This Is Beirut 2024-08-02 13:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Middle East Airlines (MEA) announced on Friday that its daily flight schedules for August 2 and 3, 2024, will remain unchanged, except for some flights that have been delayed. These measures are due to the ongoing security situation in Lebanon and the region, which has escalated significantly since Tuesday. Following the attacks on the southern ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-02 12:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil
The head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Gebran Bassil is expected to issue a decision excluding MP Alain Aoun from the party without referring him to the 'Council of Sages', according to MTV. Aoun, who is the nephew of FPM founder and former President, Michel Aoun, was Bassil’s rival in the elections to the party’s presidency in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-02 11:06 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut during an emergency Security Council meeting on July 31, 2024. Lebanon considered the attack “a dangerous escalation,” as it had targeted a densely populated residential area. This meeting was called by Russia, China, and Algeria at the ...
2024-08-01 15:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the massive August 4, 2020, port explosion, which destroyed large swathes of Beirut, the head of the Bar Association, Fadi Masri, on Thursday vowed to continue the fight on behalf of the victims’ families until justice is served. “We are morally and humanely committed to continuing the struggle for the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-01 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A European diplomat maintains that the Cold War phase is over, and that the time has come for a new phase in the world, generated by new alliances that have emerged, in particular, since the war in Ukraine. The conflict has altered many facts and pushed towards a new phase in which the United States, China, India and Russia, as well as other ...
2024-08-01 13:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon formally submitted complaints on Thursday to both the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in response to Israeli cyber-attacks. The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested condemnation from Security Council member states, citing significant threats to the nation’s civil ...
2024-08-01 13:08 - Reading : less than a minute
A delegation of opposition MPs held talks with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday against the backdrop of the recent armed escalation between Hezbollah and Israel. After the meeting, MP Marc Daou emphasized that “the only solution to the crisis is the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701,” underscoring the ...
Marc Saikali 2024-08-01 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
This article should be read by anyone who believes they can take control of Lebanon. A few months ago, I was talking to my friend Frédéric Domont, who has sadly recently passed away. I shared my recent experience in Lebanon, having always lived in France, and the challenges of dealing with Lebanese people on a daily basis. This great expert on ...
2024-08-01 12:47 - Reading : less than a minute
2024-08-01 12:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Estephanos Doueihi initiated a liturgical and cultural reform that reconnected with Antiochian roots while upholding allegiance to Rome, within a Syriac-Latin syncretism that confirmed his Chalcedonian and Catholic identity. He perceived the Maronite culture as a synthesis of Syriac poetic expression and Western positivist philosophy. A thousand ...
Salam Zaatari 2024-08-01 08:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The recent assassinations of Fouad Shokr in Beirut and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran by Israeli operatives have escalated tensions in the region, risking igniting an all-out war between Iran’s proxies and Israel. The conflict has reached unprecedented levels, drawing global attention and overshadowing significant national moments. Amid this turmoil, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-31 21:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
More than 24 hours after the Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, Hezbollah officially announced the death of Fouad Shokr, Hezbollah's military leader and an influential adviser to Hassan Nasrallah. Following the Israeli strike, Hezbollah denied and then confirmed the presence of the military official in the targeted building. Also ...