This Is Beirut 2024-02-27 11:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea affirmed his support for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, on Tuesday during a visit to the head of the agency's Beirut office, Dorothee Klaus. Geagea praised the role played by UNRWA in Lebanon in terms of humanitarian coverage. "It is not covered by any other group," he added. He called on all ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 22:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese presidential election
The National Moderation parliamentary bloc continued its tour of parliamentary blocs on Monday to present its initiative, which, if supported by a favorable majority, is set to break the presidential deadlock. The initiative consists of gathering all parliamentary blocs at the Nejmeh Square (Parliament Square), after which they will call for an ...
Lyne Sammouri 2024-02-26 22:08 - Reading : less than a minute
Amid growing tensions and concerns over the influx of unregistered Syrian refugees to Lebanon, a protest unfolded today outside the Beirut Municipality, with demonstrators demanding the implementation of laws addressing this pressing issue. The rally was triggered by a series of crime incidents involving unregistered Syrians and municipal police ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 21:04 - Reading : less than a minute
“Lebanon is a country dedicated to its stability; it doesn’t want war. The Lebanese people rely on security forces to establish and maintain security,” said caretaker Minister of the Interior Bassam Mawlawi during the 41st session of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, held in Tunisia on Monday. In his speech to the Council, Mawlawi ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 16:36 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib announced on Monday that Lebanon is expected to submit its written response to the French proposal to settle the situation in South Lebanon next week. "Our stance is well known. We want the comprehensive application of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which would also extend to Shebaa and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 16:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Municipal employees and municipalities' unions in Lebanon jointly declared a strike starting Monday, February 26 until Friday, March 1, within the municipalities. Municipal employees and municipalities' unions are demanding a wage readjustment, transport costs and bonuses. The government and Parliament did not respond favorably to these demands, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 12:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
budget Constitutional Council Kataëb
Ten sovereignist MPs lodged an invalidation appeal with the Constitutional Council on Monday, challenging the State budget law for fiscal year 2024. The MPs include the Kataeb MPs Samy Gemayel, Nadim Gemayel, Elias Hankach and Salim Sayegh, the Renewal bloc MPs Michel Moawad, Achraf Rifi and Fouad Makhzoumi, and Change Coalition MPs Mark Daou, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-25 20:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Lebanese government is currently facing a new challenge that involves its ability and determination to prioritize national interests over Syria's attempts to assert its own. More than a decade after their installation, the border control towers along the Syrian border, overseen by the Lebanese Army and built by the British government, have ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-25 15:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
BEIRUT economic situation Elias Audi Lebanese officials
Metropolitan Elias Audi lamented that Lebanese officials’ "inability to take wise positions or act in the best interest of the country is what led to their failure and distance from the people." "If those who assumed power had been humble and worked for the good of Lebanon, would we have witnessed this disintegration of power?" he ...
ici 2024-02-25 14:06 - Reading : less than a minute
A court in Cyprus ordered the detention of two Lebanese men, aged 19 and 21, for six days on suspicion of human smuggling. The individuals were identified as the captains of two boats that tried to smuggle 146 Syrian refugees and one Lebanese migrant into the Mediterranean island. During their interrogation, the refugees revealed that they had ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-25 13:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai stated on Sunday, “Delaying the presidential election has caused general chaos, allowing officials to monopolize power to the point of oppression, which represents a threat to national unity.” During his sermon, Rai emphasized, “The distortions in the constitution and coexistence in Lebanon will cause the ...
Ici Beyrouth 2024-02-25 12:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Party chief of the Lebanese Forces (LF) Samir Geagea said on Sunday that the solution to cease hostilities in southern Lebanon lies in “the implementation of Resolution 1701 and Hezbollah’s withdrawal from the border area.” He emphasized his stance to the Papal Ambassador to Lebanon, Paolo Borgia, whom he received in Maarab. Geagea ...