This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 23:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Sweden has informed the Lebanese authorities that it does not intend to extradite the Lebanese Paul Meouchi, nicknamed Jay, suspected of being one of the main brains and financiers of the TikTok pedophile network, a case which came to light at the beginning of May. Stockholm has responded to the rogatory commission issued on May 15 by the Public ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 22:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Municipality of Beirut lit up on Wednesday night several streets in the Hamra and Sanayeh neighborhoods, starting from the Central Bank to the Ministry of Information, through the street leading to the Ministry of Interior parallel to René Moawad Park, up to the Spears area. The event was attended by Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud, Beirut ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 21:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Escalation continued on the southern border on Wednesday afternoon as Hezbollah announced having “targeted a building used by Israeli soldiers in Avivim with appropriate weapons and achieving accurate hits.” In parallel, Israeli media reported that “Avivim witnessed a fire outbreak after an anti-armor missile was launched from ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 20:58 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A delegation from the “Strong Republic” (Lebanese Forces) bloc presented on Wednesday, to caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi, a note on behalf of Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea about the impact of illegal Syrian presence in Lebanon in different sectors. The MPs conveyed their party’s rejection of the policies ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 14:04 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Turkish pistols which were seized in two trucks, after being loaded at the port of Tripoli earlier this week, are being converted into military weapons, according to a security source who spoke to This is Beirut on condition of anonymity. The weapon-laden trucks were intercepted in less than 24 hours on Monday afternoon and on Tuesday in the ...
Michel Touma 2024-05-22 13:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
At the end of October 2023, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland decided to strengthen their cooperation to deport migrants residing illegally in their respective countries. French daily newspaper Le Figaro then quoted Danish Minister of Migration Kaare Dybvad Bek as stressing the collective interest of the Nordic countries in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 10:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is set to lead a Lebanese delegation on Wednesday to participate in the funeral of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter accident on Sunday, May 19. In related events, Hezbollah announced that a ceremony will be held on Friday in honor of the late Iranian president, Foreign Minister ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-22 09:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel continued on Wednesday on the southern front. Two Hezbollah fighters were killed in a drone attack in Odaisseh on Tuesday night. For its part, Hezbollah announced in two statements on Wednesday that two of its fighters had been killed, Mohammad Ali Bou Taama and Ali Hassan Sultan. The Israeli air ...
2024-05-21 22:22 - Reading : less than a minute
A vehicle of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was intercepted near the Ain al-Dalba intersection in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday evening. Residents in the Hezbollah-controlled area stopped the vehicle, considering that the route is "outside UNIFIL's zone of operations."
Fady Noun 2024-05-21 19:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawraj sets up a crisis cell comprising architects and agronomists, led by Jean Chamoun. In the absence of any clear prospect for an end to hostilities in southern Lebanon, the Nawraj association, led by Fouad Abounader, has decided to take action and start assessing the losses and needs of the localities subjected to Israeli bombardments. In a ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-05-21 19:56 - Reading : less than a minute
Nawraj NGO and the mayors of the border strip municipalities held a press conference at the Catholic Information Center, during which they launched an appeal for help and support to the people in the South.
2024-05-21 19:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In less than 24 hours, the army seized two trucks loaded with weapons in northern Lebanon. The first truck was intercepted Monday afternoon in the Batroun district, and the second on Tuesday afternoon in Tripoli. This immediately raises critical questions: How many similar trucks are circulating freely in the country, and more importantly, to whom ...