This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 14:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai asserted, “Lebanon is a land of holiness, unity, and fraternity among its citizens, not a land of wars, conflicts, killings, destruction, and displacement.” The patriarch urged the Lebanese to strive to protect and preserve this land of holiness and prayer. In his weekly homily, delivered on Sunday in Annaya, ...
Fady Noun 2024-07-21 10:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Is Lebanon's Fate Truly Tragic? Not Necessarily. Certainly battered by history, but condemned? Not if the Lebanese people recognize their role in the current disorder. From the early days of this noble national vocation, initiated by Patriarch Howayek during negotiations with the Third French Republic, he criticized the clientelism and favoritism ...
2024-07-21 10:08 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Estephanos Doueihi, the fifty-seventh Maronite patriarch to hold the seat of Antioch since its founder Saint John Maron, was a distinguished epigraphist, archaeologist, musicologist, and philologist. As a reformer of the Church and guardian of its heritage in the 17th century, he earned the title of Father of History and Preeminent Patriarch, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 17:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the advisory opinion issued on July 19 by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding “Israel's colonization policies and practices in the Palestinian territories.” In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry recalled that the advisory opinion “confirms the illegality of ...
2024-07-20 16:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Opposition circles were puzzled by Hezbollah and Amal Movement MPs postponing the scheduled Friday meeting with opposition MPs to discuss ideas for completing the presidential election, without providing reasons for the delay. An opposition MP said: "How can Speaker Nabih Berri and Hezbollah call for dialogue on the presidential election while ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea reaffirmed in a statement that “the simplest, safest and most constitutional way to elect a President of the Republic was and remains the immediate and definitive convening of an open session with consecutive sessions”. This came in light of his criticism of Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, whom he ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 12:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, has ruled out the possibility of Israel launching a full-scale war against Lebanon, “a war that could involve several countries in the region”, he said in an interview with the Catholic newspaper "Avvenire". “The situation in the region is very dangerous, and what is happening threatens Europe and ...
Carole Salloum 2024-07-19 18:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
It is a battle between strict adherence to the Constitution and attempts to overturn it and establish new conventions, whereas electing a new president requires, first and foremost, an unwavering commitment to the text. While opposition forces remain committed to a clear, constitutionally-based roadmap for the presidential election, the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-19 14:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Following the worldwide tech outage that disrupted airports, hospitals and banks, the situation in Lebanon appears to be “under control.” The Director of Civil Aviation, Fadi Hassan, told the National News Agency (NNA) that the outage had only minor effects on Beirut International Airport (BIA), lasting no more than 30 minutes. He assured ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-19 12:09 - Reading : less than a minute
Clashes escalated in southern Lebanon on Friday morning following Thursday’s attack on the al-Radwan force headquarters in Jmaijmeh, which killed the head of operations, Jaafar Maatouk, and another commander and resulted in several injuries. Israeli artillery fired towards Hula, while the area around Kfar Hamam was hit with phosphorus shells. ...
2024-07-19 09:30 - Reading : less than a minute
The prolonged conflict of over nine months in southern Lebanon has undeniably impacted Tyre's economy. With the tourist season usually in full swing, how are the business owners managing in a situation that seems to have no end in sight?
This Is Beirut 2024-07-18 20:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Despite her dismissal from her post over a month ago, the Public Prosecutor at the Mount Lebanon Court of Appeal, Judge Ghada Aoun, issued an order on Thursday “banning the Chairman of the Board of Directors of al-Mawarid bank, former minister Marwan Kheireddine, from leaving the country.” The ban came “in connection with the complaint ...