This Is Beirut 2024-07-18 16:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati chaired on Thursday a ministerial session dedicated solely to the issue of Military School admissions. The Cabinet approved Defense Minister Maurice Slim’s recent proposal to hold a new competition to enroll 82 students at the Military School. They would join the 118 candidates selected by Army ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-18 14:21 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, held the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and its ally, the Amal-Hezbollah duo, "responsible for the crisis ravaging the country," hence the need to "confront them now that the nature and causes of this collapse are known to all Lebanese." In a speech delivered at the annual dinner for Radio Free ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-07-18 12:08 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese hospitals and the Ministry of Public Health are working to improve their preparedness for mass casualties or sudden events such as war. This is Beirut delved deeper into the varied levels of readiness of Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui, LAU Medical Center, and the Ministry of Public Health.
This Is Beirut 2024-07-18 11:59 - Reading : less than a minute
The Lebanese government has announced a national day of mourning on Sunday, August 4, 2024, marking the fourth anniversary of the Beirut Port explosion. Flags will fly at half-mast, and radio and TV programs will be adjusted to commemorate this occasion and honor the victims of the blast. The explosion, on August 4, 2020, left a deep impact on ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-18 11:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdallah Bou Habib, addressed the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday focusing on the issue at the southern border and in Palestine. He called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the safe return of people on both sides of the border ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-18 09:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israeli drone strikes escalated in Lebanon on Thursday. A raid targeted a vehicle in the Tyre caza, on the road to Jbal el-Botm, killing one person. A fire also broke out on the outskirts of Aitaroun in Blida after a raid by the Hebrew State. #LEBANON A raid targeted a vehicle in the Tyre caza, on the road to Jabal el-Botm, killing one person ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-17 16:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Minister of Telecommunications Johnny Corm asserted on Wednesday that “a general Internet blackout is absolutely forbidden,” revealing that “there is a last-resort solution.” Corm pointed out that although he was being optimistic and reassuring, “the words of Ogero CEO, Imad Kreidiyeh, warning about Internet blackout were ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-07-17 14:23 - Reading : less than a minute
Beirut Chants El-Sistema organized a concert on Tuesday at Saint Vartan Church in Bourj Hammoud, featuring over 75 choristers and musicians accompanied by their teachers. The aim: to prevent radicalization, terrorism and cybercrime, and build a culture of peace through music. Bourj Hammoud was chosen because of the cultural, ethnic and religious ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-17 12:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech on the occasion of Ashura, addressing various aspects of the ongoing war at the southern border. He made many references to the Lebanese State, counting on its support to handle the consequences of the war his group is raging at the southern border. Nasrallah emphasized the role of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-16 19:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
MP Samy Gemayel met with French Senator Olivier Cadic in Bikfaya, alongside MPs Michel Moawad, Neemat Frem, Nadim Gemayel, Elias Hankach, Salim el-Sayegh, Ghassan Hasbani and Bilal Al-Hashimi A comprehensive discussion took place about the developments in the region and the impact of the escalating southern front and the mutual threats between ...
2024-07-16 16:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) is to be renewed in August, on the basis that the multinational force has a crucial role in ensuring the implementation of Resolution 1701, once a long-term settlement is achieved on the border with Israel, diplomatic sources maintain. Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-16 14:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Families of the victims of the Beirut Port blast called on “all Lebanese, without distinction, and expatriates present in Lebanon who consider the cause of August 4, 2020 to be a just cause to join them in the 4th commemoration of this tragic date to demand with one voice that justice be done for Beirut.” They also warned that “Lebanon will ...