2024-02-28 18:27 - Reading : less than a minute
After Israeli allegations claimed that UNRWA staff were part of the October 7 Hamas attack, over 16 major donors retracted their funding of the agency. UNRWA held a press conference in Saida today, alongside the Lebanese Committee for Foreign Affairs, to highlight the ongoing crisis.
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-02-28 17:08 - Reading : less than a minute
At around 2:30 PM, retired military personnel and retired internal security forces began to gather at Riad el-Solh square to demand an increase in salaries while the Council of Ministers is set to meet at the Grand Serail to discuss several topics on the agenda.
ici 2024-02-28 15:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Electricity of Lebanon (EDL) announced in a press release on Wednesday that it is continuing to collect electricity bills from Syrian refugee camps in various Lebanese regions. This is part of the implementation of the national emergency plan for the electricity sector, with new camps being submitted to the process every week. EDL said that ...
ici 2024-02-28 15:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Members of the National Consensus Bloc, MPs Faysal Karameh, Taha Naji, Hassan Mrad, Mohammad Yahya and Adnan Traboulsi met a delegation from the National Moderation Bloc consisting of MPs Ahmad Kheir, Abdelaziz Samad, Walid Baarini and former MP Hadi Hobeish at late President Omar Karameh's house in Beirut to discuss the presidential initiative ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-28 15:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Kataeb MP Salim el-Sayegh said that he would reject "any constitutional ambush" that would lead to the imposition of the resistance's candidate Sleiman Frangieh. During an interview on Wednesday morning on the LBC talk show "Nharkom Said," Sayegh warned, "We'll play the game of institutions, and if you leave them, we'll leave with you, and if you ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-28 14:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United Nations unveiled its latest initiative in Lebanon with the launch of the #All4Lebanon social media campaign on February 28, 2024. This initiative is designed to inform the public about the extensive assistance provided by the UN and its partners to the Lebanese population across various sectors. Spanning healthcare, food security, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-28 12:52 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Council of Ministers started at 4 PM discussing their agenda. Among the 27 items on this agenda, one is related to the restructuring of banks, and another has to do with the demands of the civil servants who went on strike. They require a salary raise and better social benefits. Prior to the opening of the meeting, caretaker Minister for ...
Johnny Kortbawi 2024-02-28 11:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On February 27, 1994, Lebanon's societal taboos faded away. The explosion of Saydet al-Najat Church in Zouk shattered the equilibrium of reason and comprehension, leaving Christians engulfed in escalating fear and denial. For some Lebanese, the explosion of Saydet al-Najat Church was perceived as a crime perpetrated by the Lebanese Forces (LF), ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-28 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tensions remain at the southern border where Israeli interceptor missiles exploded, on Wednesday morning, over border villages in the eastern sector of southern Lebanon while Israeli warplanes conducted two waves of airstrikes, focusing their attacks on the outskirts of the town of Beit Liv, in the Bint Jbeil district. The Arabic-speaking ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-27 23:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The National Moderation parliamentary bloc continued its tour on Tuesday to present to various Lebanese parties its initiative designed to break the presidential deadlock. In the afternoon, the bloc visited the Maronite Patriarch, Bechara al-Rai, who described the initiative as “beautiful” and congratulated the MPs on their action. At the ...
2024-02-27 23:29 - Reading : less than a minute
This Is Beirut 2024-02-27 22:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Kataeb political bureau considered that any initiative aimed at facilitating the election of a president of the Republic should be accompanied by “a goodwill gesture from those attempting to impose their will and delay the election of a president to secure their candidate,” alluding to Amal and Hezbollah. According to the Kataeb, the ...