This Is Beirut 2024-05-07 17:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
MPs from the Kataeb party, the Renewal Bloc and the Coalition for Change have lodged appeals against the law extending the terms of office of municipal councils, following in the Lebanese Forces’ footsteps. In their submission to the Constitutional Council, the MPs emphasized “the flagrant violation of the Constitution’s introduction, as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-07 17:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Three people were apprehended on Tuesday, bringing to nine the number of suspects arrested since the start of the investigation into the Tik Tok pedophile ring. A lawyer, member of Tripoli’s Bar Association, a police officer assigned to the municipality of Bourj Hammoud and responsible for facilitating traffic in front of the United Armenian ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-05-07 14:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The outraged response from Lebanese society to the revelation of a human trafficking network exploiting children via TikTok is both understandable and logical. No matter the extent of the lack of morality, there's no justification for abusing and exploiting children in this manner. While some may justify theft due to poverty or murder as ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-06 19:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Head of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea asserted on Monday that the LF will continue everything they are doing "until the last illegal immigrant is removed from Lebanon." In a statement, Geagea emphasized, "Neither international wishes nor UN Billions will stop what we started, because no priority is above our Lebanese identity, ...
Joanne Naoum 2024-05-06 19:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Amid a national outcry about the protracted presence of displaced Syrians, compounded by calls to tighten control on their illegal residence, the rise in criminality in recent weeks involving Syrians is increasing tensions with their Lebanese hosts. The latest of these crimes occurred on Saturday (May 4) at Universal residence in Beirut, ...
Michel Touma 2024-05-06 12:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The annual commemoration of the Lebanese Press Martyrs' Day, on May 6th, serves as a solemn tribute to our fallen colleagues who courageously defended the principles of freedom of expression and the duty to inform. Beyond its symbolic significance, this occasion presents a chance to engage the public and media circles in a meaningful dialogue ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-05 15:33 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Shiite religious authority Ali al-Amin emphasized that Hezbollah cannot represent all Shiites and underscored the harm its policies have inflicted on both Shiites and Lebanon, in an interview with Independent Arabia. He also touched upon the desires of Lebanese Shiites to create a fair and equitable state. On his opposition to the relationship ...
2024-05-05 14:51 - Reading : less than a minute
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai called for unity on "the issue of securing the safe return of displaced Syrians and refugees to their homeland, and resisting European and international pressures and their seductive tactics aimed at preventing their return and keeping them in Lebanon for political purposes that are neither in their favor nor in ...
2024-05-05 12:56 - Reading : less than a minute
The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, emphasized the need to elect a president during his Easter Mass at St. George's Cathedral in Downtown's Nejmeh Square. "Our country requires officials who work for it and not for their interests, and the first duty of parliamentarians is to meet within the constitutional deadline to ...
2024-05-05 12:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
An Israeli raid on a house in the center of Mays al-Jabal on Sunday morning left a family of four civilians dead, father Fadi Hnaiki and his sons Mohammed and Ahmed, as well as his second wife Maya Ammar. The raid also resulted in several injuries. Ambulance teams promptly evacuated the wounded to hospitals in the region. Meanwhile, civil defense ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-05-05 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Several public gardens in Ashrafieh have been redeveloped since the 2019 crisis. These are initiatives undertaken by residents, in collaboration with the municipality of Beirut and many associations, with the aim of breathing new life into the green spaces that are sorely lacking in the capital.
Lyne Sammouri 2024-05-05 00:07 - Reading : less than a minute
All the way from Jerusalem, the Holy Flame reached Beirut on Saturday, the day preceeding the Orthodox Easter. It was received by Beirut’s Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elias Audi.