This Is Beirut 2024-03-04 11:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Following the firing of an anti-armor rocket from Lebanon towards Margaliot in the Upper Galilee, reports from Israeli media clarified that there was one fatality and seven individuals wounded. Regarding the exchange of fire, the Israeli army fired in the air and at close range at farmers who were spraying pesticides on their crops near the town ...
2024-03-04 08:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
None of the key Lebanese political figures can confirm US President Senior Advisor Amos Hochstein’s agenda during his upcoming visit to Lebanon. However, according to American sources, Hochstein’s expected visit to Lebanon (on Monday) could not be barren of some new information or developments. The question remains: what is the nature ...
2024-03-03 23:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hostilities resumed on Sunday evening on the southern front, after a day marked by intermittent exchanges of artillery fire between Hezbollah and Israel. In the evening, the Israeli Army carried out two raids on Aita al-Shaab, as well as on Kfar Kila, where a house was targeted, without causing any casualties. Additionally, Israel targeted the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 17:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese University Contractual Professors' Committee has announced a week-long general strike, starting Monday, March 4. In a statement issued on Sunday, the committee called on all contractual professors to "take part in a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education on Tuesday, March 5, at 11 AM." The aim of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On Sunday, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, denounced the government's intention to close certain diplomatic missions, notably in South America. The issue was on the agenda for Wednesday's session of the Council of Ministers. "The Lebanese diaspora is Lebanon's second lung," wrote Bassil on his X account. For him, ...
2024-03-03 15:27 - Reading : less than a minute
The famous Lebanese newspaper launched a campaign entitled "L'Orient-Le Siècle" to mark its centenary. L'Orient-Le Jour was founded in 1971, as a result of the merger of two daily newspapers, L'Orient, founded in 1924, and Le Jour, founded in 1934.
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 13:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai said on Sunday that the election of a president "gives institutions their legitimacy." "Lebanese political leaders need to reconcile with each other, turn the page on the past and re-establish mutual trust," added Archbishop Rai in his Sunday homily. "This makes it possible to place the good of the Lebanese above ...
2024-03-03 11:38 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Saint John Maron was born in Antioch and died in 707 in Kphar-Haï. He is recognized as the founder of the Maronite Syriac Church of Antioch and the pioneer of Lebanese identity. He established the modern Lebanese state on geographical (Mount Lebanon), religious (Chalcedonian Christianity), linguistic (Syriac) and military (the Mardaites) ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 11:31 - Reading : less than a minute
The employees' committee of the State Employees Cooperative announced on Sunday that it was suspending the strike, "temporarily" and "for a fixed period, until the civil servants receive their raises and bonuses." Employees of the State Employees Cooperative had begun their strike on Monday.
This Is Beirut 2024-03-03 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Papal ambassador to Lebanon, Paolo Borgia, is scarcely appearing with politicians. A politician who met him quoted Borgia as saying, “The Vatican wants a president,” and calls for love, peace, and getting together. The Vatican wants a president in Lebanon because he is the only Christian head of state in the region. In the Vatican’s ...
2024-03-03 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Every Lebanese is suspected of collaboration until proven otherwise, and similarly, every foreigner on Lebanese soil is also regarded as a suspect of collaboration until proven otherwise. Over the past few days, a security team from the Dutch Embassy returning from shooting training in Kaslik was intercepted by Hezbollah elements. The ...
Fady Noun 2024-03-02 16:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Georges Naccache's insight holds weight. Two negations do not form a nation. The proof! A plethora of negations wouldn't suffice to form one either. For Lebanon to attain nationhood, it requires numerous affirmations, notably an authentic Christian affirmation. The Assembly of the Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Lebanon recently convened a day ...