Army Commander Visits Minister of Defense Following Tensions

This Is Beirut 2023-12-26 14:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Army Commander Gebran Bassil Joseph Aoun

Army Commander General Joseph Aoun conveyed his best wishes to caretaker Minister of National Defense Maurice Sleem on the occasion of Christmas when he visited him at the Ministry of Defense in Yarzeh on Tuesday, in an apparent move to ease tensions between them. The visit comes in the wake of the parliament’s vote in favor of extending the ...

Lebanese Navy Rescues Illegal Migrants

This Is Beirut 2023-12-26 10:53 - Reading : less than a minute

Cyprus Lebanese Red Cross

The Lebanese naval forces carried out a rescue mission on Tuesday, successfully saving illegal Syrian migrants from a boat bound for Cyprus. Fifty-four people, including children, were on board the makeshift boat, which was about to sink off the coast of northern Lebanon when it broke down. The migrants managed to contact the authorities to ask ...

Tensions in the South: Recent Updates

This Is Beirut 2023-12-25 19:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Escalating tensions between Hezbollah and Israel continued in southern Lebanon despite Christmas celebrations on Monday, December 25. As of Monday afternoon, Israel resumed artillery shelling on the outskirts of Odaisseh, Tallet al-Mourtan in Sarda, Jabal al-Labbouneh, and the surroundings of Naqoura and Jabal al-Alam. In addition, the shelling ...

Audi: The World Watches the Genocide of People as if It Were a Play

ici 2023-12-25 14:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Audi génocide

The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, led a poignant Christmas service on Monday, deploring the lack of humanity among world leaders in the face of the killing of civilians in the raging Gaza war, in its third month. "I raise a prayer for the entire world to understand that the message of the Lord's birth is a call for ...

Rai Calls for 'Internal Revolution' at Christmas Mass

ici 2023-12-25 12:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

christmas

Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai blamed Lebanese officials for the woes plaguing Lebanon and its people, and called for a “spiritual revolution” that would lead to the election of a president of the republic and put Lebanon back on track. At his Christmas Day sermon in Bkerke on Monday, Rai said, “Let this Christmas bring about a ...

Unrelenting Violence in South Lebanon, Latest Developments

This Is Beirut 2023-12-25 11:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Israel carried out several airstrikes on southern Lebanese border towns on Monday morning, following heavy overnight clashes that did not taper off despite Christmas celebrations. A series of air raids targeted the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab and Tal al-Raheb, as well as Aitaroun, as of 7:00 AM this morning. The sound of exploding missiles ...

Dilemmas of Truce and the Unfinished War 

2023-12-25 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Dilemmas

The moral and strategic equivocations of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, far from being incidental, are inherent to the political narrative and the military purview that underlie the massacres of October 7, 2023. The nihilistic attack reflects Hamas's political vision and concurs with the strategic objectives of Iranian power politics: ...

In Tripoli, a New Christmas Tree Installed

This Is Beirut 2023-12-24 18:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Christmas Tree

A new Christmas tree has been installed in the square of the Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Tripoli's Zahiriya region. It is meant to replace the first tree, which was completely burnt down by flames caused by a Molotov cocktail thrown at it by unknown assailants at dawn on Sunday. The reinstallation of the Christmas tree was entirely ...

Audi Denounces a World Built on 'Interests'

This Is Beirut 2023-12-24 16:13 - Reading : less than a minute

Elias Audi

The Greek-Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Archbishop Elias Audi, denounced the behavior of a large portion of people who value "social rank," respecting only "the rich, feudal, and bourgeois" and "rejecting the poor, needy, and weak." “The world is now built on interests, and man is driven by his instincts, desires, and self-centeredness," he ...

The Pedagogical Legacy of Imam Chamseddine (2/2)

2023-12-24 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Adduha School

In memory of Layan, Talin, and Remas Mahmoud Hejazi, killed on November 6, 2023, in South Lebanon. In this second part of the article concerning the educational and social legacy of Imam Mohammed Mehdi Chamseddine, This Is Beirut revisits the main institutions set up by the Charitable and Cultural Association (CCA), founded in 1966 by Imam ...

Beit Kanz: Spreading Joy While Supporting Families in Crisis

Hala Abdallah 2023-12-24 13:30 - Reading : less than a minute

Beit el Baraka Beit Kanz

Beit Kanz, a project by Beit el Baraka, is offering a unique Christmas experience to visitors while supporting families across Lebanon.

Christmas Tree Burned in Tripoli, Outraging Elected Officials

This Is Beirut 2023-12-24 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Achraf Rifi Christmas Tree Elie Khoury

At dawn on Sunday, unknown assailants threw a Molotov cocktail at the Christmas tree set up in St. George's Church Square in Tripoli's Zahiriya region. The flames destroyed the tree. The region's political and religious leaders denounced this "suspicious act," which damaged Tripoli's image. Achraf Rifi, deputy of the region, called for the ...