Lebanon

Electoral Law in Committees: Bou Saab Stresses Need for Political Consensus First

This is Beirut 20/05 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called for a second joint session of several key parliamentary committees on Thursday to continue deliberations on a set of legislative proposals, including three electoral bills and major public health reforms. The joint meeting will bring together members of the Finance and Budget, Administration and Justice, ...

Aoun and Salam Discuss Final Phase of Municipal Elections

This is Beirut 20/05 17:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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Preparations for the fourth and final phase of the municipal process, set to take place in the South and Nabatiyeh governorates next Saturday, topped the agenda of a high-level meeting held on Tuesday at Baabda Palace. President of the Republic General Joseph Aoun received Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. The two leaders reviewed the course of the ...

Op-edLebanon Should Take a Cue from al-Sharaa - and Talk to Israel

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 20/05 16:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A joke has it that Syria’s self-proclaimed president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, offered to build a Trump Tower in Damascus to make up for the two New York towers that Al-Qaeda, al-Sharaa former organization, destroyed on 9/11, killing 2,753 Americans. Times are changing. Since October 7, Iran has been begging America for a nuclear deal that ...

Op-edLebanon Reduced to the Scale of a Mukhtar

Johnny Kortbawi 20/05 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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While Saudi Arabia was signing investment deals with the United States worth over $600 billion, and President Donald Trump was pursuing economic ventures exceeding $4 trillion to boost the global economy and forge new alliances, Lebanon was engaging in international politics on the scale of a mukhtar, a village chief. As developments began to ...

Constitutional Council Accepts President Aoun’s Appeal Against Teaching Body Organization Law

This is Beirut 20/05 15:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Joseph Aoun Constitutional Council Private Schools

In a unanimous decision, the Constitutional Council accepted President Joseph Aoun's appeal against the law on the organization of teaching staff in private schools and the management of their budgets. Per the constitutional provisions, the law has now been declared inapplicable. The appeal, lodged by the presidency shortly after the law's ...

HighlightPalestinian Arms Top the Agenda in Abbas’s Beirut Visit

Bassam Abou Zeid 20/05 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to arrive in Beirut amid pointed remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on the issue of Palestinian weapons. Aoun emphasized that Palestinian arms in Lebanon have not served the cause of liberating Palestine, but instead fueled internal Palestinian strife as well as Lebanese-Palestinian ...

Ahmad Hajjar Tours South Lebanon: Aiming for Smooth Elections

This is Beirut 20/05 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

South Lebanon Ahmad Hajjar Municipal Elections

In the build-up to the final phase of the municipal and mukhtar elections scheduled to take place in southern Lebanon on Saturday, May 24, Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar embarked on an inspection tour of the southern part of the country on Tuesday morning. “We are anticipating any attempt to disrupt the vote,” he declared from the Saida ...

South Lebanon: Israeli Drone Strike Kills One in Tyre Caza

This is Beirut 20/05 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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On the road linking the localities of Mansouri and Majdel Zoun, in the caza of Tyre, a motorcycle was targeted by a drone strike on Tuesday morning. The strike killed one person believed to be a member of Hezbollah, according to the Israeli Army. Lebanon’s Ministry of Health states that nine people were wounded, according to a ...

SpotlightMahmoud Abbas Expected in Beirut: Will Palestinian Disarmament Be Addressed?

This is Beirut 20/05 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The Palestinian issue has long weighed on Lebanon, with consequences that have directly undermined its sovereignty. The Hamas-led assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, shook the region and left little room for any return to the old status quo. As the political landscape across the Middle East continues to shift, Lebanon faces its own urgent ...

Official Municipal and Mukhtar Election Results Out for Beirut, Zahle, Baalbeck, Rachaya, West Bekaa, and Hermel

This is Beirut 20/05 10:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Municipal Elections Hermel West Bekaa Rachaya Ministry of the Interior

The Ministry of Interior has published partial official results for the municipal and mukhtar elections held on May 18 in the governorates of Beirut, Bekaa, and Hermel. The results for Beirut were announced on Tuesday. The "Beirut Btejma3na" list won 23 seats while one seat was secured by Mahmud Mehyeddine el-Jamal, a candidate ...

The ‘Sunn Pest:’ A Tiny Insect and a Major Threat to Lebanon’s Wheat

Christiane Tager 19/05 21:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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As Lebanon’s farmers grapple with worsening drought, labor shortages and rising tensions along the border, another crisis is taking root – literally. A familiar pest, the sunn pest, is back, and it’s putting the country’s wheat harvest at serious risk. The sunn pest (Eurygaster integriceps), commonly known as the wheat bug, may be small, ...

Behind the ScenesWith Assad Down and Sanctions Lifted, Are Syrian Refugees Finally Being Pressed to Leave?

Natasha Metni Torbey 19/05 20:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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The startling decision by United States President Donald Trump to lift economic sanctions on Syria, coupled with the collapse of the Assad regime, could fundamentally reshape how the Syrian displaced population in Lebanon is managed – unless their permanent return to Syria remains excluded from the agreement being brokered among the key parties ...