2024-04-07 14:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Metropolitan Elias Audi criticized Lebanon's leaders and accused them of being "responsible for the high level of corruption and dysfunction that has shaken Lebanon, and then washing their hands of their own actions." During his Sunday sermon, Bishop Audi lashed out against "a system marked by injustice and inequality." He particularly blamed ...
2024-04-07 14:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
During the Sunday Mass in Bkerke, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai emphasized that the fate of a country to be dragged into war is not in the hands of one entity but rather a collective decision from the state as a whole to protect the country. He stated, "The decision to resort to war should not be taken by a person, a party or a group of ...
2024-04-07 12:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cypriot Prime Minister Nikos Christodoulides is scheduled to meet European Union (EU) President Ursula von der Leyen in Athens on Sunday, before his trip to Beirut on Monday. On the agenda: the influx of Syrian migrants from Lebanon. Nicosia wants to seek Brussels' help in resolving this issue. On Tuesday, the Cypriot President, who is also Prime ...
2024-04-07 10:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli fighter jets launched strikes shortly after midnight on Sunday. They targeted a vacant warehouse in the town of Sefri in the Baalbeck district and strategic positions along the eastern Lebanese mountain range near the outskirts of Janta, close to the Lebanese-Syrian border, without causing human casualties. Israel announced that the ...
2024-04-07 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
A new soteriological policy is taking over the Western world. Its origins are academic, albeit unscientific and anti-academic. Blending politics, religion, puritanism and ideology, it echoes the darkest times of witch hunts. In this series of four articles, we will shed light on this new religion that is captivating the Western elites. The topic ...
2024-04-06 22:08 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel in Lebanon accused Lebanese-Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad of “normalization with Israel,” in a statement published on April 3 and picked up by the Hezbollah-affiliated daily al-Akhbar. According to information provided to This Is Beirut, the smear campaign against Mouawad is also affecting the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-06 19:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hezbollah is reportedly “unable to sustain” its fight against Israel on the southern front, as per information obtained by This is Beirut, leaked by Hezbollah officials. According to these sources, the pro-Iranian party is also leaning towards the American diplomatic initiative for a settlement on the Lebanese-Israeli border, “in exchange ...
2024-04-06 17:00 - Reading : 10 minute(s)
Sexual violence, especially in schools, remains a delicate and often concealed issue. What initiatives have been implemented in Lebanon to promote awareness, prevention, and intervention against this scourge? Who among us hasn't heard rumors about children falling victim to sexual abuse by adults in Lebanese schools? If these cases of abuse, ...
Fady Noun 2024-04-06 10:58 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
How to live honorably as Christians in the Arab-Muslim world. This is the central question posed in the book "Christians in Arab Politics, Reclaiming the Pact of Citizenship," a short essay by Tarek Mitri (128 pages), former Minister, former Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, and current Dean of Saint George University in ...
2024-04-05 22:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A large fire broke out on Friday evening in a plastic warehouse near Sports City in Beirut. Firefighters and Civil Defense vehicles rushed to the scene to extinguish it. Civil Defense chief, Gen. Raymond Khattar, informed LBCI that the fire had been controlled, “and our teams are currently conducting cooling operations.” No injuries have been ...
2024-04-05 20:08 - Reading : less than a minute
On Friday morning, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, the World Bank and the Beirut Municipality, initiated rehabilitation efforts for the waste sorting facility in Karantina at the Beirut Municipality garage. The facility suffered severe damage due to the August 4 ...
2024-04-05 19:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah asserted on Friday that the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus will not go unanswered, and called on "all" to be prepared and take precautions for any development and all eventualities. In his address marking “Jerusalem Day,” which was preceded by a parade of the party’s ...