This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 20:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Some migrant domestic workers in Lebanon have been locked in homes while their employers flee from Israel's air strikes, the United Nations said Friday. The UN's International Organization for Migration said foreign domestic staff were increasingly being abandoned by the Lebanese families to face heightened danger in the conflict. The IOM raised ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 20:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
An ambulance belonging to the Islamic Health Organization was bombed in Tibnine on Friday, which resulted in the death of two paramedics. Israeli shelling continued on Mansouri in Tyre caza amid heavy reconnaissance flights above Beirut and its southern suburbs. In a statement, Hezbollah declared “targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 19:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese Forces party strongly denounced the behavior of “certain politicians from the axis of resistance who have not changed their political positions, which have led Lebanon and its people to the current state” and who accuse “the LF of obstructing the election of a president.” In a press release issued on Friday, the LF also ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 19:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah since 1992, was killed on September 27, 2024, in the southern suburbs of Beirut as a result of an Israeli airstrike. Born in 1960 in Bourj Hammoud, Beirut, he played a pivotal role in shaping Hezbollah's political and military influence in the region.
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 19:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
In light of Lebanon’s worsening security crisis, the Association of Families of the Beirut Port Explosion Victims has canceled its planned event to mark the 50th month since the devastating blast. The decision, which was made amid intensifying violence, underscores the deepening pain and frustration of families still seeking justice. In a ...
2024-10-04 19:14 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Israel's technological advancements during this war have surprised many. Following the incident where pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members simultaneously exploded in various regions of Lebanon due to a remote attack, the assassination of the pro-Iranian faction's secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, on September 27, has ...
2024-10-04 17:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
This discussion centers on the photograph featuring Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt. Their call for the election of a president overlooks Jumblatt's timeless question: A president to lead the Republic—but where to? The decision to separate the presidential election ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 17:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Fire exchanges continued on Friday, with the southern suburbs of Beirut targeted by many violent and consecutive airstrikes. Earlier, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for “bombing a gathering of Israeli vehicles and soldiers in Saasaa using a heavy Burkan missile.” An Israeli air raid also struck the Al-Lailaki neighborhood in the southern ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 16:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Israel carried out a series of raids on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Thursday night. At least eleven consecutive strikes were carried out, reports AFP.
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 15:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Following the tripartite meeting in Ain al-Tineh on Wednesday between Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, former PSP leader Walid Joumblatt, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, PSP MP Wael Bou Faour met with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, Kataeb Party chief Samy Gemayel, and representatives from “Kutlat Tajaddod” to present a ...
Michel Touma 2024-10-04 15:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bitterness, dismay, anger, and depression... The deep resentment often voiced publicly by Hezbollah supporters reflects the tragedy into which the pro-Iranian party forced Lebanon, against the country's will, a year ago. The Lebanese are acutely aware of being left to face the overwhelming Israeli war machine on their own. While this is not the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-10-04 14:58 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a visit to Beirut on Friday, stated that he had come to express Iran's support for Lebanon. He reported fruitful discussions with President Najib Mikati and Speaker Nabih Berri, during which they exchanged views on recent events. In his press conference, Araghchi expressed confidence that the crimes of ...