2024-01-06 12:30 - Reading : less than a minute
The Head of the Maronite Church, Patriarch Bechara Rai, hlighted on Saturday the necessity of adhering to Resolution 1701 and preventing Lebanon from getting involved in the war between Israel and Gaza. He emphasized that the “decision of war and peace solely rests on the Lebanese Government.” “We do not want Lebanon and its people to bear ...
2024-01-06 10:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah fired 62 rockets at an Israeli military base, early Saturday morning, as a response to the killing of Hamas's deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri. The Iran-backed group stated that it has targeted the Meron air control base with 62 various types of missiles as part of the “initial response to the crime of assassinating the great leader.” ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-06 10:33 - Reading : less than a minute
The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell made a first statement after he arrived in Beirut Friday. “Our priorities are avoiding regional escalation and pushing for diplomatic efforts to create conditions for achieving a fair and lasting peace ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-05 21:51 - Reading : less than a minute
Journalist Nadim Koteich has been appointed Managing Director of Emirati television channel Sky News Arabia, announced International Media Investments (IMI) on Friday. Nadim Koteich has almost 20 years of experience in print, television and digital media with various Arab and international media platforms such as Future TV, Al-Arabiya, the ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-01-05 19:18 - Reading : less than a minute
Good evening and welcome to 2024’s first edition of The Intelligent Recap. It is Friday, January 5th and the 91st day of the war in Gaza. In tonight’s news: a violent turn of events in Lebanon when a senior Hamas official is assassinated in Beirut, the security situation in the South escalates, Hassan Nasrallah gives his third and fourth ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-05 13:06 - Reading : less than a minute
The army's Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, lost his mother, Hoda Ibrahim Makhlouta, on Friday. The funeral will take place on Saturday, January 6, at 10 AM, at Sainte-Thérèse Church in Fayadieh. The burial will take place in her hometown of Aichiyeh, in southern Lebanon, and condolences will be received until 4 PM in the hall of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-05 12:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In accordance with the directives of the caretaker Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign affairs Abdallah Bou Habib instructed Lebanon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations to file a complaint on January 4, 2024 before the United Nations Security Council following Israel's attack on a residential area in the southern suburb of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-05 12:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Samir Geagea, head of the Lebanese Forces (LF), said that Hezbollah does not want to engage in a war with Israel over Gaza, but rather seeks to strengthen its presence on the internal scene in order to achieve its objectives on the one hand, and to enable Iran to advance its regional interests, on the other. However, according to Geagea, Israel ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-05 11:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, is set to embark on a significant two-day diplomatic mission to Lebanon from January 5 to 7. Borrell's agenda includes meetings with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, ...
2024-01-05 07:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Since the end of 2022, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has been virtually at a standstill. The recent announcement by Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, declaring the cessation of its activities due to lack of funding, has irrevocably sealed its fate. Indeed, since the financial crisis of October 2019, Lebanon has been ...
This Is Beirut 2024-01-04 23:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Secretary-General of Catholic Schools, Father Youssef Nasr, announced on Thursday evening, on behalf of the Episcopal Commission of Catholic Schools in Lebanon that “The school strike was suspended, and therefore, classes will resume as planned on Monday, January 8th.” This resumption date marks the end of the holiday break. In an ...
Renée Davis 2024-01-04 23:29 - Reading : less than a minute
Over 40 months in, the families of the Beirut blast victims continue to seek justice for their lost loved ones.