This Is Beirut 2024-05-19 17:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
General Security (GS) recently shut down dozens of restaurants, factories and stores in the Beqaa region after uncovering an illegal network of Syrian nationals managing, producing and marketing counterfeit food products that fail to meet even the most basic food safety standards. GS agents discovered establishments run by Syrian investors ...
2024-05-19 15:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai emphasized that there was no “justifiable reason not to elect a president of the Republic who will abide by the Constitution and reorganize constitutional institutions.” During his Sunday sermon, Rai underscored the necessity of “electing a president who can sit at the negotiating table” should an ...
2024-05-19 10:51 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The quintet ambassadors—comprising the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt—are exploring a consultation mechanism. They aim to ascertain if a consensus can be reached on a presidential candidate, or if a presidential election can be organized with a limited list of contenders. However, as of yet, these ambassadors have not ...
2024-05-19 10:30 - Reading : less than a minute
The Vehicle Registration Center announced that its Dekwaneh center will be open on Sunday, May 19, and throughout the following week to process applications for the release of all types of vehicles and motorcycles from seizure.
2024-05-18 20:16 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A group of motorcyclists protested outside Al-Mreijeh Police Station in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Saturday afternoon. The protest comes a day after security forces apprehended several bikes in the region for non-compliance with the law. The protest, involving mostly young men, escalated when the group attacked the police station, ...
2024-05-18 19:21 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel intensified on Saturday afternoon. Hezbollah escalated its attacks against Israel after the latter carried out a raid on Naqoura, wounding a fisherman. He was taken to a hospital and is reportedly in stable condition. In a series of press releases, the pro-Iranian group claimed responsibility for ...
Youssef Diab 2024-05-18 18:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
"Old habits die hard." This proverb is fitting to Mount Lebanon Public Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun’s situation, as she seems unwilling to change her behavior or reciprocate the conciliatory efforts of Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Jamal Hajjar. True to the saying "Nature prevails over nurture," Aoun has once again defied Hajjar's ...
2024-05-18 17:57 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea met with French Ambassador to Lebanon Hervé Magro in Meerab on Saturday. They were joined by the French Embassy’s political affairs advisors, Quentin Jeantet and Romain Calvary. The meeting focused on the French initiative to end the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon, where ...
2024-05-18 16:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Saturday, the Israeli army targeted a car near the Masnaa border post in Syria, on the border with Lebanon. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Hezbollah leader and his companion were targeted by the strike on the Damascus-Beirut road, leading to the car's destruction. Casualties remain unknown. The explosion took place ...
Fady Noun 2024-05-18 13:06 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
What if, for a Maronite, being Lebanese was simply a way of being Christian? And what if, for a Muslim or a Druze from Lebanon, being Lebanese was just a unique way of being Muslim? Not by abandoning their faith, but by infusing it with a spirit of peaceful, friendly, and inclusive benevolence. This is the impression conveyed by the photo of ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-05-18 11:09 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon's Civil Defense grapples with a surge in coastal drowning incidents as summer approaches. Tragic losses at beaches underscore the risks faced by swimmers in unpredictable environments.
This Is Beirut 2024-05-17 20:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Hamas military official, the Palestinian Charhabil el-Sayyed, was killed in an Israeli strike targeting his car early on Friday evening in the Masnaa-Majdel Anjar region, near the Lebanese-Syrian border in the Bekaa. His companion, also Palestinian, was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. In the evening, Israeli raids ...