanon: Israeli Retaliation After Hezb Bombed Metulla
Southern Lebanon: Israeli Retaliation After Hezb Bombed Metulla

After a tense night on the southern borders, the Israeli Army announced on Saturday that “9 buildings in Metulla were damaged by rocket shelling from Lebanon on Friday afternoon.” In this context, Israeli Army spokesperson, Avichaee Adraee, stated that “two suspicious aerial targets were intercepted while they were heading to Israeli ...

Netanyahu Aborts British Offer for Border with Lebanon
Netanyahu Aborts British Offer for Border with Lebanon

In an anticipatory move for the post-truce phase in Gaza, and the “Day After” plan for southern Lebanon, Britain tried to market an offer to Hezbollah and Israel under which it would erect advanced watchtowers along the Lebanese-Israeli border. The observation towers, which would be more sophisticated than those installed on the border with ...

USAID Unveils “Discoveries Around Annaya” Tourism Route in Lebanon
USAID Unveils “Discoveries Around Annaya” Tourism Route in Lebanon

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched “Discoveries Around Annaya” on Friday, a tourism route that connects 28 cultural and religious sites in Annaya, Jbeil. The program is part of the Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods (PSL) initiative, which seeks to attract tourists as a means of improving local ...

Public Transport Buses Attacked Day After Their Launch
Public Transport Buses Attacked Day After Their Launch

The new public transport buses were vandalized between Dora and Karantina just one day after their inauguration on July 10. The incident caused swift responses from government officials and condemnation from consumer protection groups. The Caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Bassam Mawlawi, directed the General Directorate of ...

New Lebanese Complaint Against Israel to the UNSC
New Lebanese Complaint Against Israel to the UNSC

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants submitted a complaint to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on July 3 to address Israel’s attacks on the agricultural sector, farmers, and livestock breeders in border villages. In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry said the complaint included “official statistics on the number of ...

LF: Is Calling for Open Consecutive Sessions Now Abnormal?
LF: Is Calling for Open Consecutive Sessions Now Abnormal?

The Media Office of the Lebanese Forces Party questioned, “Has it become abnormal to insist on electing a president by calling for open consecutive sessions? Is disrupting the presidential elections and setting unconstitutional conditions the right thing to do? Certainly not.” The Lebanese Forces statement is a response to the meeting held by ...

Halabi: Official Exams Results Released Soon
Halabi: Official Exams Results Released Soon

Caretaker Minister of Education Abbas Halabi announced that “official exam results will be released shortly after the correction process resumes.” On Wednesday, grading was suspended in centers of the North, SaIda and Baalbeck due to uncertainty surrounding teachers' remuneration. During an interview with MTV on Thursday, Halabi praised the ...

The Taif Agreement... Lebanon’s Lifebuoy
The Taif Agreement... Lebanon’s Lifebuoy

The recent visit of the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, reflected, in one of its aspects, the insistence of the Vatican, Washington, Paris, and Western and Arab capitals on “adhering to the Taif Agreement and the Constitution as a way out of the presidential deadlock.” Informed sources revealed that Parolin ...