This Is Beirut 2024-03-14 13:10 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
On March 14, 2005, shortly after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, the Lebanese rose in a cross-sectarian and cross-political revolutionary movement to expel the Syrian occupation from Lebanon. Today, 19 years after the withdrawal of the occupation, Lebanese politicians commemorate the "Cedar Revolution" as part of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-14 12:34 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The hostilities between Hezbollah and the Israeli army haven’t ceased on the Israeli-Lebanese border since October 8. Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on Baraashit in the western sector and carried out three raids on the same target on the outskirts of the town of Kunine. Reports indicated the launch of rockets from the southern ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-14 11:27 - Reading : less than a minute
An Israeli tank killed a Reuters Lebanese journalist in Southern Lebanon last year (October 2023) when it fired at a group of "clearly identifiable journalists" – according to a UN investigation published by Reuters. A UN team investigated the incident that occurred on October 13, in which the Lebanese journalist Issam Abdallah was killed and ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-14 10:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s leadership instructed the party’s officials, cadres and its electronic army, not to react to declarations made by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and avoid entering into debates or arguments with the movement’s leader and “former ally” Gebran Bassil. Hezbollah’s argument is that it is too preoccupied with the battle ...
Élie-Joe Kamel 2024-03-14 08:07 - Reading : less than a minute
March 14, 2005: the Cedar Revolution is underway. More than a million Lebanese took to Martyrs' Square, demanding the departure of Syrian troops that had been present on Lebanese soil for almost 30 years, and justice for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. A look back at the main stages of this journey.
Rayan Chami 2024-03-13 21:23 - Reading : less than a minute
Amid Lebanon’s challenges, the World Bank introduced the Lebanon Country Climate and Development Report, highlighting the intertwining issues of development and climate change.
2024-03-13 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Free Patriotic movement’s (FPM) vice president for foreign affairs, Dr. Naji Hayek, held a meeting with Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, Dr. Walid al-Bukhari, in his office at the embassy, in an effort to arrange relations between the movement’s leader, Gebran Bassil, and the ambassador, and to reopen a new page in the party’s strained ...
2024-03-13 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud issued a series of measures aimed at regulating the presence of Syrian refugees in the capital city, in line with the instructions of Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi. In a communique made public on Wednesday, Abboud listed the actions that should be taken by Syrians and Lebanese landlords and employers. All ...
2024-03-13 12:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
MP Marwan Hamadeh, member of the Democratic Gathering bloc, reacted on Wednesday to the escalation of tensions initiated by Israel and the spread of the conflict, stressing that the so-called "rules of engagement" have gotten out of hand. In an interview with "The Voice of Lebanon," Hamadeh said that Israel's decision is clear, "a war against ...
Michel Touma 2024-03-13 12:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A pivotal moment in history... Such is the characterization one could give to the monumental gathering that took place at Martyrs' Square and its surrounding streets in downtown Beirut on March 14, 2005. This date will forever be etched in Lebanon's annals, as several hundred thousand individuals (over a million, as per various sources) converged ...
2024-03-13 11:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon will file a complaint against Israel before the UN Security Council following the Hebrew state’s series of attacks on residential areas around the city of Baalbeck and in neighboring villages, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. “In accordance with the directives of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou ...
2024-03-13 10:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel further expanded its attacks on Lebanese territory on Wednesday morning, targeting for the first time the main city of Tyre, hours after a series of strikes hit the region of Baalbeck in eastern Lebanon. An Israeli drone fired rockets at a car on the Al-Hawsh road south of the city, killing two persons and injuring one, according to This ...