Lebanon

Love in a Plate: Bey1’s Recipe for Festive Joy
Love in a Plate: Bey1’s Recipe for Festive Joy

Bey1 Kitchen in Achrafieh not only serves meals but crafts an enchanting experience, turning the kitchen into a festive haven where the spirit of Christmas and the warmth of compassion come together to feed the elderly.

ISF Launches Awareness Campaign Against Drunk Driving Ahead of NYE
ISF Launches Awareness Campaign Against Drunk Driving Ahead of NYE

The Internal Security Forces (ISF), in cooperation with the Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants, Cafés, Night-Clubs and Pastries in Lebanon, launched an awareness campaign on Thursday against "the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol," ahead of New Year’s Eve. In a statement, the General Directorate of the ISF indicated that its ...

Catholic Schools Strike: A First Step Towards a Solution?
Catholic Schools Strike: A First Step Towards a Solution?

The crisis sparked in educational circles by the adoption of two laws amending certain regulations, particularly related to school budgets and their contribution to the Compensation Fund, seems to be on the path to resolution. A subcommittee has been formed for this purpose, as Catholic schools remain on strike. Caretaker Minister of Education ...

End of Jounieh Cable Car Rescue Mission
End of Jounieh Cable Car Rescue Mission

Shortly before nightfall, the Civil Defense announced at 4:30 PM the end of the rescue operation for the 27 people stranded in the cabins of the Jounieh cable car. Army helicopters and special forces units participated in these operations, which lasted several hours. Teams from the Lebanese Red Cross were also dispatched to the scene. The ...

Safieddine: No Power in the World Can Impose Anything on Hezbollah
Safieddine: No Power in the World Can Impose Anything on Hezbollah

The head of Hezbollah's Executive Council, Hashem Safieddine, stressed on Thursday that "no power in the world will be able to impose on the resistance and its logic anything outside the interests of Lebanon and Palestine." Safieddine was speaking at the funeral, in Baalbek, of Muhammad Hassan Yaghi, the executive assistant of Hezbollah’s ...

20 People Trapped in Jounieh Cable Car, Rescue Efforts Ongoing
20 People Trapped in Jounieh Cable Car, Rescue Efforts Ongoing

A technical malfunction in the Jounieh cable car caused two cabins to collide and other cabins on their way from Jounieh to Harissa to stop running. Deputy General Director of Civil Defense Rima el-Murr said in an interview on local TV station MTV that "there are 20 people trapped; we've rescued four of them, and rescue operations are ongoing. ...

Bishop Moussa El-Hage Denies Taking Part in Israeli Ceremony
Bishop Moussa El-Hage Denies Taking Part in Israeli Ceremony

The Maronite Patriarchal Vicar of Haifa and Jerusalem, Archbishop Moussa El-Hage denounced "fabricated information involving him.” He denied having taken part in the annual holiday greetings ceremony organized by Israeli President Isaac Herzog on December 21. In an interview with the daily Nidaa al-Watan on Thursday, Hage also pointed out that ...

Frangieh-Aoun Reconciliation Meeting Facilitated by Hezbollah
Frangieh-Aoun Reconciliation Meeting Facilitated by Hezbollah

According to sources close to Hezbollah, the pro-Iranian group closely followed the arrangements of the dinner that sealed the rapprochement between Marada leader Sleiman Frangieh, Hezbollah’s presidential candidate, and the Army Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, at the latter's residence in Yarzeh. The sources said Frangieh decided to ...

Bkerke Mediating an End to Catholic Schools' Strike
Bkerke Mediating an End to Catholic Schools' Strike

Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai said he was "satisfied" with the results of the meeting he chaired in Bkerke on Wednesday to discuss the laws on teachers' rights passed by Parliament on December 15. The two laws amend certain regulations governing educational authority in private schools and the management of school budgets. The controversial ...

Isaac Arazi, Head of Lebanon's Jewish Community, Dies
Isaac Arazi, Head of Lebanon's Jewish Community, Dies

The former president of Lebanon's Jewish community has died on Tuesday. Jews have been living in Lebanon for 2,000 years, but their numbers shrank from some 22,000 before the 1975-1990 civil war to around 30 today, according to Hout. Contacted by This is Beirut, the late Mr. Arazi's sister stressed that "he took the initiative to rebuild the ...

Karam's Memorandum to Guterres on 'Lebanese Apprehensions'
Karam's Memorandum to Guterres on 'Lebanese Apprehensions'

The President of the Maronite League and former ambassador Khalil Karam presented a memorandum on "Lebanese apprehensions" to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Karam called on the UN, through its agencies, to find a solution to the problem of displaced Syrians, and to work for the full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions, with ...