This Is Beirut 2024-04-28 13:26 - Reading : less than a minute
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai called on politicians to "reexamine their conscience" to ensure the common good and restore constitutional institutions, starting with the election of a President of the Republic. During his Sunday sermon, Rai accused political forces of lacking faith in God and causing suffering for the Lebanese people due to a war ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-28 12:46 - Reading : less than a minute
The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Elias Audi, lashed out at Lebanese officials for "ignoring their constitutional obligations, the first of which is the election of a president, pushing the Lebanese people to despair, delinquency and emigration." During his sermon on Palm Sunday Mass for the Greek Orthodox confession, Audi lamented that ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-28 12:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United Nations Interim Forces in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) expressed deep concern on Sunday at the sharp increase in escalation on both sides of the Blue Line between Israel and Hezbollah. In an interview with the Voice of All Lebanon, Candice Ardell, deputy director of the UNIFIL press office, said that the exchange of fire since October 8 had ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-28 11:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné kicked off his political meetings on Sunday by talking to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, hours after visiting UNIFIL’s headquarters where he called for ending the alarming escalation of violence in south Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel. Accompanied by French Ambassador to Lebanon Hervé Magro ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-27 21:51 - Reading : less than a minute
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné arrived this evening at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport on a private plane for his second visit to Lebanon since assuming his duties at the French Foreign Ministry. The French Ambassador to Lebanon, Hervé Magro, welcomed the French minister and his accompanying delegation. The French ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-04-27 15:33 - Reading : less than a minute
MP Ghassan Skaff told This Is Beirut that UNSC 1701 needs to be implemented in its current form and estimated that the international community will be able to stop a full-blown war through diplomatic measures.
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-04-27 15:27 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese Forces MP Pierre Bou Assi said to This Is Beirut that Resolution 1701 needs to be implemented, not only because it is a UN Security Council Resolution that needs to be applied in conformity with international accords and conventions, but also for the sake of the Lebanese, to preserve their security and safety.
This Is Beirut 2024-04-27 13:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) chief Samir Geagea said on Saturday that the situation in southern Lebanon “could become threatening.” During a solidarity meeting in Maarab entitled “1701 in Defense of Lebanon,” Geagea underscored that the country’s situation is “headed towards the worst,” emphasizing that the people “cannot remain ...
2024-04-27 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Everyone in Beirut is anticipating the visit of Amos Hochstein, top advisor to US President Joe Biden, who recently traveled to Israel to continue discussing ceasefire specifics in southern Lebanon and reach a long-term solution based on United Nations Resolution 1701. Based on recent information, Hochstein is once again attempting to separate ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-27 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
A former minister reportedly said that if Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri accepts French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to visit Paris, it would constitute a major breakthrough for Lebanon to negotiate a way out of the crisis. A source close to Ain el-Tineh also reported that Berri's visit to Paris could take place around mid-May. In ...
2024-04-27 10:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel pursued its air strikes on southern Lebanon from Friday night until Saturday morning. Hezbollah announced in a statement on Saturday morning that its fighter Rafi Fayez Hassan "Nasser Ali" (born in 1974) was killed in an Israeli raid on the town of Khiam. Around midnight on Friday, Israeli warplanes carried out two raids with heavy ...
Fady Noun 2024-04-27 10:33 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In the "low-intensity war" it has been waging since October 8 against Israel in support of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah has officially mourned the deaths of 273 of its men. But up until now, these sacrifices have not earned the party any gains, and their impact on what is happening in Gaza is almost nil. On the other hand, they have resulted ...