This Is Beirut 2024-07-25 08:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
France is seeking the help of Saudi Arabia to close the ranks of the Sunni community and reinforce their political standing, regarded as necessary to facilitate the election of a president of the republic. Following the departure of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri from political life in 2022 and the suspension of political action by his Future ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-24 16:41 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
According to a politician from the Hezbollah-led March 8 camp, quoting an official of the pro-Iranian party, “a ceasefire will be announced in Gaza following the visit to Washington of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” However, key questions remain: What would the post-war phase in Gaza look like, and who would negotiate with Israel ...
Tylia El Helou 2024-07-23 17:39 - Reading : less than a minute
American Task Force on Lebanon
President and CEO of the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL) and former Ambassador Ed Gabriel talked to “Political Pulse” about his meetings in Beirut with several political leaders and officials. He stressed the importance of electing a president and finding a diplomatic solution to the confrontations taking place on the Lebanese-Israeli ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-07-23 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The discussion over establishing a second airport in Lebanon is consistently slammed as an act of treason. Similarly, any issue in Lebanon that conflicts with the ‘resistance’ axis and its ideas results in opponents being automatically branded as traitors. After lawyer Majd Harb's press conference, where he proposed the idea of establishing a ...
Marc Saikali 2024-07-23 13:56 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
It was a Saturday in June 2021. Just like every Saturday, we would have a man'ouche in Paris’ 15th arrondissement. On this particular day, and for the first time, he brought up what would, five months later, become Ici Beyrouth – his project. That day, his clear, expressive eyes revealed the passion that defined him. Whenever the topic of ...
2024-07-23 13:35 - Reading : less than a minute
2024-07-22 21:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
During his visit to Iraq, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and his delegation did not provide concrete assurances about settling Lebanon’s financial obligations to Iraq for the fuel and gas oil conversion deal with Lebanon’s public power provider, Electricité du Liban (EDL). Instead, Mikati merely outlined the current ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-22 17:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Saydet al-Jabal Gathering said that to initiate change, “opposition MPs must take concrete steps after (almost) two years of presidential vacuum and stalemate.” The Gathering deplored the fact that opposition MPs had so far been content to “describe reality by only voicing objections.” In a press release issued on Monday at the end ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-22 16:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Opposition MPs Georges Okais, Marc Daou, Ashraf Rifi and Salim al-Sayegh submitted a petition on Monday to Speaker Nabih Berri, calling for a debate on the ongoing war and its repercussions on Lebanon. In a press conference held at Parliament, MP Salim al-Sayegh highlighted that since October 8, escalating threats have caused hundreds of Lebanese ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 17:30 - Reading : less than a minute
The “Judges' Club” in Lebanon filed a handrail with the Court of Cassation, demanding that “a serious, transparent and swift investigation be opened into rumors of sexual harassment targeting a number of female judges.” According to information obtained by This is Beirut and Houna Loubnan from informed sources, the “Judges' Club,” ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 15:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
AFP photographer Christina Assi, who was seriously injured reporting from Lebanon in October 2023, carried the Olympic flame on Sunday, accompanied by video journalist Dylan Collins, in tribute “to all the journalists, our colleagues and friends killed this year”, she explained. "It's incredible and heart-warming to see all these people ...
Allan Branger 2024-07-21 14:43 - Reading : less than a minute
A group of Lebanese skateboarders gather daily in Mohamad Bahaa Chatah Square, Beirut, to practice their passion. Although this has become their favorite spot, it also highlights the lack of skateboarding facilities in the capital.