Alissar Boulos 2024-01-05 19:18 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to 2024’s first edition of The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday, January 5th and the 91st day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s news: a violent turn of events in Lebanon when a senior Hamas official is assassinated in Beirut, the security situation in the South escalates, Hassan Nasrallah gives his third and fourth ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-05 13:06 - Reading : less than a minute
The army's Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, lost his mother, Hoda Ibrahim Makhlouta, on Friday. The funeral will take place on Saturday, January 6, at 10 AM, at Sainte-Thérèse Church in Fayadieh. The burial will take place in her hometown of Aichiyeh, in southern Lebanon, and condolences will be received until 4 PM in the hall of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-05 12:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In accordance with the directives of the caretaker Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign affairs Abdallah Bou Habib instructed Lebanon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations to file a complaint on January 4, 2024 before the United Nations Security Council following Israel's attack on a residential area in the southern suburb of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-05 12:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Samir Geagea, head of the Lebanese Forces (LF), said that Hezbollah does not want to engage in a war with Israel over Gaza, but rather seeks to strengthen its presence on the internal scene in order to achieve its objectives on the one hand, and to enable Iran to advance its regional interests, on the other. However, according to Geagea, Israel ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-05 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, is set to embark on a significant two-day diplomatic mission to Lebanon from January 5 to 7. Borrell's agenda includes meetings with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, ...
2024-01-05 07:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Since the end of 2022, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has been virtually at a standstill. The recent announcement by Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, declaring the cessation of its activities due to lack of funding, has irrevocably sealed its fate. Indeed, since the financial crisis of October 2019, Lebanon has been ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 23:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Secretary-General of Catholic Schools, Father Youssef Nasr, announced on Thursday evening, on behalf of the Episcopal Commission of Catholic Schools in Lebanon that “The school strike was suspended, and therefore, classes will resume as planned on Monday, January 8th.” This resumption date marks the end of the holiday break. In an ...
Renée Davis 2024-01-04 23:29 - Reading : less than a minute
Over 40 months in, the families of the Beirut blast victims continue to seek justice for their lost loved ones.
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 21:11 - Reading : less than a minute
The Israeli army escalated its bombardments and air raids on the border regions of southern Lebanon on Thursday. Three airstrikes and six surface-to-air missiles targeted the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab on Thursday afternoon, followed by a fourth raid on the Aita al-Shaab-Debl road. Another raid also targeted the outskirts of Maroun al-Ras, with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 20:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna agreed to seek steps to avoid a wider Middle East war following strikes in Lebanon and Iran, the US State Department said Thursday. In a telephone call the day before, the two top diplomats "discussed the importance of measures to prevent the conflict in Gaza from ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 20:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced on Thursday that they seized a shipment on November 30, 2023, which was carrying substances for the manufacturing of drugs and was about to leave the port of Beirut, bound for Australia. According to the press release, raw materials used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine, the primary ingredient ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 20:27 - Reading : less than a minute
Commander-in-Chief of the Army General Joseph Aoun convened several meetings in his office in Yarzeh on Thursday to discuss the situation in southern Lebanon and the role of the Lebanese Army. Discussions with UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro focused on cooperation and coordination between the Lebanese Army ...