This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 19:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 19:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 18:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 12:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 20:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea considered that opening the southern front was not merely a “mistake” but a “major sin” against the Lebanese people as well as the Palestinian cause. He stressed that the situation in Lebanon cannot tolerate waiting for what will happen in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas. “The Lebanese ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 18:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
MP Pierre Bou Assi, a member of the “Strong Republic” parliamentary bloc (Lebanese Forces), considered that “Hezbollah is not a resistance but rather a scheme to seize power.” He pointed out that Naim Kassem, Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General, expressed this clearly by saying that “even if Jerusalem falls, we will not surrender our ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 15:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The military career of 118 officers, whose recruitment has been anticipated since August 2023, remains in limbo, awaiting the outcome of an expected mediation to be handled by the caretaker Minister of Culture, Mohammed Mortada, who is trying to resolve the dispute between the Minister of Defense, Maurice Slim, and Army Commander-in-Chief, Joseph ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 14:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Arab League’s Assistant Secretary General Hossam Zaki triggered the ire of more than one Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country following his recent visit to Beirut, during which he declared, “The League no longer classifies Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.” However, the Arab League does not have any established or official list ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli attacks persisted on the southern border with heavy shelling on Thursday. The southern and eastern outskirts of Mays al-Jabal were targeted by phosphorus artillery bombardments, while a number of interceptor missiles exploded in the airspace of the village and its surroundings, causing fires. The surrounding areas of Hula, Wadi Salouki, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 12:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Renewal Bloc, in a press release issued on Wednesday, considered that the roadmap presented by the opposition constitutes a serious opportunity to overcome the climate of obstruction to the election of a president in line with the provisions of the constitution. This would constitute a gateway to restoring the sovereignty of the state and the ...
Salam Zaatari 2024-07-11 10:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah has become a major non-state actor in the Middle East since Israel’s 2006 invasion. Supported by Iran, it has received large shipments of rockets and drones and now produces its own weapons, including air defense capabilities. Its arsenal includes guided and unguided rockets, antitank artillery, ballistic and anti-ship ...